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| Available in | English, Spanish, Portuguese |
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| Founded | March 10, 1998[1] Woodstock, New York, U.S. |
| Headquarters | Portland, Oregon, U.S. |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Founder(s) | Derek Sivers |
| Key people | Gideon Joseph - Artist |
| Industry | Digital distribution, music publisher record label |
| Products | Digital distribution, Record Label |
| Parent | AVL Digital Group (Downtown) |
| Subsidiaries | Audio and Video Labs, Inc. (Soundrop) |
| URL | cdbaby |
CD Baby, Inc. is a Portland, Oregon[2] based online distributor of independent music. The company was described as an "anti-label" by its parent company's Chief Operating Officer Tracy Maddux.[3] It was established in 1998 and offered distribution for artists in physical and online format, however it discontinued the physical media service and went digital only in June 2023.
In 2018, CD Baby was one of the three companies with preferred partner status with Apple Music.[4] It was home to more than 650,000 artists and nine million tracks that were made available to over 100 digital services and platforms around the globe as of May 2019.[2]
- ^ "CDBaby.com WHOIS, DNS, & Domain Info - DomainTools". WHOIS. Archived from the original on June 6, 2021. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
- ^ a b "CD Baby Expands Operations to London, Hires Rich Orchard & Steve Cusack". Billboard. June 25, 2018. Retrieved July 1, 2023.
- ^ Rohter, Larry (August 12, 2014). "CD Baby, a Company for the Niche Musician". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 5, 2021. Retrieved May 9, 2019.
- ^ "Apple names The Orchard, Kontor and CD Baby 'Preferred Plus' music distributors as part of new program". Music Business Worldwide. November 13, 2018. Archived from the original on May 17, 2021. Retrieved May 9, 2019.