Fontana Distribution
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Industry | Music & entertainment |
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Genre | Various |
Predecessor | Independent Label Sales (ILS) |
Founded | 2004 |
Headquarters | , |
Services | Distribution, production, warehousing, marketing, sales, brand partnerships, merchandising, finance, back office |
Parent | Isolation Network |
Divisions | Fontana Distribution Fontana Label Services Fontana International |
Website | FontanaDistribution.com |
Fontana Distribution is a division of San Francisco-based Isolation Network. A minority stake of the company was owned by Universal Music until INgrooves acquired Fontana Distribution from UMG in 2012 to form INgrooves Fontana.[1]
Profile
Fontana 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.[2] The company takes its name and logo from the Fontana Records label; initially launched by Universal Music Group in 2004 and later sold[3] to Isolation Network in 2012. The company includes a UK-based operation, Fontana International, which handles territories outside of North America.[4] 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, Chicago Independent Distribution, and Twenty Two Music Group Distribution, which in turn distribute other independent labels.
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 Records
- Dangerbird Records
- Delicious Vinyl
- Dischord Records
- Downtown Records (select releases)
- ECMD Film & Music Distribution [5]
- Element 9
- Emanon Records
- Executive Music Group
- Global Underground
- Guerrilla Funk Recordings
- Hoo-Bangin' Records
- Hoopla Worldwide
- Kirtland Records
- Kung Fu Records
- Last Gang Records
- LRT
- MapleMusic Recordings
- Ministry of Sound
- Mpire Music Group
- MRE Entertainment
- MySpace Records
- MVA Music
- Nappy Roots Entertainment Group
- 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
- Trill Entertainment
- Twenty Two Recordings
- VP Records
- WaterTower Music
- Wichita Recordings (select releases)
- Warcon Enterprises
- Have 10p Records
Divisions
- Fontana Distribution
- Fontana Label Services
- Fontana International
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 Universal Music Group
References
- ^ http://www.universalmusic.com/company/history
- ^ Vish Khanna. "Label Life". Retrieved 2009-02-02.
- ^ Alex Pham. "INgrooves buys Fontana Distribution from Universal Music Group". Retrieved 2012-04-26.
- ^ "Fontana Distribution". fontanadistribution.com. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
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