MGM Distribution

This article is about the Australian music distributor known as MGM Distribution. For the unrelated American motion picture studio with the division, "MGM Distribution Co.", see Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Not to be confused with MGM Records.

MGM Distribution
Company typeCorporation
IndustryMusic entertainment
Foundedin 1998
HeadquartersSydney
Area served
Australia
Key people
Sebastian Chase (CEO/founder)
Mark Bolton (general manager)
ProductsDistribution of records, CDs and music downloads
WebsiteMGM Distribution

MGM Distribution (Metropolitan Groove Merchants) is the largest independent distributor of Australian music[1] and music related merchandise. It was established in April 1998 by Sebastian Chase.[2][3]

MGM Distribution was set up specifically as a distribution hub to service independent labels and artists. MGM Distribution is focused on a specific agenda – dealing with retail, promoting its releases to retail, ensuring that orders are filled correctly and dispatched expediently.

MGM is not a label and does not sign artists. As a distributor, MGM requires that the labels market their releases to the media to create demand that causes sell through at retail.

MGM Distribution is a major financial supporter of the Australian Music Prize[4] and the JB Seed grant program, an arts grants fund established by John Butler in 2005.

  1. ^ "ARIA Board Members". ARIA. Retrieved 14 April 2011.
  2. ^ "Sebastian Chase". Song Summit 2010. APRA/AMCOS. Archived from the original on 23 February 2011. Retrieved 14 April 2011.
  3. ^ "Sebastian Chase". IanSandercoe.com. Archived from the original on 7 April 2008. Retrieved 14 April 2011.
  4. ^ Eliezer, Christie (December 2005). "The Australian Music Prize 2005". Issue #372. Db Magazine. Archived from the original on 7 April 2006. Retrieved 14 April 2011.