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CD Baby

Digital music distributor

Available&#;inEnglish, Spanish, Portuguese
FoundedMarch&#;10, ; 26 years ago&#;()[1]
Woodstock, New York, U.S.
HeadquartersPortland, Oregon, U.S.
Area&#;servedWorldwide
Founder(s)Derek Sivers
Key&#;peopleGideon Joseph - Artist
IndustryDigital distribution, music publisherrecord label
ProductsDigital distribution, Record Label
ParentAVL Digital Group (Downtown)
SubsidiariesAudio and Video Labs, Inc.

(Soundrop)

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CD Baby, Inc. is a Portland, Oregon[2] based online distributor of independent music. The company was described as an "anti-label" by its parent company's Chief Operating Officer Tracy Maddux.[3] It was established in and offered distribution for artists in physical and online format, however it discontinued the physical media service and went digital only in June

In , CD Baby was one of the three companies with preferred partner status with Apple Music.[4] It was home to more than , artists and nine million tracks that were made available to over digital services and platforms around the globe as of May [2]

History

CD Baby was founded in by Derek Sivers during the dot-com craze.[5]

In , it moved to Portland, Oregon, where they remain headquartered today.

Cd baby band biography DIY Musician Blog. Categories : Living people American business executives American music industry executives Businesspeople from Portland, Oregon. More reason to create and sell music independently, in a world where technology and the internet are making it easier for new artists to get their music out there without a label think Youtube and iTunes. Retrieved 2 December

In , CD Baby began offering a digital music distribution and became an early partner of iTunes.[6]

In August , Disc Makers, a CD and DVD manufacturer, announced that they had bought CD Baby (and Host Baby) for 22 million dollars following a seven-year partnership between the two companies.[7]

In , CD Baby Pro Publishing was launched as an add-on that assists independent songwriters in administering their composition rights and collecting global publishing royalties.

The service is now available to songwriters in more than 70 countries and territories.[8]

In March , Disc Makers sold CD Baby (as part of the AVL Digital Group) to Downtown for $ million. AVL's physical product divisions, Disc Makers, BookBaby, and Merchly, were acquired in a separate transaction by the Disc Makers executive team as part of the newly formed DIY Media Group.[9]

On March 31, , CD Baby ceased its retail sales.[5]

CD Baby offered fulfillment services for artists who sold physical media through outlets such as Amazon Marketplace and Alliance, but it discontinued this service in June and will continue as online distribution only.[10][11]

Services

Between its opening in to , the company reports it had paid out $ million over the two decades to artists.[12] In addition to the services the firm offers under its own name, CD Baby also now owns and operates HearNow, , Illustrated Sound Network, and HostBaby.[13] HostBaby closed in [14]

See also

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