Slacker inks deals with top Indie labels
Thursday, September 20, 2007 at 3:46 PM
Slacker is on a roll today. Not only have they signed with all four major music labels (effectively giving them a far deeper playlist), but now they've gone and inked deals with indie music IODA, The Orchard, Beggars Group and Matador Records, IRIS, Ubiquity Records and Sanctuary Group PLC.
The agreements give Slacker the rights to play their "personal radio stations" anyway - from the online Web player, to the Desktop player, as well as on their upcoming Slacker Portables.
It looks like Slacker is really pushing the "discovery" aspect of their service (IODA's catalog includes close to 1 million tracks alone), and it looks like the flood gates have just been opened.
Now, if they could only get that Portable on the streets....
Slacker is on a roll today. Not only have they signed with all four major music labels (effectively giving them a far deeper playlist), but now they've gone and inked deals with indie music IODA, The Orchard, Beggars Group and Matador Records, IRIS, Ubiquity Records and Sanctuary Group PLC.
The agreements give Slacker the rights to play their "personal radio stations" anyway - from the online Web player, to the Desktop player, as well as on their upcoming Slacker Portables.
It looks like Slacker is really pushing the "discovery" aspect of their service (IODA's catalog includes close to 1 million tracks alone), and it looks like the flood gates have just been opened.
Now, if they could only get that Portable on the streets....


