ARTISTdirect Announces Licensing Partnership with Universal Music Publishing Group; Launches Interactive Lyrics Page.Publishing Deal Provides ARTISTdirect with Lyric Rights SANTA MONICA Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. , Calif. -- ARTISTdirect, Inc. (www.artistdirect.com), the premier Internet resource for music and entertainment news, today announced a licensing partnership with Universal Music Publishing Group Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) is a music publishing company and is part of the Universal Music Group. It is one of the world's largest music publishing businesses. UMPG owns or administers more than 1 million copyrights. , the world's leading global music publishing The contractual relationship between a songwriter or music composer and a music publisher, whereby the writer assigns part or all of his or her music copyrights to the publisher in exchange for the publisher's commercial exploitation of the music. company, for rights to the lyrics of some its most popular songs. Through the deal, lyrics to Universal Music Publishing Group songs will be featured in a dynamic new interactive lyrics section launching this fall on ARTISTdirect.com. The licensing partnership opens the vaults of the publisher powerhouse to give ARTISTdirect fans for the first time easy access to legal, accurate song lyrics from top music acts past and present from current chart toppers to beloved classics. "Universal Music Publishing Group has an amazing catalog of award-winning music and we are privileged to be able to provide the words to songs that have so profoundly impacted our culture," said Dimitri Villard, Interim CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of ARTISTdirect. "This partnership helps create one of the largest repositories for official lyrics as written by the songwriters." "Our search for new revenue opportunities for our songwriters and artists continues and this deal marks another positive step in monetizing the legal use of lyrics online," said David Renzer, Chairman & CEO, Universal Music Publishing Group. "We are happy to partner with ARTISTdirect for this new service." The upcoming launch of the new lyrics pages fortify for·ti·fy v. for·ti·fied, for·ti·fy·ing, for·ti·fies v.tr. To make strong, as: a. To strengthen and secure (a position) with fortifications. b. To reinforce by adding material. ARTISTdirect as the best destination for music fans looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. information, news and entertainment on every musical act in a multitude of genres. Users will be able to access layers of exciting interactive features and contextually relevant music content alongside the lyrics such as up-to-the-minute artist news, streaming music and videos as well as advanced search functionality. Song lyrics will be searchable and viewable in a text format and will provide music fans with accurate song verses for a wide variety of music genres This list is split into four separate pages: Added Villard: "This added lyrics feature also enables ARTISTdirect to further solidify the band-fan relationship with another layer of connectivity with our community." ARTISTdirect provides 24/7 in-depth coverage of music and entertainment news with behind-the-scenes interviews, reviews and exclusive music festival information with a full time editorial staff dedicated to keeping fans in-the-know. Additionally, ARTISTdirect hosts a variety of music videos and robust video channels featuring content from ManiaTV, GoDigital, Comedy-Time, Suretone Records, Celebrities.com and the ARTISTdirect Archives amongst others. About ARTISTdirect, Inc. Headquartered in Santa Monica, CA, ARTISTdirect.com is the premier destination for all things related to music and film and their artists. Through its rich, multimedia repository of contextually relevant information and entertainment, the company creates deep connections between artists and fans that deliver benefits to both the entertainment consumer and the entertainment industry. ARTISTdirect.com receives over 5 million unique visitors A count of how many different people access a Web site. For example, if a user leaves and comes back to the site five times during the measurement period, that person is counted as one unique visitor, but would count as five "user sessions. per month while the ARTISTdirect network, a family of related Web sites, draws more than 45 million monthly unique visitors. Featuring the latest hit videos, streams, free downloads, breaking news, in-depth interviews with musicians, actors, filmmakers and film score composers, a huge data base filled with biographies and discographies plus hard-to-find information, as well as CDs, concert and movie tickets for purchase, ARTISTdirect.com is the ultimate resource for anyone with an appetite for finding new and interesting content about their favorite artists and their music and films. For more information please visit www.artistdirect.com About Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG UMPG Universal Music Publishing Group ) UMPG is the industry's leading global music publishing operation and is part of Universal Music Group. UMPG represents music in every genre from many of the world's top songwriters and catalogs including U2, Elton John Sir Elton Hercules[1] John CBE[2] (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March, 1947) is a five-time Grammy and one-time Academy Award-winning English pop/rock singer, composer and pianist. , Bernie Taupin Bernie Taupin (born May 22, 1950) is an English lyricist most famous for his collaboration with Elton John. Birth and childhood Bernard John "Bernie" Taupin , 50 Cent, Mariah Carey, R. Kelly, Coldplay, Nelly, Juan Gabriel, Ciara, Dave Grohl, Prince, Justin Timberlake, Maroon 5, Britney Spears, Beastie Boys, The Clash, The Sex Pistols, Gloria and Emilio Estefan, Paul Simon, Henry Mancini, Christina Aguilera and Linkin Park, among many others. For more information, visit: www.umusicpub.com. |
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