Listen.com's Rhapsody music subscription service has inked Vivendi Universal's Universal Music Group. (Briefs).(Brief Article)

Multichannel News, July, 2002

SAN FRANCISCO -- Listen.com's Rhapsody music subscription service has inked Vivendi Universal's Universal Music Group to a nonexclusive deal to distribute music from its artists catalog. The deal makes Rhapsody the first online music service to gain distribution agreements with all five major record labels.

The other labels are BMG Entertainment, EMI Recorded Music, Sony Music Entertainment and Warner Music Group. "Universal Music Group is committed to making our music available to a variety of legitimate online services, giving consumers broad access o our roster of talented artists," said Larry Kenswil, president of Universal Music Group eLabs. "Rhapsody is a great outlet for our music as the service balances consumers' passion for digital music while...

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