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Yangaroo signs two US-based independent music distributors
Iris Distribution and A&R Select to offer digital promotion through DMDS to their thousands of me...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nIris Distribution and A&R Select to offer digital promotion through\n\n\nDMDS to their thousands of member artists and labels\n\n\nTORONTO, May 20 /CNW/ - YANGAROO Inc., (TSX-V: YOO, OTCBB: YOOIF) the\nindustry's leading secure digital media distribution company, has signed\nagreements with San Francisco based IRIS Distribution, and Los Angeles based\nA&R Select to provide their member artists and labels with digital\ndistribution of their music to radio and other destinations throughout the US\nand Canada using Yangaroo's patented Digital Media Distribution System (DMDS).\nIRIS Distribution currently represents 5,000 independent artists and labels\nand A&R Select has worked with more than 2,000 artists and bands since its\nfounding in 2006.\n\n\nIRIS Distribution's member artists and labels will have access to\nYANGAROO's newly launched DMDSDirect, which allows them to choose a package of\nkey stations in a given radio format or genre, pay by credit card, and have\ntheir music distributed both quickly and digitally to radio stations\nthroughout the United States. A&R Select's artists and bands will be able to\nuse DMDS to digitally and securely distribute their music and promotional\nmaterials throughout North America in the same manner as major record labels\nusing DMDS. Artists, bands and labels at both IRIS Distribution and A&R Select\ncan also choose a more "hands-on" approach where the independent aggregators\nwill handle much of the process on their behalf. DMDS currently reaches over\n1,200 US college destinations and has plans to add more to benefit the growing\nindependent music market.\n\n\n"Our partnership with YANGAROO provides our artists and labels an easy\nand effective way to reach any number of destinations," said Bryn Boughton,\nChief Marketing Officer, IRIS Distribution. "DMDSDirect really levels the\npromotion playing field."\n\n\n"The availability of DMDS enhances the value of A&R Select's services,"\nsaid Mike Burns, CEO, A&R Select. "We can now deliver our artists' songs\ndirectly and inexpensively to the radio format best suited to their music; for\nexample, either commercial or college radio."\n\n\n"The addition of IRIS and A&R Select to our growing list of independent\nlabels and aggregators is a clear indica...