We are very excited to announce that our new website (front-end) is now live! We have been working for the past few months on this very exciting project and we are proud of finally being able to show it to everybody. We wanted to make the website as easy as ever to navigate and present our available features in a …
Introducing Podcast Hosting
We have added a simplified way to host your Podcasts/DJ Mixes on Label Engine. As a Promotion subscriber or Premium Distribution user, you will get access to this new feature that sure comes handy to help promote your music, your label and your artists at no additional cost. To get started, click on the “Podcasts” tab under the “Promotion” menu, …
Youtube Music Key added to our network of stores
We are pleased to announce the addition of “Youtube Music Key” store to our network of stores. Youtube Music Key is the long rumored paid music service from Youtube/Google. In addition to being able to listen to music ad-free, Youtube is introducing background and offline music listening alongside many other exciting features. Learn more about Youtube Music Key This store …
The future is now: Label Engine and plug.dj announce partnership
We are very excited to announce a new partnership with innovative online music community plug.dj! Launched in early 2012, plug.dj allows people around the world to share and discover new music – your music! Artists and labels can use plug.dj as a promotional tool for album/single drops, tour kickoffs, fan outreach and more. Promoting your album/single release with a guest …
Introducing: Youtube distribution and content ID
Youtube, the world’s largest online music discovery engine continues to become one of the biggest revenue generators for record labels and artists. Since the introduction of Youtube’s CMS deals (content ID), the company claims to have paid well over 1 billion dollars in revenue which is well ahead of most digital download stores and other competing streaming options. With the …
Important: Announcing Label Engine Connect
We are very excited to announce the introduction of Label Engine Connect (beta), the newest feature that aims to assist in the transparent collaboration between Content Owners (Labels/Artists) and Youtube promoters. (This unique and exciting opportunity is currently in public beta testing available only to our distributed labels/artists and youtube promoters/channels, it is not available for our non-distributed users/subscribers) In …
Canada’s “Anti-Spam” law and what it means to you
As of July 1st, 2014 CALS is requiring businesses and entities to obtain an express “Opt-In” or implied consent to send commercial electronic messages (CEMs), including emails and certain types of social media messages. There are several exceptions for businesses/entities delivering this emails outside of Canada, as well as the intent of the email (if you are not selling anything …
Introducing Monthly Accounting reports & collecting royalties anytime you want
We are very excited to officially introduce the new Label Engine payment system that aims to speed up the process of Labels getting their hands on royalty reports and when they are able to collect the money. We are switching from Quarterly reports to Monthly reports and with the new system you can collect your earnings virtually anytime you want. …
Apple to acquire Beats/Beats Music
As you may know (the rumor has been going around for weeks) Apple and Beats have finally officially announced an acquisition. Apple will acquire Beats/Beats Music for 3 Billion Dollars. We received an email from the Director of Business and Label relations over at Beats Music confirming it. It’s unclear how it will affect (or not) our direct deal with …
Label Engine and WDA announce partnership
We are very excited to announce our new partnership with Mobile Distributor and Marketing company WDA (WirelessDeveloper Agency). This partnership will help us and our distributed labels enter the competitive Ringtone/Playback industry that is still very coveted. WDA will bring over 10 years of experience, flawless relationships with carries and will work hand to hand with us to push releases …