{"id":7138,"date":"2013-07-29T16:12:28","date_gmt":"2013-07-29T20:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/?p=7138"},"modified":"2014-10-22T18:49:51","modified_gmt":"2014-10-22T18:49:51","slug":"linn-announced-today-their-own-direct-distribution-in-north-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/en\/?p=7138","title":{"rendered":"Linn announced today their own direct distribution in North America"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/207.253.81.50\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Linn_Logo-4.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18668\" src=\"http:\/\/207.253.81.50\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Linn_Logo-4-222x300.png\" alt=\"Linn_Logo-4\" width=\"222\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Linn_Logo-4-222x300.png 222w, https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Linn_Logo-4-295x397.png 295w, https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Linn_Logo-4-290x390.png 290w, https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Linn_Logo-4.png 445w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Glasgow, UK. July 29 2013<\/strong> \u2014 <strong>Linn<\/strong> announced today that they are establishing their own direct distribution in <em>North America<\/em>. <strong>Linn\u2019s<\/strong> arrangements with current distributor <em>TC Group Americas Inc<\/em>. will conclude on October 1st, 2013.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<strong>Linn<\/strong> have enjoyed a long and successful relationship with <strong>TC Group Americas<\/strong> and we thank them for their valued contribution. We are looking forward to working directly with our specialist dealers in North America and investing in a territory that plays an important part in our strategic growth,\u201d said <strong>Tony Owens<\/strong>, Finance Director at Linn.<\/p>\n<p>North America is a vital market for Linn, contributing significantly to the brand\u2019s success in recent years. Both <strong>TC Group Americas<\/strong> and Linn are striving to ensure a seamless transition for the dealer base, and to aid this transition, Linn will be retaining key personnel operating in both <em>Canada<\/em> and the <em>USA<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Marc Bertrand<\/strong>, CEO of <strong>TC Group Americas<\/strong>, comments <em>\u201cA great deal of care will be taken to make this handover virtually transparent to our dealer base and we wish Linn all the best for the future.\u201d<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Learn more about Linn:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Linn design and make the best music systems in the world. Based in Scotland and established since 1973, <strong>Linn<\/strong> manufacture everything in-house, from the electronics in their industry-leading <strong>Linn DS<\/strong> technology to the loudspeakers found in homes around the world. The iconic <em>Sondek LP12<\/em> turntable continues to set the standard for vinyl playback and the latest digital stream players out-perform any CD or network music player available. <strong>Linn<\/strong> systems are sold through a worldwide network of specialist retailers who also share a passion for enriching people\u2019s lives through music. <strong>Linn<\/strong> were awarded a <em>Royal Warrant<\/em> in 2002 as suppliers of entertainment systems to the <em>Royal Household<\/em>, and received the <em>Queen\u2019s Award for Enterprise in Innovation in 2012<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Linn<\/strong> also record music and sell high resolution Studio Master downloads. Awarded \u2018Label of the Year\u2019 by Gramophone magazine for 2010-11, Linn Records were the first label to release <em>Studio Master<\/em> downloads without <strong>DRM<\/strong> (<em>Digital Rights Management<\/em>) and the site, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linnrecords.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.linnrecords.com<\/a><\/strong>, now hosts <em>Studio Master<\/em> releases from labels including <strong>Universal<\/strong>, <strong>Deutsche Grammophon<\/strong> and <strong>Decca Classics<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Web pages: <a href=\"www.linn.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>www.linn.co.uk<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>. Glasgow, UK. July 29 2013 \u2014 Linn announced today that they are establishing their own direct distribution in North America. Linn\u2019s arrangements with current distributor TC Group Americas Inc. will conclude on October 1st, 2013. \u201cLinn have enjoyed a long and successful relationship with TC Group Americas and we thank them for their valued [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":18668,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9,21,10],"tags":[429,430,431,432,433,434,435],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7138"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7138\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}