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NEW
YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SpiralFrog, Inc., (www.spiralfrog.com)
the free ad-supported Web-based music experience, and Sony/ATV
Music Publishing LLC, one of the worlds
leading music publishers, today announced a licensing agreement
to make one of the worlds premier
collections of musical compositions available on the SpiralFrog
Web site.
Signing rights
from music publishers is a critical element in SpiralFrogs
mission to make ad-supported music downloading available on a
free and legal basis. Licensing sound recordings and music
videos requires more than obtaining rights from the recording
artists and record labels who own the masters. The writers and
composers of the songs must also be compensated, and music
publishers license these underlying compositions.
Sony/ATV is aggressively moving to
create new digital revenue streams for our song writers,
said Martin N. Bandier, chairman and CEO, Sony/ATV Music
Publishing. SpiralFrog has created a
new opportunity to monetize an untapped market by offering a
compelling alternative to illicit file-sharing sites.
The Sony/ATV music catalog is world
class, as it combines the worlds
hottest new songs with some of the best evergreen classics of
all time, said Joe Mohen, chairman
and founder of SpiralFrog. Were
especially excited to work with Sony/ATV as they continue to
grow their impressive roster of songwriters through strategic
acquisitions such as the recent purchase of Famous Music.
SpiralFrog
provides an integrated entertainment experience for users, with
an emphasis on discovering new music and accessing a wide
variety of content about the artists they are passionate about.
Currently, SpiralFrog is live in the U.S. and Canada, offering
more than 800,000 songs for downloading and 3,500 music videos
for viewing and/or downloading.
About
Sony/ATV Music Publishing
Sony/ATV Music
Publishing LLC was established in 1995 as a joint venture
between Sony and trusts formed by Michael Jackson. Sony/ATV owns
or administers over 625,000 copyrights by such artists as The
Beatles, Akon, Beck, Brooks & Dunn, Leonard Cohen, Neil Diamond,
Bob Dylan, Eminem, The Everly Brothers, Fall Out Boy, Jimi
Hendrix, Billy Mann, Joni Mitchell, Graham Nash, Willie Nelson,
Roy Orbison, Linda Perry, Richie Sambora, Shakira, Stephen
Stills, KT Tunstall and Hank Williams, among others. Sony/ATV
recently acquired Famous Music LLC and the Leiber Stoller
catalogue. It is not part of the Sony BMG Music Entertainment
venture. On the web:
http://www.sonyatv.com/.
About
SpiralFrog
Headquartered in
New York, SpiralFrog (www.spiralfrog.com)
is a Web-based advertising-supported music experience that
combines music discovery tools with free and legal downloads of
audio and video content licensed directly from the catalogs of
the worlds leading music owners.
SpiralFrog offers music-lovers a compelling alternative to
illicit file-sharing and pirate sites within a secure
environment.
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