Sennheiser Dumps Australian Monitor

Sennheiser has dumped Australian Monitor, ending their three-year distribution agreement in North America. Beginning September 1, distribution in the United States will be continued by Starin Marketing, Inc., an audio, video and multimedia distributor located in Chesterton, Indiana. Utilizing Starin, Australian Monitor hopes to bring more products to the U.S. market.

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Universal Buys Into Loud.com

Universal Music Group has announced an investment in Loud.com, a moderately popular online hip-hop community. New York-based Loud.com, a subsidiary of Loud Records and SRC Entertainment, is described as an online community, competition, A&R site and marketing company by its founders, which is quite broad by any measure, but one that Universal somehow found appealing. Vibrant online communities are the new frontier of...

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