MPS Mobile Global Reader Gets Jazzed! Announces Major Content Partnership With Savoy Label Group

Feb. 3, 2009 - PRLog -- (Toronto) MPS Mobile’s Global Reader, a worldwide mobile content distribution service, today announced a major content partnership with the Savoy Label Group, one of the leading jazz label groups in the world. As part of the agreement, 50,000 tracks from their prestigious group of labels, which includes Denon, Denon Classics & Jazz, Savoy Jazz and 429 Records will be accessible to music lovers on any Internet enabled mobile device they are currently using via the Global Reader international mobile distribution network.  

Among the tracks to be available are from the historic Savoy Jazz recordings, featuring legendary artists Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Milt Jackson and The Modern Jazz Quartet as well as recent Savoy Jazz releases including Ravi Coltrane (the Grammy® nominated son of John).   As a special introductory promotion, mobile users can get a free download demonstration of the Dr. John/Eric Clapton track “Time For A Change” from their 2008 Grammy nominated 429 Records CD, "City That Care Forgot,"  by either texting TIMECHANGE to 69302 to get a direct link or accessing wap.global-reader.com/go/timechange on their mobile browsers.  Pricing has been set at 99 cents per track.

Steven Vining, President of The Savoy Label Group notes,   “We are very excited about our partnership with MPS Global Reader.  With over 3.3 billion Internet-enabled mobile devices in existence worldwide, the potential market to hear music on mobile is enormous.  This represents a brave new world for us to bring our catalog to a platform consumers are increasingly using to get music.”

In commenting Global Reader’s Director of Sales Bob Kasher stated. “Partnering with the Savoy Label Group is a major step in achieving our goal to be the premiere content provider presenting jazz music on mobile.  We are thrilled about our association and look forward to bring their legendary catalog of music to Global Reader. “

About MPS Mobile and Global Reader

Global Reader is available on over 75 Mobile Carriers worldwide in over 160 countries supporting material in a variety of languages, presenting print, audio and video content. You can receive it on any Internet enabled mobile device including the iPhone, Blackberry, Nokia, Samsung, Motorola and Sony Ericksson Smart phones as well as over 800 other devices worldwide. You can find it by going to wap.global-reader.com on your mobile device.

MPS Mobile is a wholly owned subsidiary of Macmillan Publishing Solutions (MPS). MPS has been in the business of providing a variety of publishing services to international publishing and media companies for over 30 years and has earned a strong reputation as a leader in the industry. MPS Mobile is our Global Platform and software solution enabling content providers to reach mobile phone audiences anywhere and everywhere in the world.

About Savoy Label Group

The Savoy Label Group (SLG) is a leader in contemporary adult music and features not only the historic Savoy Jazz recordings but also those from Muse, Landmark, Denon, and the Denon Classics labels.  The Savoy Label Group is the North American unit of Columbia Music Entertainment (formerly Nippon Columbia), the oldest music company in Japan. SLG is lead by Steve Vining and CME is headed by Chairman Strauss Zelnick, founder of Zelnick Media, which owns interests in and manages an array of media companies.