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# Sony Completes $200 Million Purchase Of [Formerly] Indie Distributor The Orchard
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/sony-completes-200-million-purchase-of-formerly-indie-distributor-the-orchard/
- Published: 2015-03-18T09:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2015-03-18T09:15:00.000Z
- Description: Indie music and video distributor The Orchard is independent no more. A strategic investment by Sony just became 100% ownership and control.
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Indie Music, Music Business, Abu Dhabi Media, Academy Award, Aldo Vagnozzi, American Society of Composers, Artist, Authors and Publishers, Berlin International Film Festival, Bharatiya Janata Party, Bjørn Lynne, Bobby Braddock, YouTube, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:28

[![image from d25t5zhawhz6iz.cloudfront.net](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201bb0801ab3d970d-150wi "image from d25t5zhawhz6iz.cloudfront.net")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201bb0801ab3d970d-popup?ref=hypebot.com)Indie music and video distributor **The Orchard is** **independent no more.**  A strategic investment by **Sony** just became **100% ownership** and control.

A new SEC filing has reveled that Sony has agreed to purchase the remaining stake in music and video distributor The Orchard for $200 million. Sony has owned a controlling interest in The Orchard since 2012, but the company has continued to operate independently. In addition to The Orchard, Sony also owns music distributor RED.

Expect smaller distributors like OneRPM and Ditto to aggressively approach indie labels with a "100% independent" pitch.

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