NAVR NEWS feb 26, 1999
NAVARRE SIGNS EXCLUSIVE DEAL WITH
JACKET RECORDS: FIRST CD FROM
Vonda Shepard -- Musical Alter-Ego on Fox TV's Ally McBeal
Business Editors
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 26, 1999--Jim
Chiado, VP/GM of Navarre Corporation's (Nasdaq: NAVR)
music products division, today announced that the company
has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Jacket
Records, featuring popular singer/songwriter Vonda Shepard.
Recognized as Ally McBeal's television alter-ego, Shepard
wrote the series theme song, provides additional songs for
weekly episodes, and frequently appears on camera singing.
Chiado enthuses, "We're delighted that Vonda has chosen to
once again distribute her records through Navarre. We have
watched Vonda's career soar and couldn't be happier to play a
continued role in it."
Shepard's Jacket Records CD, By 7:30, will be released
through Navarre on April 20th, with a list price of $16.98. The
first single off the CD will be Baby Don't You Break My Heart
Slow, a duet with Emily Saliers, from the popular group The
Indigo Girls.
Jacket Records President Gail Gellman states, "Needless to
say, we are very excited to release Vonda's record and are
thrilled to work with Navarre again. These are challenging
times in the music industry and independent releases need the
support of a good distributor. Navarre is the best."
Navarre Corporation operates one of the first "business to
business" Internet E-Commerce web site www.navarre.com
and provides fulfillment for both traditional and E-Commerce
retail sites. Navarre Corporation's major business groups are:
Computer Products Division which publishes and distributes
quality consumer software to retailers nationwide; Independent
Music Distribution which is the major distributor of independent
music labels in the United States and now Canada; ARM which
distributes major label music to non-traditional retail outlets;
DVD Home Video distribution; and the majority-owned
subsidiary NetRadio Network is the premier Internet radio
network featuring over 100 channels of originally programmed
audio content at netradio.net (TM), and its online
stores CDPoint (http://CDPoint.com) (TM). |
