MGM Distribution

{{Short description|Australian music distributor}}

{{about|the Australian music distributor known as MGM Distribution|the unrelated American motion picture studio with the division, "MGM Distribution Co."|Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer}}

{{distinguish|MGM Records}}

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| name = MGM Distribution

| logo = MGM Distribution (logo).jpg

| type = Corporation

| foundation = in 1998

| location = Sydney

| key_people = Sebastian Chase (CEO/founder)
Mark Bolton (general manager)

| area_served = Australia

| industry = Music entertainment

| products = Distribution of records, CDs and music downloads

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| homepage = [http://www.thegroovemerchants.com MGM Distribution]

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MGM Distribution (Metropolitan Groove Merchants) is the largest independent distributor of Australian music{{Cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/more-information.htm|title=ARIA Board Members|publisher=ARIA|access-date=14 April 2011}} and music related merchandise. It was established in April 1998 by Sebastian Chase.{{Cite web|url=http://www.songsummit.com.au/speakers/SChase.html|title=Sebastian Chase|publisher=APRA/AMCOS|work=Song Summit 2010|access-date=14 April 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110223064649/http://www.songsummit.com.au//speakers/SChase.html|archive-date=23 February 2011|df=dmy-all}}{{Cite web|url=http://sebastianchase.iansandercoe.com/|title=Sebastian Chase|publisher=IanSandercoe.com|access-date=14 April 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080407065919/http://sebastianchase.iansandercoe.com/|archive-date=7 April 2008|df=dmy-all}}

MGM Distribution was set up specifically as a distribution hub to service independent labels and artists. MGM Distribution is focused on a specific agenda – dealing with retail, promoting its releases to retail, ensuring that orders are filled correctly and dispatched expediently.

MGM is not a label and does not sign artists. As a distributor, MGM requires that the labels market their releases to the media to create demand that causes sell through at retail.

MGM Distribution is a major financial supporter of the Australian Music Prize{{Cite web |last=Eliezer |first=Christie |date=December 2005 |title=The Australian Music Prize 2005 |url=http://www.dbmagazine.com.au/372/iv-AMP.shtml |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060407143650/http://www.dbmagazine.com.au/372/iv-AMP.shtml |archive-date=7 April 2006 |access-date=14 April 2011 |work=Issue #372 |publisher=Db Magazine |df=dmy-all}} and the JB Seed grant program, an arts grants fund established by John Butler in 2005.