TuneCore
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| Type | Private |
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| Industry | Music |
| Genre | Publishing |
| Founded | 2005 |
| Founder(s) | Jeff Price, Gary Burke, Peter Wells |
| Headquarters | Main St. |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Key people | Jeff Price Peter Wells Gary Burke |
| Products | Online Delivery (Music) |
| Services | On-demand music distribution |
| Employees | 40 |
| Website | tunecore.com |
TuneCore is an online distribution service for music founded in 2005. TuneCore principally offers musicians and other rights-holders the opportunity to place their music into online retailers such as iTunes, AmazonMP3, Zune Marketplace, Rhapsody, eMusic, and others for sale.
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[edit] History and overview
TuneCore garnered media attention from ABC's World News Tonight,[1] The Daily Mirror [2] and pitchforkmedia.com.[3] TuneCore's first customer was Frank Black, lead singer of the Pixies.[4] More recently, TuneCore achieved passing media attention when the company was tapped by Nine Inch Nails to deliver the music from their album, Ghosts I–IV, to the Amazon MP3 store.[5]
TuneCore is based in Brooklyn, NY. Jeff Price is president, CEO and chairman of the board, and co-founder, along with co-founders Peter Wells and Gary Burke. In December 2006, music instrument and equipment retailer Guitar Center bought a stake in TuneCore, giving the company access to the music retailer's customers. [6]
[edit] Notable Artists
Tunecore has been (or is currently) used by many notable artists, including Aretha Franklin.[7]
[edit] References
- ^ "TuneCore and the Music Revolution" (video). ABC. http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=1533847. Retrieved 2006-08-04.
- ^ "DOES TUNECORE SOUND THE END FOR LABELS?". The Daily Mirror. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/archive/web-gadets/2006/01/30/does-tunecore-sound-the-end-for-labels-115875-16631728/. Retrieved 2006-08-03.
- ^ Matthew Solarski (Thu, Apr 13, 2006 at 12:00am). "TuneCore Helps Indie Acts Go Digital for Cheap". pitchforkmedia. http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/36208-tunecore-helps-indie-acts-go-digital-for-cheap. Retrieved 3 January 2009.
- ^ "New Service Brings iTunes to Indie Artists". Spin. January 19, 2006. http://www.spin.com/features/news/2006/01/060119_tunecore/. Retrieved 2006-08-11.
- ^ Harding, Cortney; Cohen, Jonathan (March 2, 2008). "New Nine Inch Nails Album Hits The Web". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/news/new-nine-inch-nails-album-hits-the-web-1003718389.story. Retrieved March 10, 2008.
- ^ Lazarowitz, Elizabeth (November 25, 2007). "Brooklyn-based Web business helps sell music in the digital world". Daily News. http://www.nydailynews.com/money/2007/11/26/2007-11-26_brooklynbased_web_business_helps_sell_mu.html. Retrieved November 27, 2007.
- ^ "Aretha Franklin's 'America' to be released on Web this week" (non-free archive). Detroit News. February 6, 2009. http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090205/ENT04/902050467/1361.
