Largest Licensing and Collection Agent for Music Publishers & Largest Wireless Entertainment Provider in U.S. Reach Landmark Agreement
September 18, 2003 - The largest licensing and collection agent for music publishers and the largest wireless entertainment provider have reached a licensing agreement for ringtones in the U.S. The Harry Fox Agency, Inc. (HFA), which represents over 27,000 music publishers for their mechanical and digital licensing needs, announced today that it has entered into a agreement with Zingy, whose http://www.zingy.com/ has a registered user base of over 2 million. The company delivers its content into most of the major wireless carriers including AT&T Wireless, Cingular, and Sprint PCS.
The non-exclusive license covers monophonic, polyphonic, and pre-recorded ringtones (also known as master clip ringtones).
"Ringtones are one of the fast-growing areas for music distribution, and it's an important opportunity for our publishers," said Gary Churgin, President and CEO, Harry Fox Agency. "Zingy's established reach into the wireless marketplace makes them a great partner for us, and we look forward to working with them."
"Prompt licensing with a large number of publishers is one of the most important elements of success in the ringtone business. Our relationship with Harry Fox will allow us to offer ever more ringtones of the latest and greatest songs," said Fabrice Grinda, CEO and co-founder of Zingy. "Working with Harry Fox gives us one point of contact to electronically license and manage payments to tens of thousands of music publishers, which would be difficult, if not impossible, for us to do on our own."
About the Harry Fox Agency
Established in 1927 by the National Music Publishers Association, the Harry Fox Agency represents over 27,000 U.S. music publishers for their mechanical and digital licensing needs, issuing licenses and collecting and distributing royalties. HFA also provides collection and monitoring services to its U.S. publisher clients for music distributed and sold in over 75 territories around the world. For more information about HFA, to become an affiliate publisher or a licensee, click here.
About Zingy
New York-based Zingy Inc. is the largest wireless media company in the Americas. The company develops, aggregates, promotes, and distributes mobile content direct to consumers through http://www.zingy.com/ and through a network of media companies and wireless carrier partnerships. Zingy offers ringtones, MMS, horoscopes, wireless games, alerts, and SMS voting. http://www.zingy.com/ has a user base currently in excess of 2 million registered users. The company delivers its content into most of the major North American wireless carriers including AT&T Wireless, Cingular, T-Mobile, Sprint PCS, Rogers AT&T, and Fido. Zingy powers the mobile entertainment content offerings of Sprint PCS, Cingular Wireless, Nextel, and Telcel. The company has co-branded distribution partnerships with top web portals such as Microsoft's MSN. For more information, click here.
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