Philip Kaplan’s startup, the DistroKid, has had its first major success story. The hip hop group Jack & Jack have hit No. 12 on the Billboard Top 200, a first for an indie group. I asked Kaplan ...

The DistroKid iPhone app has finally arrived with an official launch on iOS today with a full suite of features for indie artists.

Spotify has taken a minority stake in music distribution service, DistroKid, a popular tool used by artists for uploading their music across platforms.

About DistroKid DistroKid was founded in 2013 to provide musicians, managers, and record labels with online tools and services that are innovative, easy-to-use, and affordable.

Digital distributor DistroKid is launching a new service called Upstream that will allow independent artists to share data with labels in hopes of getting signed.

DistroKid has raised money from Insight Venture Partners that values the music distribution and tools company at $1.3 billion, according to founder Philip Kaplan. Kaplan and Insight declined to say ...