“Compass Bros is delighted to be associated with Ken Outch and the destra team and look forward to a long and prosperous relationship.” Graham Thompson Compass Bros Records
destra Entertainment a subsidiary of destra Corporation, Australia’s leading independent digital media and entertainment company, today announced a new partnership with Compass Brothers Records.
The deal marks an exclusive arrangement commencing in January 2008, whereby destra Entertainment will sell and distribute Compass Brothers Records music releases.
In addition to this destra Entertainment will represent Compass Brothers Records online catalogue internationally in an exclusive worldwide arrangement.
“destra Entertainment is extremely excited about the long term strategic alliance between destra Entertainment and Compass Brothers Records, which will offer both parties a symbiotic and synergistic long term goal to grow market share in Compass Brothers Records music product and maximise destra Music’s long standing expertise in sales and distribution in a wide range of music categories”. Ken Outch destra Music CEO.
Compass Bros Records is Australia’s premier country music label with a reputation for developing exceptional Australian talent. Since it’s inception in 2000 the label has built an impressive roster that includes multi platinum selling Adam Brand, multi gold selling Melinda Schneider, The Sunny Cowgirls, James Blundell, Anne Kirkpatrick, Dianna Corcoran, Peter Denahy, Rob Black, Brendon Walmsley, Jim Haynes and the 2007 Toyota Starmaker winner Kirsty Lee Akers. In CBR’s short history its artists have collected 16 CMAA Golden Guitar Awards including two for Album of the Year: Adam Brand’s ‘Good Friends’ in 2000 and Melinda Schneider’s ‘Family Tree’ in 2005. CBR was voted Record Company of the Year by the CMAA membership in 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2007.
“Compass Bros is delighted to be associated with Ken Outch and the destra team and look forward to a long and prosperous relationship.” Graham Thompson Compass Bros Records.