Here's an interesting blurb about the deal:
http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=229775
"RED Distribution announces it has finalized exclusive distribution
agreements with NPG Music and Rust Records. NPG Music features music
from all corners of the Latin and World music stages, while Rust
Records is an expanding Rock and Country label."
Latin & World music??? Does this mean that the Panamaniac project
(with Liza Hernandez) will see the light of day?
On 7/13/06, NuPwrSoul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
According to the AP article on the NPGMC shutdown, last month Prince
signed an exclusive distribution deal with RED Distribution, the same
company that distributed The Rainbow Children.
I wonder if this is an indication of estrangement from Universal over
3121 and the repeated delays of Tamar's album (which I'm hearing has
been delayed once again to a date not yet determined).
Maybe the pendulum is swinging away from commercial back to
independent/artist once again. Prince certainly seemed to have a
better go at it with RED for The Rainbow Children and the One Nite
Alone tour vs. Universal / 3121. For all its industry muscle, 3121
has not yet cracked gold in the U.S.
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2006-07-12-prince-site_x.htm
Prince's site shut down; attorney says not due to lawsuit
Updated 7/12/2006 8:04 PM ET
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Prince's fan website has been shut down, but an
attorney for the musician says it's not related to a recent trademark
lawsuit against the site, NPGMusicClub.com.
HM Publishing Holdings, a book company in England, filed the lawsuit
on July 3 based on its own NPG, a science-book subsidiary called the
Nature Publishing Group.
Prince's attorney, David Schelzel, said Prince already has approval of
the name from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and that the legal
action is minor.
"Prince's use of the NPG or Paisley Park trademarks is no way in
jeopardy," Schelzel said. When asked why the site was shut down,
Schelzel told the Star Tribune "Wait and see."
Last month, New York's RED Distribution announced a deal in which it
will be the "sole distributor" of all of Prince's NPG products. Soon
after that, an e-mail was sent out to NPG members saying the site had
entered "a time of great reflection and restructuring."
The online club started around 2000, and it won Prince a Webby Award
in June for being an Internet innovator.
"In its current 4m (form), there is a feeling that the NPGMC has gone
as far as it can go," the e-mail said. "The future holds nothing but
endless opportunity. Don't u want 2 come?"
Copyright 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This
material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Posted 7/12/2006 8:02 PM ET
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