Warner Music Group and America Online Join Together for Extensive Online Promotions of WMG Superstars and Top New Artists.Business Editors NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of & DULLES, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 31, 2001 New Campaign Follows Successful Joint Promotions For Madonna and matchbox twenty Warner Music Group Warner Music Group (WMG) is one of the four major record labels. Warner Music Group also has a publishing arm, Warner/Chappell Music, which dates back to 1929, when Jack Warner, president of Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. (WMG WMG Warner Music Group WMG Wireless Messaging Gateway WMG Williams Media Group WMG Where's My Glasses? WMG Woah My God WMG Wireless Marketing Group WMG Wisconsin Musical Groups WMG Windows Metafile Graphics WMG Wireless Media Gateway ) and America Online See AOL. , Inc. (AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. ) announced today that they will work together on a new campaign to bring comprehensive online promotions of WMG superstars and top new artists to more than 27 million AOL members and the millions of users of AOL's music services Winamp.com and Spinner.com. Under the most extensive joint promotional commitment the companies have made to date, AOL will promote new releases from more than a dozen major artists from WMG's label groups, Atlantic, Elektra, London-Sire and Warner Bros. Records Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label that operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Warner Music Group. It is internationally known as WEA International Inc. . Artists expected to participate in the promotion include, among others, Yolanda Adams  This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling.You can assist by [ editing it] now. , Barenaked Ladies Barenaked Ladies (often abbreviated BNL or occasionally BnL) is a Canadian alternative rock band currently composed of Jim Creeggan, Kevin Hearn, Steven Page, Ed Robertson, Tyler Stewart, and formerly Andy Creeggan. , Bjork, Brandy, Tracy Chapman Tracy Chapman (born March 30, 1964) is an American singer-songwriter, best known for her singles, "Fast Car", "Talkin' 'Bout a Revolution", "Baby Can I Hold You" and "Give Me One Reason". She is a multi-platinum and multi-Grammy Award-winning artist. , The Corrs, Craig David, Depeche Mode, Missy Elliott, Jewel, Gerald Levert, Linkin Park, Natalie Merchant, REM, Silk, Staind, Rod Stewart, Sugar Ray and Vitamin C vitamin C or ascorbic acid Water-soluble organic compound important in animal metabolism. Most animals produce it in their bodies, but humans, other primates, and guinea pigs need it in the diet to prevent scurvy. . In addition to these major artists, the promotion campaign also provides exposure to many developing artists from WMG labels. This group of artists is expected to include Jamie Hawkins, Hesher, Jaheim, Billy Jean, The Matthew Good Band, Debelah Morgan, Plus One, Ray-J, Sunshine Anderson, Taproot taproot Main root of a primary-root system. It grows vertically downward. From the taproot arise smaller lateral roots (secondary roots), which in turn produce even smaller lateral roots (tertiary roots). , Dante Thomas and others. AOL members will find these new promotions in the Music and Entertainment Channels of the AOL service, and Internet users can reach them through AOL's two music services, Winamp.com, the world's leading high-fidelity audio player that enables millions of music fans to digitally download music, and Spinner.com, the Internet's first and leading music service, which provides more than 130 music channels covering a broad range of musical genres. This new initiative follows several successful prior promotional endeavors between WMG and AOL. In September 2000, Warner Bros. Records and Spinner teamed up for the launch of Madonna's latest album, Music. The promotion included a world premiere global listening party followed by Madonna's first-ever live AOL chat with 120,000 plus fans. The album debuted the following week at No. 1 on the Billboard best-selling album chart. Earlier in the year, a matchbox twenty promotion with AOL, Spinner.com and Winamp.com helped drive mad season by matchbox twenty to No. 1 on Billboard's Internet sales chart in its first week and to a No. 3 debut on the SoundScan Top 200. Highlights of the new multi-tiered new promotional campaign include: -- 30-day, timed-out, secure digital downloads of selected audio tracks from the aforementioned artists, available via AOL's Winamp.com and Spinner.com music services -- 30-second excerpts from selected music videos -- artist-branded custom "radio stations" -- artist chats and bulletin boards -- a variety of links to the labels' and artists' Web sites, the artists' subscription mailing list, fan pages and clubs, and album pre-ordering capabilities -- bundling of AOL software on selected artists' CDs Paul Vidich, Executive Vice President, Strategic Planning and Business Development for Warner Music Group, said: "This new relationship will give us the opportunity to introduce AOL's millions of music fans to some of our most promising new talent as well as bring AOL members great music from some of the world's best-known recording artists. We've had tremendous success with AOL in the past, and we're excited to expand our relationship with this broad new set of promotional tools for our artists." Jonathan Sacks, President of AOL, said: "We couldn't be more pleased to work again with WMG to bring our audiences some of the best and most popular music and artists available today. This exciting announcement creates a real win for consumers through the combination of their top recording stars and emerging talent, and our dedication to offering our members the most fun and best possible online experience." About Warner Music Group Warner Music Group is home to some of the world's leading record companies, including The Atlantic Group, Elektra Entertainment Group, London-Sire Records, Rhino Entertainment and Warner Bros. Records Inc. The company's Warner Music International, with a roster of more than 1,000 artists, operates in more than 65 countries through various subsidiaries, affiliates and non-affiliated licensees. Warner Music Group also includes one of the world's leading music publishers, Warner/Chappell and WEA WEA Weather WEA World Evangelical Alliance WEA Washington Education Association WEA Wilderness Education Association WEA Workers' Education Association WEA WebSphere Everyplace Access (IBM) WEA Wisconsin Education Association Inc., which is comprised of three companies, WEA Corp., WEA Manufacturing, and Ivy Hill. Warner Music Group is a division of AOL Time Warner. About America Online, Inc. America Online, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of AOL Time Warner Inc. Based in Dulles, Virginia, America Online is the world's leader in interactive services, Web brands, Internet technologies and e-commerce services. |
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