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Home to more than 1 million artists and 9 million tracks, CD Baby has paid out over $1 billion in artist royalties since its founding in 1998. Our complete artist-services platform simplifies and streamlines the complexities of global music distribution, publishing, and promotion—connecting independent musicians with new audiences and revenue streams so they can enjoy creative autonomy and thrive on their own terms. Founded and run by artists for artists, CD Baby exists to make success in the music business accessible to all. A Downtown company.

TuneCore—owned by Believe, one of the world’s leading digital music companies—is the leading development partner for self-releasing artists to build their audiences and careers, with technology and services across distribution, publishing administration, and a range of promotional offerings. How We Are Different: - TuneCore Music Distribution helps artists, labels and managers sell their music through Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube Music, Deezer, TikTok and more than 150 download and streaming stores worldwide, while retaining 100 percent of their rights for a low annual flat fee. - TuneCore advocates for diversity, equity and inclusion across all of our platforms and throughout our company. As part of our commitment to gender equity, since 2021, Believe and TuneCore have sponsored BE THE CHANGE: Gender Equity in Music, a groundbreaking study that explores the challenges and experiences of women and gender expansive creators and professionals in the music industry. - TuneCore is committed to the well-being of our employees and aims to create a workplace that fosters both personal and professional growth. Our inclusive benefits package includes, but is not limited to: • 4 ½ day work week with “Wellness Fridays” year round, paid time off, unlimited paid sick days, and week-long company-wide time-off between Christmas and New Years. • 4 month Universal Paid Parental Leave for both parents • 401k match starting at day 1 and $125/month direct to student loan repayment • Comprehensive health, vision, dental, FSA and dependent care • Weekly catered lunches, happy hours & in-office performances, and employee showcases - TuneCore is proud to be included in Fast Company’s top ten list of Most Innovative Music Companies in 2023 and 2024, and recognized on Crain’s Top 100 Places to Work in NYC list from 2022 through 2024. Our Artist Support Team makes things easy for you. Submit a request here: https://support.tunecore.com/hc/en-us/requests/new

Ditto Music is an award-winning global music distribution and record label services company, supporting over 2 million artists and labels worldwide, with more than 20 offices across the UK, Europe, Australia, Asia, Africa, North and Latin America. Founded by Matt & Lee Parsons in 2007, the company provides distribution to hundreds of the biggest music platforms such as Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes, Deezer, Amazon and Vevo amongst others. Ditto Music also offers record label and promotional services for independent artists through its premium music marketing service Ditto Label Services, including press, playlist pitching, social media, radio plugging and more. They also became the first distribution company to offer management for artists, with the launch of Ditto Management, a stand-alone artist management company. Ditto has previously worked with major artists such as Stormzy, Ed Sheeran and Sam Smith at the early stages of their careers, as well as Chance the Rapper, Dave, Yxng Bane, AJ Tracey, Ian Brown and many more in recent years, achieving numerous UK Top 40 and worldwide chart hits. Following rapid growth and the opening of new worldwide headquarters, Ditto was named as one of Britain's fastest growing companies on The Sunday Times Fast Track 100 list for 2017 and SME Export Track 100 list for 2018. Ditto Music was also nominated for Best Label/Artist Services Company at the Music Week Awards in 2017 and 2018.