Digital Music Group Announces Classical Music For Dummies(R)
23 May 2006 - 9:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
Partnership With Wiley Delivers New Classical Digital Music
Releases to Worldwide Audience SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 23
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Digital Music Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:DMGI),
a content owner and distributor of digital music recordings focused
on past hits, out-of-print, back catalog, and independent label
recordings, today announced a partnership with Wiley Publishing,
Inc. that will bring Digital Music Group's classical music
repertoire to the digital music marketplace under the For Dummies
brand. Under the terms of the partnership, Digital Music Group will
release a series of digital albums focused on the classical genre,
including Classical Music For Dummies, Volume 1, Mozart For
Dummies, Beethoven For Dummies, and more. These digital albums will
be assembled from Digital Music Group's library of classical music
and will be marketed and sold to consumers worldwide through online
music stores as well as online properties managed by Wiley,
including http://www.dummies.com/. Partnership Helps Bring
Classical Music to Worldwide Audience through the Digital Music
Market Place As part of the partnership, Digital Music Group will
license the For Dummies brand and release a series of digital music
albums focused on the classical genre. Both Digital Music Group and
Wiley will market the digital albums to their respective audiences
who will purchase the digital music through online music stores
worldwide. "Classical music is traditionally one of the most
difficult and intimidating genres for the average music consumer to
approach," said Mitchell Koulouris, Chief Executive Officer of
Digital Music Group. "By working with a well-known brand like For
Dummies and leveraging the breadth of our catalog and the
flexibility of the digital music marketplace, we hope to make
classical music simpler, friendlier, and more approachable for
consumers. Classical Music For Dummies will simplify and demystify
classical music for the average music consumer." Additionally,
classical music is one of the fastest growing genres in the digital
music market. "We are very excited to be working with Digital Music
Group," said Marc Mikulich, VP Brand Management of Wiley
Publishing, Inc. Our book Classical Music For Dummies has over
100,000 copies in print in English and many more in translation
throughout the world. So it makes sense for us to work with Digital
Music Group's digital music catalog to form a powerful set of
products that will enable consumers to have the Dummies experience
combined with classical music in digital download format." The
first eight releases in the Classical Music For Dummies series will
be released this June. The initial wave of titles will include Bach
For Dummies(R), Beethoven For Dummies(R), Brahms For Dummies(R),
Haydn For Dummies(R), Mozart For Dummies(R), Ravel For Dummies(R),
Tchaikovsky For Dummies(R), and Classical Music For Dummies(R),
Volume 1. This will be the first in a regular and ongoing release
schedule for the Classical Music For Dummies series. For more
information, please visit
http://www.digitalmusicgroupinc.com/classicalfordummies.aspx. About
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Founded in 1807, John Wiley & Sons,
Inc. provides must-have content and services to customers
worldwide. Its core businesses include scientific, technical, and
medical journals, encyclopedias, books, and online products and
services; professional and consumer books and subscription
services; and educational materials for undergraduate and graduate
students and lifelong learners. Wiley has publishing, marketing,
and distribution centers in the United States, Canada, Europe,
Asia, and Australia. The Company is listed on the New York Stock
Exchange under the symbols JWa and JWb. Wiley's Internet site can
be accessed at http://www.wiley.com/. About Digital Music Group,
Inc. Founded in 2005, Digital Music Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:DMGI) is
focused on helping consumers worldwide to experience more music, in
more ways. Digital Music Group acquires the digital rights to music
recordings and processes these recordings into digital format for
distribution to online music stores such as the iTunes Music Store,
MSN Music, RealNetworks, Napster, Wal-Mart Music and Yahoo! Music,
where they are available for purchase by consumers via downloading.
For more information, please visit
http://www.digitalmusicgroupinc.com/. Digital Music Group is a
trademark of Digital Music Group, Inc. Other names mentioned herein
are the property of their respective owners. Forward-Looking
Statements This release contains forward-looking statements
(including, without limitation, information regarding Digital Music
Group's plans for releasing digital albums of classical music under
the For Dummies brand) that involve risks and uncertainties that
could cause the results of Digital Music Group to differ materially
from management's current expectations. Actual results may differ
materially due to a number of factors including, among others:
unforeseen difficulties assembling the digital albums; potential
changes in consumers' tastes and preferences in music; and our
dependence on Apple iTunes Music Stores and other online music
stores to make the digital albums available for purchase by
consumers. The matters discussed in this press release also involve
risks and uncertainties described in Digital Music Group's most
recent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Digital
Music Group assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking
information contained in this release. Press Contact Digital Music
Group, Inc.: Anders Brown, Chief Operating Officer, Telephone:
(916) 239-6010 x2504 Allen & Caron Inc.: Len Hall, VP Media
Relations, Telephone: (949) 474-4300, e-mail: Investor Relations
Contact Digital Music Group, Inc.: Karen Davis, Chief Financial
Officer, Telephone: (916) 239-6010 x2505 Allen & Caron Inc.:
Jesse Deal, Account Manager, Telephone: (212) 691-8087, e-mail:
DATASOURCE: Digital Music Group, Inc. CONTACT: Anders Brown, Chief
Operating Officer, ext. 2504, or Investors, Karen Davis, Chief
Financial Officer, ext. 2505, both of Digital Music Group, Inc.,
+1-916-239-6010; or Len Hall, VP Media Relations, +1-949-474-4300,
, or Investor Relations, Jesse Deal, Account Manager,
+1-212-691-8087, , both of Allen & Caron Inc., for Digital
Music Group, Inc. Web site:
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