The Orchard Launches In Japan, Opens Tokyo Office

Sony’s independent music distribution and artist and label services company The Orchard is expanding into Japan, the second-largest music market in the world. The fully-staffed base of operations in Japan will be led by Yuuki Kaneko, The Orchard’s vice president, Japan, who previously worked on the music team at Amazon…

‘The Orchard is a totally unique proposition in the music business.’

New York-based Colleen Theis is a key management figure at The Orchard – the Sony- owned distribution and services company working with BTS, Jorja Smith and more…
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‘The Orchard is a totally unique proposition in the music business.’

New York-based Colleen Theis is a key management figure at The Orchard – the Sony- owned distribution and services company working with BTS, Jorja Smith and more…
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DistroKid Links With Audible Magic To Verify Music Authenticity, Launches DistroLock

DistroKid has joined a growing list of music distributors and services using Audible Magic to fight unauthorized content by verifying the authenticity of both tracks and artists before it is distributed. CD Baby and The Orchard, both of whom have been tagged by Spotify and Apple Music as preferred partners…

Mike Chadwick to retire this summer, leaving behind role at The Orchard

Co-Founder of Essential Music & Marketing has had a 42-year career in independent music
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The Orchard doubles down on K-pop with global JYP Entertainment deal

Music by TWICE, GOT7 and Stray Kids is now available on all major digital services worldwide for the first time
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Official: Warner hires Scott Cohen, co-founder of The Orchard, as Chief Innovation Officer, Recorded Music

“Scott spots and champions emerging technology with the same level of passion, creativity and ambition that our A&Rs bring to artist development.”
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Put Your Best Tweet Forward: 2019 Edition

Twitter can loud and crowded, so getting a handle on how to be heard (sometimes literally as a musician) above the din is key to marketing success on the social media platform. Here we look at best practices 2019. _____________________________ Guest post by Victoria Morris, Interactive Marketing at The Orchard….

Audible Magic Adds ‘Rights Audit,’ The Orchard Signs On

Music technology provider Audible Magic has announced two new services, Rights Audit and Rights Rx, designed to verify rights ownership across more than 200 territories before new music is added to a catalog. Sony owned indie distributor The Or chard is among the first to sign on. The new service…