Fontana Distribution
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| Industry | Music & entertainment |
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| Genre | Various |
| Predecessor | Independent Label Sales (ILS) |
| Founded | 2004 |
| Headquarters | Universal City, CA, United States |
| Services | Distribution, production, warehousing, marketing, sales, brand partnerships, merchandising, finance, back office |
| Parent | Universal Music Group |
| Divisions | Fontana Distribution Fontana Label Services Fontana International |
| Website | FontanaDistribution.com |
Fontana Distribution is a subsidiary of Universal Music Group that was launched in 2004, which deals in distribution, as well as in a range of sales, marketing, and back office support services, for a diverse roster of independent record labels and their artists.[1] The company takes its name and logo from the defunct Fontana Records label. The company includes a UK-based operation, Fontana International, which handles territories outside of North America.[2] The company also has a joint venture in Canada with MapleCore known as Fontana North. The company was founded from the ashes of PolyGram's Independent Label Sales (ILS), which ceased to exist after the 1999 merger of the MCA and PolyGram label families that created Universal Music.
Fontana Distribution has been known to successfully round up albums from national Universal Music Group companies worldwide for American release or for distribution into further territories. Fontana Distribution also partners with Executive Music Group and Chicago Independent Distribution, which in turn distributes other independent labels.
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Fontana Distribution affiliated labels
Fontana Distribution is affiliated with more than 70 labels, including the following:
- American Gramaphone
- ATP Records
- Angeles Records
- Bonzi Records
- Constellation
- Delicious Vinyl
- Dischord Records
- Downtown Records (select releases)
- Emanon Records
- Global Underground
- Graveface
- Ipecac Recordings
- Kung Fu Records
- Last Gang Records
- Ministry of Sound
- MySpace Records
- Nitro Records
- Psycho+Logical-Records
- Psychopathic Records
- Real Talk Entertainment
- Quango
- Rap-A-Lot Records
- SMC Recordings
- Strange Music
- Telarc Records
- Vagrant Records
- VP Records
- Warcon
- Wichita Recordings (select releases)
Divisions
- Fontana Distribution
- Fontana Label Services
- Fontana International
See also
External links
References
- ^ Vish Khanna. "Label Life". http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/multiarticlesub.aspx?csid1=129&csid2=858&fid1=35964. Retrieved 2009-02-02.
- ^ "Fontana Distribution". fontanadistribution.com. http://www.fontanadistribution.com/faq.html. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
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