Fontana Distribution
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| Industry | Music & entertainment |
|---|---|
| Genre | Various |
| Predecessor | Independent Label Sales (ILS) |
| Founded | 2004 |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California, United States |
| Services | Distribution, production, warehousing, marketing, sales, brand partnerships, merchandising, finance, back office |
| Parent | Isolation Network |
| Divisions |
Fontana Distribution Fontana Label Services Fontana International |
| Website | FontanaDistribution.com |
Fontana Distribution is a division of San Francisco-based Isolation Network. A minority stake of the company was owned by Universal Music until INgrooves acquired Fontana Distribution from UMG in 2012 to form INgrooves Fontana.[1]
Profile
Fontana 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.[2] The company takes its name and logo from the Fontana Records label; it was initially launched by Universal Music Group in 2004 and later sold[3] to Isolation Network in 2012. The company includes a UK-based operation, Fontana International, which handles territories outside of North America.[4] The company also has a joint venture in Canada with MapleCore known as Fontana North. The company is the successor of PolyGram's Independent Label Sales (ILS), which folded after the 1999 merger of the MCA and PolyGram families of labels that created Universal Music Group.
Fontana Distribution has been known to successfully round up albums worldwide from national Universal Music Group companies for American release or for distribution into further territories. Fontana Distribution also partners with Executive Music Group, Chicago Independent Distribution, and Twenty Two Music Group Distribution, which in turn distribute other independent labels.
Fontana Distribution-affiliated labels
Fontana Distribution is affiliated with more than 30 labels, including the following:
- ATP Records
- ATO Records
- Angeles Records
- Bridge 9 Records
- Black Diamond Record Companies-IHP Media Groups Music Systems
- Cement Shoes Records
- Constellation Records
- Century Media
- Delicious Vinyl
- Dangerbird Records
- Dischord Records
- Downtown Records (select releases)
- ECMD Film & Music Distribution [5]
- Element 9
- Eleven Seven Music
- Epitaph Records
- Emanon Records
- Ferret Music
- Famous Records
- Fat Wreck Chords
- Fat Possum Records
- Fontana Records
- Global Underground
- Hatchet House
- Hoo-Bangin' Records
- Hopeless Records
- InVogue Records
- Ipecac Recordings
- Kung Fu Records
- Mad Science
- MapleMusic Recordings
- Ministry of Sound
- Mpire Music Group
- Matador Records
- Mancini Entertainment Group [6]
- MySpace Records
- Metal Blade Records
- No Sleep Records
- Napalm Records
- Nuclear Blast
- Nitro Records
- Pocket Kid Records
- Prosthetic Records
- Pure Noise Records
- Pipe Dreams Records
- Psycho+Logical-Records
- Psychopathic Records
- Real Talk Entertainment
- Rap-A-Lot Records
- Rostrum Records
- Rise Records
- SideOneDummy Records
- Solid State Records
- Sumerian Records
- StandBy Records
- Strange Music
- SMC Recordings
- SoBe Entertainment
- Telarc Records
- Trustkill Records
- Tooth & Nail Records
- Trill Entertainment
- Twenty Two Recordings
- VP Records
- Vagrant Records
- WaterTower Music
- Wichita Recordings (select releases)
- Warcon Enterprises
Divisions
- Fontana Distribution
- Fontana Label Services
- Fontana International
See also
References
- ↑ http://www.universalmusic.com/company/history
- ↑ Vish Khanna. "Label Life". Retrieved 2009-02-02.
- ↑ Alex Pham (2012-03-02). "INgrooves buys Fontana Distribution from Universal Music Group". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-04-26.
- ↑ "Fontana Distribution – Distribution Done Right". fontanadistribution.com. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
- ↑ http://www.ingrooves.com/our-label-partners/
- ↑ Mancini Entertainment Group