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| March 02, 2002 | Hemsley, Steve | COPYRIGHT 2002 UBM Information Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Youth marketing company Cake Group has joined forces with US-based Electric Artists to form a pan-European viral marketing business for music and film clients.

Warner Music and Virgin Records are the first record companies to use the services of Electric Cake, with current live campaigns running for A, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Chemical Brothers, Manu Chao, Alanis Morissette and Vex Red. The two parties had been discussing how they could work together since Midem 2001. Electric Artists already operates in Japan, as well as the US, and it was keen to establish a foothold in Europe.

Electric Cake monitors key unofficial artist fan sites and message boards on the internet and builds relationships with those operating them by supplying exclusive news content ...

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