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Justin Timberlake launches record label

(AP)
Updated: 2007-05-31 08:35





Singer Justin Timberlake poses on the press line at the Los Angeles
premiere of 'Shrek The Third' in the Westwood area of Los Angeles, Calif.
in a Sunday, May 6, 2007 photo. [AP]

LOS ANGELES - Justin Timberlake, music star and movie star, is aiming to
add another glittering line to his resume �� star maker.

The pop singer will sign artists and release their music through a new
record label he's heading that's a joint venture with Universal Music
Group's Interscope Geffen A&M label group.

"We are all excited about the talent we have to offer already on our
roster, and I cannot wait to introduce the world to my new discoveries,"
Timberlake said in a statement issued Monday.

Timberlake will serve as chairman and chief executive of the new label,
dubbed Tennman Records, which will be based in Los Angeles and
distributed globally by Interscope.

Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Day-to-day operations will be handled by Ken Komisar, a former vice
president at Sony BMG Music Entertainment, who was named president at
Tennman.

Timberlake's first two solo albums �� 2002's "Justified" and last year's
"FutureSex/LoveSounds" �� have sold more than 13 million copies combined.

He's currently on the big screen, at least his voice is, in the mega-hit
"Shrek the Third."










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