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, …
Promo system improvements
We’ve made some very useful changes to the way our promo system works: * DJs will now be able to select to receive Promos once per week instead of “as they come in” to facilitate the digestion and organization of them. They can select this option for all labels or on a label per label case within their subscription options …
Feature request forms added to the system
We have added a “Feature Request” form to facilitate and simplify the process of submitting your priority releases to participating stores. Please take a moment to read in full and understand how to properly fill it out so you can improve your chances of being accepted based on each store’s criteria. You will find the “Features” option in your Distribution …
Label Engine Holidays schedule
In the spirit of the Holidays and spending time with family and loved ones, our offices will be closed during the following dates (there will limited or no access to emails and skype so please plan accordingly): Thanksgiving – November 27 – 28 Christmas – December 24 – 25 New Years – December 31 – January 1 2015 Any questions …
IMPORTANT: Beatport Holiday delivery schedule
Beatport’s delivery system (and ingestion team) will be closed from December 12 2014 to January 5 2015, if you wish to have any releases live on the site between those dates you need to make sure your releases are sent for distribution to us by DECEMBER 11, 2014. Any deliveries after that date will risk not being live on time …
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 …
IMPORTANT: iTunes Holidays delivery schedule
Like every year, iTunes closes its offices during Thanksgiving and Christmas/New Years season. This also includes “iTunes Connect” which is their system to ingest new deliveries. It is very important you take notes of this delivery deadlines so you don’t miss on your desired dates, any releases that are not sent within this deadline will be made available as soon …
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 …