Recent Stock Photo Industry Press Releases

AudioMicro Upgrades Music Licensing Platform; Teams with SlideRocket

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AudioMicro upgrades its music licensing platform with a cleaner, smarter interface, and improved search tools; brings stock music and sound effects to the SlideRocket marketplace

Los Angeles, CA, June 24, 2009. AudioMicro.com, the web's largest micro stock music and sound effects licensing destination, has launched a new version of its website, targeted at purchasers of royalty free music and sound effects. New visitors to AudioMicro.com will find a completely revamped user interface and design, making it a rich and simple destination for discovering and licensing stock audio.

Visitors to the new AudioMicro homepage experience improved utility and design, including:

Free AudioMicro Lite iPhone App Now Available in iTunes App Store

Stock Audio Company’s Free App Puts More Than 50 Professional-Quality Sound Effects in Your Pocket

Los Angeles, CA, May 15, 2009. AudioMicro.com, a crowd-sourced marketplace for commercial music licensing, today announced the availability of AudioMicro Lite, the company’s latest iPhone app. The free app includes more than 50 professional-quality sound effects as well as a “Sneak Attack” feature, which sets the iPhone to play a specified sound effect when the device is moved by an unsuspecting person. AudioMicro Lite’s sound effects were contributed by members of AudioMicro.com, a worldwide stock audio community.

AudioMicro Teams with the Blastwave FX Sound Effects Library

... Adding Over 32,000 Effects; Releases iPhone App with 500 Sound Effects

Los Angeles, CA, April 07, 2009. AudioMicro.com announces the addition of the Blastwave FX sound effects library, adding over 32,000 professional quality, royalty free sound effects to its online archive. Headed by Ric Viers, author of the "Sound Effects Bible," the Blastwave FX collection is well known for being a comprehensive, progressive, original collection.

AudioMicro to represent “Family Guy” composer Ron Jones; library surpasses 50,000 tracks

AudioMicro.com to represent over 170 original scores by “Family Guy” composer Ron Jones

Los Angeles, CA, March 03, 2009. AudioMicro.com announces the addition of over 170 original scores by “Family Guy” composer Ron Jones, as the online music and sound effects library surpasses the 50,000 track milestone.

The addition of Ron Jones’ collection permits the popular composer’s work to be available for use in everyday video projects from YouTube movies to short films, all at affordable licensing fees as little as $1 per minute. Central to the deal is Mr. Jones’ belief in the advancement of music placement opportunities for composers through open-minded, crowd-sourced collaboration - the underlying principles of the “micro stock” licensing model.

AudioMicro Closes Series A Financing

DFJ Frontier Invests in Micro-Stock Music-Licensing Marketplace

Los Angeles, CA, Oct. 22, 2008.

AudioMicro.com, a crowd-sourced marketplace for commercial music licensing, today announced that the company has closed a Series A round of venture capital financing led by DFJ Frontier. In connection with the financing, Scott Lenet, a managing director of DFJ Frontier, will join AudioMicro’s board of directors. The funds will be used to enhance the online marketplace, to attract new content, and as working capital.

AudioMicro Launches Micro Stock Audio Platform

Los Angeles, CA, May 24, 2008. AudioMicro announces call for submissions to its new micro stock audio platform.  The First 100 users with 100 accepted stock audio uploads will automatically receive a 1GB Apple iPod shuffle!

AudioMicro enters the space as a new outlet for composers, songwriters, sound designers, and audio engineers to license, collaborate, and communicate on a platform dedicated solely to audio content.  The maverick micro stock music site offers a service that will be extremely useful, and at a big cost savings to everyone in the film, radio, television, and video production industries.  AudioMicro content can be used for both commercial and personal purposes on a simple, royalty-free, democratic, easy to use licensing platform.   

AudioMicro is an artist friendly community, paying the highest royalty rate in the industry at 50% for non-exclusive contributors and 60% for exclusive contributors.