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The Orchard is a full-service music distribution company operating in 47 cities worldwide. The Orchard's comprehensive artist & label services offering harnesses innovative technology, transparent data analysis, and expertise to reach fans and grow audiences. Offerings include digital and physical sales and marketing, advertising, brand partnerships, rights management, video monetization, collaborator splits and royalty accounting, publishing administration, neighboring rights, and more. Championed by an exceptional community of music lovers and experts, The Orchard empowers creators and entrepreneurs to grow and adapt in the dynamic, global industry. For further information, visit www.theorchard.com.

UnitedMasters is a new music industry alternative that provides independent artists with premium music distribution services, a suite of tools to help them directly connect with fans, and opportunities for unique partnerships with some of the world’s biggest brands including the NBA, Bose, and iHeart. UnitedMasters allows artists to easily distribute their music to all major streaming services. Distributed artists become eligible to participate in a variety of advertisements, brand partnerships and other promotions that earn them money and bring in new fans. UnitedMasters also provides artists access to their streaming and social data so they can gain insight into how to maximize fan engagement. The most promising artists on the platform unlock access to a bespoke suite of promotional services like playlist pitching, marketing, PR, and promotion. UnitedMasters aims to give artists the tools to operationalize their independence and maximize their creative and economic potential. UnitedMasters was launched in 2017 by Translation founder and music industry veteran Steve Stoute with a $70 million Series A led by Google’s corporate umbrella Alphabet alongside prestigious venture firm Andreessen Horowitz and entertainment giant 21st Century Fox. Led by a team of executives, marketers, engineers, and storytellers with backgrounds from YouTube, Soundcloud, Pandora, Instagram, Dropbox, Complex, and Vice, the platform positions talent for mainstream impact while allowing them to maintain full ownership over their master recording rights.

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