This article is about the Australian music distributor known as MGM Distribution. For the unrelated American motion picture studio with the division, "MGM Distribution Co.", see Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Not to be confused with MGM Records.
MGM Distribution
Company type
Corporation
Industry
Music entertainment
Founded
in 1998
Headquarters
Sydney
Area served
Australia
Key people
Sebastian Chase (CEO/founder) Mark Bolton (general manager)
Products
Distribution of records, CDs and music downloads
Website
MGM Distribution
MGM Distribution (Metropolitan Groove Merchants) is the largest independent distributor of Australian music[1] and music related merchandise and was established in April 1998 by Sebastian Chase.[2][3]
MGM Distribution was specifically set up as a distribution hub to service independent labels and artists. MGM Distribution is totally focused on a specific agenda – dealing with retail, promoting its releases to retail, ensuring that orders are filled correctly and dispatched expediently. MGM is not a label and does not sign artists.
MGM as a distributor requires that the labels market their releases to the media to create demands that causes sell through at retail.
MGM Distribution is a major financial supporter of the JB Seed grant program, an arts grants fund established by John Butler in 2005, in addition to their support of the Australian Music Prize.[4]
^"ARIA Board Members". ARIA. Retrieved 14 April 2011.
^"Sebastian Chase". Song Summit 2010. APRA/AMCOS. Archived from the original on 23 February 2011. Retrieved 14 April 2011.
^"Sebastian Chase". IanSandercoe.com. Archived from the original on 7 April 2008. Retrieved 14 April 2011.
^Eliezer, Christie (December 2005). "The Australian Music Prize 2005". Issue #372. Db Magazine. Archived from the original on 7 April 2006. Retrieved 14 April 2011.
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