Cricket's Muve Music Partners with InGrooves for Digital Distribution

Cricket Communications, a leading provider of innovative and value-driven wireless services, today announced that its Muve Music service has signed an agreement with independent digital music distribution company INgrooves.




INgrooves, brings an exceptional independent catalog to Muve Music that includes labels such as Nettwerk, Metropolis Records, ESL Records as well as Rostrum Records—featuring one of the best up-and-coming hip hop stars in the industry, Mac Miller.

"We are seeing tremendous interest from independent artists seeking to make their music available via Muve Music and this agreement, that has just been signed with INgrooves, moves us in that direction," said John Bolton, Sr. Director, Product Development for Muve Music. "Muve Music will expand its catalog to over five million songs by the end of the year, and with the addition of INgrooves music catalog we will greatly deepen the Latin, Alternative Rock and Hip Hop genres."

How to Get Muve Music

Muve Music is available on the Samsung Vitality, ZTE Score and Samsung Suede at Cricket company-owned stores and at www.mycricket.com, as well as through select partner retail outlets such as Best Buy. Additional accessories are available for purchase including premium headphones, expandable memory an audio jack and Bluetooth adapter to connect to home and car stereos, either wired or wirelessly.

For more information about Muve Music, visit www.muvemusic.com, and for Cricket's dynamic device lineup, visit www.mycricket.com. To follow Cricket's latest news and updates online, go to Facebook at www.facebook.com/cricketwireless and Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/cricketnation.

About Cricket

Cricket is the pioneer of simple and affordable unlimited wireless services with no long-term commitments or credit checks required serving approximately 5.7 million customers. Cricket products are available nationwide. Cricket offers wireless voice and broadband Internet services over the latest technology, high-quality, all-digital 3G CDMA2000 1X and 1xEV-DO wireless network. Cricket's nationwide wireless voice service plans include unlimited anytime minutes, unlimited U.S. long distance, unlimited text and picture messaging, unlimited text to Mexico, unlimited Mobile Web, unlimited directory assistance, as well as a variety of calling features and feature-rich mobile applications such as popular games, ringtones and wallpapers. For more information on Cricket, visit www.mycricket.com. Cricket is offered by Leap Wireless International, Inc., headquartered in San Diego, Calif. For more information on Leap, visit www.leapwireless.com.






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Beatport Forms a Special Purpose Entity (SPE) for Digital Distribution

Beatport officially expanded into the world of digital distribution last night by unveiling a new company called Baseware.

According to a press release, Baseware aims to simplify the process of digital distribution for artists and labels, thereby helping them get their music on big digital streaming and retail sites. Beatport CEO Matt Adell explained the idea in a written statement: "Baseware, first and foremost, is about breaking down the barriers to getting your music heard—and actually getting paid for it—through distribution to Beatport, iTunes, Spotify, Rdio, Stompy, mobile and tablet applications, and whatever comes next."

The company is managed by Jon Lemmon, a DJ and label owner who formerly ran another digital distribution company, OSEAO. It's up and running as of today—artists and labels interested in the service can enter their contact information on the homepage and expect a response within a few days.
Official Site: Baseware