The Daily Swarm - Beatport 'one of the hottest new music download sites in the world'... 'our customers need our music'

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October 15, 2007

Beatport 'one of the hottest new music download sites in the world'... 'our customers need our music'

But now this “small” site has grown into a business that employs 70 full time to get music to dance enthusiasts. In the Denver office, near 10th Avenue and Broadway, they manage the music labels in North and South America; the Berlin office handles most of the rest of the world, with New York and London offices dealing with niche markets. It’s a lot of music.

“We have more than 6,500 labels who signed contracts with us,” said Jonas Tempel, CEO and founding partner. “A vast number of those labels have signed exclusive contracts with us because they feel we’re the best opportunity for them to have success online. They’ve foregone their iTunes contracts; nobody could find them.”