DistroKid is a digital music distribution service based in the United States, founded in 2013 by Philip Kaplan. It emerged from a social media platform for musicians called Fandalism. DistroKid specializes in helping independent artists and labels distribute their music to major online retailers, including Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and YouTube Music. The company offers a range of services to support musicians, including music distribution, monetization of sales and streams, and metadata customization. DistroKid also provides storage solutions for music files and additional features like customized YouTube URLs and Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs). With a competitive pricing model, artists can upload unlimited songs and albums for an annual fee, while retaining 100% of their earnings. DistroKid has been utilized by various notable artists, showcasing its effectiveness in the DIY music distribution space.
Berkley Program Specialists is a leading insurance operation dedicated exclusively to program business. We provide access to national admitted and non-admitted A+ XV insurance carriers, program management expertise, and reinsurance support when required to program administrators in the U.S. We are a casualty driven company, although we have the ability to offer ancillary property and automobile products as well. Our Mission Berkley Program Specialists goal is to be the preferred insurance operation for program administrators who are experts in the industries they serve and are looking for a stable, secure, and proven company to support and help grow their casualty-driven homogeneous niche program with annual GWP of at least $5 million. Business We Seek Our preferred client is a highly respected program administrator or insurance specialist who possesses the ability to quote, underwrite, rate, bind and issue policies within a homogeneous industry field. They should have a strong sense of integrity, significant expertise in their chosen industries, a differentiated value proposition, and a solid distribution system. Our preferred program opportunities consist of annual premiums in excess of $5 million, complete with strong, documented premium and loss histories.