プレス・リリース (2001-11-30)
YesAsia.com and Sony Music International Enter into U.S. Distribution and Marketing Alliance
(San Francisco; November 30, 2001) Sony Music International and YesAsia.com, the leading online Asian entertainment store, today announced the commencement of their distribution and marketing alliance to market Sony Music Asian music releases to consumers and retail stores throughout the United States, leveraging YesAsia.com's proven online and offline marketing expertise and well-established sales channels to aggressively promote and distribute Sony Music releases.
The companies are already working together to further increase awareness for and the popularity of Sony Music's Asian artists through a series of innovative online and offline marketing campaigns, and have recently launched successful promotions for such major artists as CoCo Lee (Taiwan), Leon Lai (Hong Kong), and Chemistry (Japan).
"We are committed to bringing the music of our artists to the widest possible audience," commented Lisa Frank, Vice President, Artist Development for Sony Music International, "and by partnering with YesAsia we can reach Asian communities and retailers across North America not serviced through traditional distributors."
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Bill Haw, Director of Business Development and General Manager of YesAsia.com Japan adds, "Sony Music is known throughout the world as an industry leader and innovator, and we are proud and excited to be working closely with them to promote their artists. Awareness of Asian culture is on the rise worldwide, and we view this alliance as a significant milestone in our mission to popularize Asian music on a global scale."
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About YesAsia.com, Inc.
Founded in 1998 and headquartered in San Francisco, YesAsia.com has established itself as the world's leading Internet source of Asian entertainment products including music, video, karaoke, games, comic books, magazines, electronics, toys and gifts. Leveraging alliances with Sony Music, EMI Asia, and Universal Music, as well as a global e-commerce infrastructure with offices in the U.S., Japan, and Hong Kong, YesAsia.com is delivering quality customer service in over 200 countries, earning a Top Service award from Yahoo! in September 2000. With YesAsia.com's secure and sophisticated technology platform, users in different countries are offered multi-lingual viewing and multiple currency transactions.
For more information about YesAsia.com, please visit the company's corporate information site.
About Sony Music International
Sony Music International (SMI), a division of Sony Music Entertainment, has its headquarters in New York City and operates in more than 60 countries outside the United States and Japan. SMI produces, markets, promotes and distributes recorded music and video releases by such respected artists as Claudio Baglioni, Francis Cabrel, Roberto Carlos, Celine Dion, Vicente Fernandez, Ana Gabriel, Jean-Jacques Goldman, Julio Iglesias, Patricia Kaas, Leon Lai, CoCo Lee, Jose Luis Perales, Sade, Shakira, and Harlem Yu, among many others.
The companies are already working together to further increase awareness for and the popularity of Sony Music's Asian artists through a series of innovative online and offline marketing campaigns, and have recently launched successful promotions for such major artists as CoCo Lee (Taiwan), Leon Lai (Hong Kong), and Chemistry (Japan).
"We are committed to bringing the music of our artists to the widest possible audience," commented Lisa Frank, Vice President, Artist Development for Sony Music International, "and by partnering with YesAsia we can reach Asian communities and retailers across North America not serviced through traditional distributors."
Bill Haw, Director of Business Development and General Manager of YesAsia.com Japan adds, "Sony Music is known throughout the world as an industry leader and innovator, and we are proud and excited to be working closely with them to promote their artists. Awareness of Asian culture is on the rise worldwide, and we view this alliance as a significant milestone in our mission to popularize Asian music on a global scale."
About YesAsia.com, Inc.
Founded in 1998 and headquartered in San Francisco, YesAsia.com has established itself as the world's leading Internet source of Asian entertainment products including music, video, karaoke, games, comic books, magazines, electronics, toys and gifts. Leveraging alliances with Sony Music, EMI Asia, and Universal Music, as well as a global e-commerce infrastructure with offices in the U.S., Japan, and Hong Kong, YesAsia.com is delivering quality customer service in over 200 countries, earning a Top Service award from Yahoo! in September 2000. With YesAsia.com's secure and sophisticated technology platform, users in different countries are offered multi-lingual viewing and multiple currency transactions.
For more information about YesAsia.com, please visit the company's corporate information site.
About Sony Music International
Sony Music International (SMI), a division of Sony Music Entertainment, has its headquarters in New York City and operates in more than 60 countries outside the United States and Japan. SMI produces, markets, promotes and distributes recorded music and video releases by such respected artists as Claudio Baglioni, Francis Cabrel, Roberto Carlos, Celine Dion, Vicente Fernandez, Ana Gabriel, Jean-Jacques Goldman, Julio Iglesias, Patricia Kaas, Leon Lai, CoCo Lee, Jose Luis Perales, Sade, Shakira, and Harlem Yu, among many others.
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