EMI And NY Daily News Are Giving Away Free Music On Super Sundays

Anyone within the circulation area of the New York Daily News will have a chance to cop some free music from EMI. According to a report on hypebot today, the newspaper has teamed up with the record company to offer readers 3 downloads of their choice from a selection of over 120,000 top tracks from EMI. Each copy of the NY Daily News on Super Bowl Sunday (February 3rd) and Grammy Sunday (February 10th) will have a promotional insert with a unique access code. Once you have your own code you can search/browse/download songs at www.NYDailyNews.com. One of the tracks is exclusive to this offer - Ringo Starr's unreleased track "It's Love" from his new record Liverpool 8. hypebot published these statements from the two companies about how this collaboration will benefit everyone:

“The Daily News is rewarding New Yorkers for making us New York’s #1 newspaper by offering this exciting, exclusive opportunity to download free music from EMI’s extensive collection of top hits and memorable classics,” said Rhonda Novick, Senior Vice President of Circulation and Brand Marketing at the Daily News. “This is an innovative partnership between a top daily newspaper and a major music company, and a prime example of what can be accomplished by fusing the capabilities of both print media and the web. We look forward to embracing similar partnerships in the future.” “The Daily News’s impressive Sunday readership gives EMI a great chance to showcase our talented family of artists to the large and diverse population of New York City and the surrounding areas,” said Ronn Werre, Executive Vice President of Global Sales for EMI Music. “Our agreement with the Daily News will help us expose new audiences to the ease and quality of digital music while ensuring our artists are compensated for the music they create.”

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