DiscMakers Buys CD Baby
Just opened up my feeds this morning to see that Derek Sivers has sold the mecca of independent CD distribution to the number one duplication (in my opinion) company in the country. Direct from Derek’s blog:
You might have seen in CD Baby’s 10th birthday announcement last March that I haven’t worked at CD Baby since last year. In fact I’ve hardly been there since 2002. I designed all the internal systems to run without me, so that I could be free to go learn and invent new things.
But now my new projects are exciting me so much that I decided to hand over CD Baby to someone that’s going to make it better than ever for you. I chose Disc Makers as the new owner because their president Tony Van Veen has been one of my favorite people for years, and I always felt they’d do a better job of running CD Baby than I would.
The CD Baby staff, location, name, and everything else will stay the same, but I think you’ll start to notice more attention given to improvements that help you sell more music.
This is one to keep a close look into in the coming days. 2 of the biggest players in the indie game are now one. If they can continue to help up and coming bands connect with their fans in affordable and innovative ways, this could be a great partnership.
-Greg Rollett
