Fontana Distribution
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| Industry | Music & entertainment |
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| Genre | Various |
| Predecessor(s) | Independent Label Sales (ILS) |
| Founded | 2004 |
| Headquarters | Universal City, CA, United States |
| Services | Distribution, production, warehousing, marketing, sales, brand partnerships, merchandising, finance, back office |
| Parent | Universal Music Group |
| Divisions | Fontana Distribution Fontana Label Services Fontana International |
| Website | FontanaDistribution.com |
Fontana Distribution is a subsidiary of Universal Music Group that was launched in 2004, which deals in distribution, as well as in a range of sales, marketing, and back office support services, for a diverse roster of independent record labels and their artists.[1] The company takes its name and logo from the Fontana Records label. The company includes a UK-based operation, Fontana International, which handles territories outside of North America.[2] The company also has a joint venture in Canada with MapleCore known as Fontana North. The company is the successor of PolyGram's Independent Label Sales (ILS), which folded after the 1999 merger of the MCA and PolyGram families of labels that created Universal Music Group.
Fontana Distribution has been known to successfully round up albums worldwide from national Universal Music Group companies for American release or for distribution into further territories. Fontana Distribution also partners with Executive Music Group and Chicago Independent Distribution, which in turn distribute other independent labels.
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[edit] Fontana Distribution affiliated labels
Fontana Distribution is affiliated with more than 30 labels, including the following:
- 35*35 Entertainment
- American Gramaphone
- ATP Records
- Angeles Records
- Constellation
- Dangerbird Records
- Delicious Vinyl
- Dischord Records
- Downtown Records (select releases)
- Element 9
- Emanon Records
- Executive Music Group
- Global Underground
- Guerrilla Funk Recordings
- Hoo-Bangin' Records
- Ipecac Recordings
- Kung Fu Records
- Last Gang Records
- MapleMusic Recordings
- Ministry of Sound
- Mpire Music Group
- MySpace Records
- Nitro Records
- Pipe Dreams Records
- Psycho+Logical-Records
- Psychopathic Records
- Real Talk Entertainment
- Rap-A-Lot Records
- Rostrum Records
- Ruff Ryders Entertainment
- SMC Recordings
- SoBe Entertainment
- Strange Music
- Telarc Records
- Vagrant Records
- VP Records
- WaterTower Music
- Warcon
- Wichita Recordings (select releases)
[edit] Divisions
- Fontana Distribution
- Fontana Label Services
- Fontana International
[edit] See also
- Fontana North
- Alternative Distribution Alliance - similar division of Warner Music Group
- RED Distribution - similar division of Sony Music Entertainment
- Caroline Distribution - similar division of EMI
[edit] References
- ^ Vish Khanna. "Label Life". http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/multiarticlesub.aspx?csid1=129&csid2=858&fid1=35964. Retrieved 2009-02-02.
- ^ "Fontana Distribution". fontanadistribution.com. http://www.fontanadistribution.com/faq.html. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
