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Subject: CD Baby & Tower Records Partner Author: score! music [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 12:26:58 11/09/03 Sun Author Host/IP: adsl-64-109-1-16.dsl.akrnoh.ameritech.net/64.109.1.16 CD BABY AND TOWER RECORDS PARTNER; TOWER.COM BECOMES LARGEST INDEPENDENT ONLINE RETAIL STORE The top online retailer of independent music, CD Baby, recently inked a deal with Tower Records, the 43-year-old Sacramento, California-based chain known for their deep catalog and vast selection of obscure and popular titles. The deal will allow Tower.com, Tower Records' online commerce site, to offer CD Baby's 50,000 independent titles for sale to its consumers, making Tower.com the largest retailer of independent music on the web. Praised as one of the independent music world's greatest successes, CDBaby.com is an industry leader in exposing consumers to independent music. With over 50,000 titles available - and growing daily ­ CD Baby has created an outlet for the independent artist to level the playing field and offer their CDs for sale to a worldwide audience. "We¹re very excited to work with a company as well renowned in the music industry as Tower Records," says CD Baby President and owner Derek Sivers. "Many amazing artists are shunning record labels, choosing to self-release their music directly to fans. By going through CD Baby and now Tower, their music is getting the distribution it deserves, while still leaving the musician in control of their work." Tower Records' already acclaimed massive database of hits and hard-to-find titles has been strengthened with thousands of CDs previously only available on CDBaby.com. This move helps position Tower.com as the leading force in music commerce online, allowing them to offer the largest selection of any music retailer. "Through Tower¹s history, we have championed independent artists in our brick and mortar stores and this partnership with CD Baby gives us a great opportunity to bring that music to our worldwide Internet customers," says Kevin Ertell, Senior Vice President of Online Operations for Tower. "We relish this opportunity to provide independent artists¹ records to our customers, who share our passion for music." About CD Baby CD Baby is an online record store that sells CDs by independent musicians. Founder Derek Sivers was selling his CD online in 1997, and he eventually asked a few friends if they'd like to sell their CDs online, too. Friends told friends and CD Baby officially launched in March 1998. To date, CD Baby has 50,000 artists using their services, has sold over 600,000 CDs to customers worldwide, and paid over $5 million dollars to musicians. Based in Portland Oregon, CD Baby is now the largest seller of all-independent CDs on the web. For more information visit http://www.cdbaby.com. About Tower Records Since 1960, Tower Records has been recognized and respected throughout the world for its unique brand of retailing. Founded in Sacramento CA, by Chairman, Russ Solomon, the Company¹s growth over four decades has made Tower Records a household name. Tower Records stores are represented in fourteen countries throughout the world and in 218 different locations as wholly owned operations, licensees and affiliations. The company opened one of the first Internet music stores on America Online in June 1995 and followed a year later with the launch of Tower.com. The site was named among the top 50 retail websites by Internet Retailer magazine. Tower Records¹ commitment to providing its customers with a superior and specialized shopping experience is key to the organization¹s retail philosophy. Tower forges ahead with the development of exciting shopping environments, presenting diverse product ranges, artist performance stages, personal electronics departments, and digital centers. Tower Records maintains its commitment to providing the deepest selection of packaged and digital entertainment in the world merchandised in stores that celebrate the unique interests and needs of the local community. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]