Quincy Jones Sells Out

Quincy Jones has decided to completely sell out by licensing his name to a slew of products — or…anybody who will pay his fee. The 27-time Grammy winner, intends to set up a booth at this week’s Licensing International trade show in New York and pursue branding deals with suppliers and retailers in professional and consumer audio, publishing, fashion, home decor, personal grooming (yikes!), and anything else that will...

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Wind-Up Inks Deal with Verizon’s V-Cast Music Service

Wind-Up Records has announced that it has licensed its entire catalog to the Verizon Wireless V Cast Music service. To date, the Verizon has inked deals with the four major labels, as well as independent music digital distributors IODA and The Orchard. A direct deal with an independent label like Wind-Up is a first, and one that gives hope to the other larger independent labels that don’t use digital aggregators but are...

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