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| Jazz Giants come to cell phones c/o AG Interactive and Concord Music Group... Legendary Jazz, R&B, Blues, Latin, and Traditional Pop Recordings from One of the World’s Largest Independent Music Companies to be Available Through AGI’s Global Online, Instant Messaging, and Mobile Distribution Channels. AG Interactive, the new media subsidiary of American Greetings Corporation (NYSE:AM), today announced a partnership with Concord Music Group, one of the world’s largest independent music companies, to develop and exclusively distribute premium content from a vast portfolio of Concord’s recordings through AG Interactive and Concord-branded online, mobile and Instant Messaging channels. Under the umbrella of the Concord Music Group’s labels¾including Fantasy, Milestone, Prestige, Riverside, Stax, Specialty, Concord Records, Concord Picante, and Peak Records¾is an enviable, and much revered, list of recordings from many of the most popular names in the history of jazz, blues, R&B and rock. Original content based on the Company’s classic and current catalogs will be available in Q3 2005, and will feature recordings from John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, Rosemary Clooney, Peter Cincotti, Tito Puente, Vince Guaraldi, Mel Tormé, Sonny Rollins, Eddie Palmieri, Chick Corea, and Art Blakey, among others AGI and Concord will produce a broad range of personalization, entertainment, information, and communication products for IP-based applications and devices including mobile phones, PDAs, computers, console, and home entertainment networks. Products will include ring tones and ring backs, wallpapers, videos, eGreetings and eVites, as well as instant messaging content including emoticons, winks, and skins. The new content will be available through AGI’s direct-to-consumer and partner mobile, online, instant messaging, and retail channels. Mobile channels will include wireless carriers, Univision Movil, Def Jam Mobile, MIDIringtones, Kiwee, and Concord-branded channels. The following web platforms will also offer the new content: Americangreetings.com, Bluemountain.com, Egreetings.com, Univision.com, Concordrecords.com, Yahoo ™ Greetings, MSN Greetings, AOL Greetings, Earthlink, and MSN Messenger 7.0. “Our partnership with Concord Music Group is incredibly exciting. Many of the world’s most popular recording artists are included in its catalog and we are proud to be a part of a major initiative to make this music available to a much wider audience through new online and wireless channels for the first time, ” said Bryan Biniak, senior vice president, AG Interactive and general manager, AGmobile. The Concord Music Group has a passionate commitment to the arts and to quality music. The Company is also known for sophisticated distribution and marketing strategies for its artists. In 2004, Concord released, in partnership with Starbucks Hear Music ™, Genius Loves Company, the final recording from Ray Charles. The CD has sold over five million copies worldwide to date and garnered eight GRAMMY Awards in early 2005, including Best Album of the Year and Best Record of the Year (with Norah Jones). “We chose AG Interactive as our partner to leverage the company’s unparalleled distribution channels, content production capabilities and marketing expertise, ” said Hal Gaba, Chairman, Concord Music Group. “AG Interactive will help us take the music of legendary artists to new audiences through the latest mobile and online technology.” write your comments about the article :: © 2005 Jazz News :: home page |