LOS ANGELES, Jan. 15, 2009 – MySpace Music, the world’s premier online music community, today announced the addition of Nettwerk Music Group, INgrooves, IRIS Distribution, and RoyaltyShare to its rapidly growing roster of independent music partners. In addition, the music catalog of Wind-up Records, the nation’s largest independently owned and operated record label, will be available via MySpace Music’s existing distribution deal with Sony Music Entertainment. These exciting new partnerships will add several hundred thousand songs to MySpace Music’s ever- growing catalog and provide several additional distribution partners through which independent artists and labels can monetize their content on the MySpace Music platform.

“These important new partnerships will allow the MySpace Music community to access even more of their favorite independent music while enabling monetization opportunities for the newly licensed artists,” said Courtney William Holt, President of MySpace Music. “We are thrilled to have our new partners on board and will continue our aggressive content acquisition efforts.”

Nettwerk Music Group is Canada's leading privately-owned record label and artist management company. The Nettwerk catalog includes over 250 artists, including Old Crow Medicine Show, The Weepies and Ladytron. Nettwerk is also responsible for managing some of the industry's biggest artists, including Sarah McLachlan and Barenaked Ladies.

"Nettwerk is incredibly excited about this partnership with MySpace. As a company, we are constantly looking for inventive, non-traditional ways to introduce new music and make new fans,” said Terry McBride, CEO of Nettwerk. “We have always valued MySpace as a top partner in allowing music fans and our artists to connect, and we look forward to further developing our relationship with such an innovative and forward-thinking company."

INgrooves is an industry leader in customized marketing, promotion and synch licensing. INgrooves also provides administrative support to help maximize the earnings potential of specific releases or catalogs. The INgrooves partnership will give MySpace Music users access to the full music catalogs of a richly diverse set of labels and artists, including VP Records, K-Tel International, Fat Possum, Metal Blade, Dolly Parton, J Dilla, Thievery Corporation, Tila Tequila, The Crystal Method, Cary Brothers, Tracy Lawrence, Lady Sovereign, Too $hort, Paul Oakenfold and John Digweed.

“We are delighted to be working with MySpace Music,” stated Robb McDaniels, CEO and Founder of INgrooves. “Part of the INgrooves difference is providing our partner labels and artists with new and compelling ways to reach their customers and fans. And by tapping into MySpace’s extensive network of avid music fans, our labels and artists will benefit greatly from one of the world’s leading communities dedicated to music discovery.”

IRIS Distribution is a leading digital distribution company, whose catalog includes such top labels as Chemikal Underground, Duck Down, K Records, Ninja Tune, and prominent artists including She Wants Revenge, Mogwai, KRS-One, Marvin Gaye, Lou Reed, Modest Mouse, and Deerhunter.

"Making sure our labels are able to participate in all significant distribution outlets is a priority for us," said Bryn Boughton, Chief Marketing Officer for IRIS. "We look forward to working with MySpace Music to foster a closer artist-fan connection as well as provide additional revenue streams for our clients."

RoyaltyShare is a premier provider of digital royalty solutions to the entertainment industry, focused on providing comprehensive royalty accounting and content management services to record labels, music distributors and music publishers. RoyaltyShare offers an expansive music catalog, including George Carlin, Tesla and New World Records.

"MySpace Music is breaking new ground by delivering one of the most comprehensive selections of independent music in a social networking environment, connecting artists and fans on an unprecedented personal level," said Bob Kohn, Chairman and CEO of RoyaltyShare. "We are pleased that RoyaltyShare's record labels clients will now have the opportunity to distribute content through MySpace and take advantage of the great opportunities that exist to build and maintain lasting relationships with their fans."

Users will also be able to access Wind-up’s music catalog, including audio and video content from the likes of Evanescence, Creed, Seether and Finger Eleven through MySpace Music’s current distribution deal with Sony Music Entertainment.

"MySpace has always been friend to independent music, which is why we're thrilled to be strengthening our partnership via MySpace Music,” said Ed Kiang, Vice President, Digital Platforms of Wind-up Entertainment. Through this platform, Wind-up Records will be able to offer our fans a more integrated cross-channel music experience that leverages our 360-degree artist development philosophy while fostering greater social engagement among artists and fans alike."

MySpace Music includes a vast catalog of premium and promotional content, a wide selection of new user-to-user sharing tools, and e-commerce opportunities for artists. MySpace Music’s existing independent partners include leading digital distribution companies The Orchard and IODA.

About MySpace Music

MySpace Music is a landmark joint venture among MySpace, The EMI Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, and Sony ATV, and whose independent music distribution partners include The Orchard, IODA, Alternative Distribution Alliance, RED, Fontana, and Caroline. MySpace Music offers an ever-growing catalog of freely streamable audio and video content, user-friendly e-commerce solutions, personal music players, and user and artist playlisting. MySpace Music aims to empower major, independent, and unsigned artists to monetize their content through multiple revenue streams by allowing the MySpace community to freely stream premium content in an ad-supported environment, purchase MP3s and ringtones, create and share playlists, and ultimately buy merchandise, concert tickets, and other digital and physical goods. MySpace Music also connects artists and fans in the offline arena through various concert series and live events including Secret Shows, MySpaceLIVE!, Transmissions, The Release, Front to Back and The List.

About Nettwerk Music Group

Founded in June of 1984, Nettwerk Music Group is Canada's leading privately owned record label and artist management company with several offices located around the world including Los Angeles, New York, Boston, Nashville, London, Hamburg and the main office in Vancouver. Nettwerk Management handles the careers of such esteemed artists as Sarah McLachlan, Barenaked Ladies, Dido, Jars of Clay, Josh Rouse and Sixpence None The Richer. As a record company, Nettwerk has released over 200 full-length albums and sold over 10 million albums in our 25-year history. Artists on the roster include: Old Crow Medicine Show, The Weepies, Ladytron, The Submarines, Uh Huh Her, Datarock, Delerium, Abigail Washburn & The Sparrow Quartet and Kinky.

About IRIS Distribution

Founded in 2003, IRIS has emerged as a leader in the digital distribution and marketing of prominent independent music and video catalogs. IRIS provides a comprehensive suite of technical, marketing, and legal services, helping clients navigate the ever-changing digital marketplace. The company also provides support though BlinkerActive, its dedicated marketing division. IRIS boasts a strong roster of leading independent labels from all genres and distributes to over 450 digital outlets in 85 countries around the world.

About RoyaltyShare

RoyaltyShare is the worldwide leader in Web-based royalty processing and digital content management solutions for the global entertainment industry. Utilizing an innovative Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) application delivery model, RoyaltyShare provides a suite of on-demand services dedicated to simplifying the increasingly complex digital sales process. Its state-of-the-art system and dedicated 24/7 support team enable music labels, distributors and publishers to accurately manage the entire digital sales process anytime, anywhere. RoyaltyShare's service offerings include the ripping and coding of content, metadata management, storage and delivery of digital content, managing sales and distribution information, calculating royalties and generating Web-accessible royalty reports. RoyaltyShare's web-based solution supports the management of content sold through digital, physical, subscription, mobile and other channels. For more information, please visit http://www.royaltyshare.com.

About INgrooves

INgrooves is a digital media infrastructure company that provides various distribution and marketing services via its INgrooves and ONE Digital divisions. ONE Digital is a proprietary software platform that provides distribution and administration to large distributors, record labels and film production companies at rates far below the industry standard. INgrooves provides clients customized distribution, marketing, promotion, synch licensing and administrative support to help maximize the earnings potential of specific releases or catalogues. For more information, check out www.ingrooves.com.

About Wind-up Entertainment

Wind-up Entertainment Inc. is a privately owned company that was founded in March 1997. Wind-up Records, a subsidiary of Wind-up Entertainment is currently the largest independently owned and operated label in the United States. Wind-up Entertainment Canada Inc., Wind-up Nashville, and expansion across Europe reflect the growing global presence for the label and development of the company’s repertoire to encompass most genres. The label's roster features Evanescence, Seether, Finger Eleven, the entire Creed repertoire, and more than a dozen developing artists which include Thriving Ivory, Civil Twilight, Pilot Speed and others. Wind-up Entertainment also houses the publishing concerns Sakyamuni Music Publishing, LLC, Bodhi Music Publishing, LLC and Renfield Music Publishing, Inc., as well as Pronto Merch, LLC, a full-scale retail, on-line and tour merchandising company. Wind-up Entertainment also operates Wind-up Artist Development Corporation and Wind-up Touring, LLC.

Contacts
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Tracy Akselrud
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(310) 969-7696
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