imeem & Nettwerk Music Group Join Forces

SAN FRANCISCO, CA. (Top40 Charts/ imeem) - imeem, a leading social network, and Nettwerk Music Group, Canada's leading privately owned record label and artist management company, today announced a comprehensive audio, video and marketing partnership. The companies will collaborate to enable imeem users to discover new music from Nettwerk through artist-based sponsorship, marketing and promotion initiatives.

imeem launched the first ad-supported and interactive music streaming service earlier this year to offer both music and video in partnership with major and independent record labels. Nettwerk's entire audio and video digital catalog is available for interactive on-demand streaming on imeem, including popular artists Avril Lavigne, Barenaked Ladies, Dido, Sum 41, and Sarah McLachlan. The imeem community can listen to their favorite artists, discover new music through friends with similar tastes, and express themselves by creating custom playlists and slideshows to share on imeem and across the Web.

'We want to extend the reach of our talented artists at Nettwerk by connecting with fans wherever and however they are enjoying music,' said Terry McBride, Nettwerk Music Group CEO. 'imeem has built a unique social networking service that truly benefits both bands and fans.'

'We are looking forward to exploring creative new ways to connect our growing community of over 18 million users with new and established artists from Nettwerk's terrific catalog of mainstream and indie music and video," said Steve Jang, CMO and Head of Business Development at imeem.