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# OFFICIAL: The Orchard & IODA Merge [More Details]
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/official-the-orchard-ioda-merge-more-details/
- Published: 2012-03-06T12:27:04.000Z
- Updated: 2012-03-06T12:27:04.000Z
- Description: As we reported earlier, The Orchard and IODA are merging. A joint statement from both digital music distributors confirmed that the combined company will be called The Orchard. Brad Navin,. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/03/official-the-orchard-ioda-merge-more-details.html]
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As we [reported earlier](https://www.hypebot.com/sony-merges-the-orchard-ioda-as-digital-music-consolidation-continues/), **The Orchard** and **IODA** are merging. A joint statement from both digital music distributors confirmed that the combined company will be called The Orchard. **Brad Navin**, current CEO of The Orchard, will become the CEO of the combined company. **Kevin Arnold**, founder and CEO of IODA, will take on an advisory role to the Board of Directors for new The Orchard and work on strategic projects for part-owner **Sony**.

  
Both companies have approved the transaction, which is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to close in the **second quarter of 2012.**

In an email to it's labels The Orchard wrote: "The main point is: **We're Better Together.** We have more negotiating power so we can better assert your rights. We also have more resources to build better tools for you to connect with your audiences."

**More on the merger here:** [Sony Merges The Orchard & IODA As Digital Music Consolidation Continues](https://www.hypebot.com/sony-merges-the-orchard-ioda-as-digital-music-consolidation-continues/)