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Yoakam Inks Audium Deal

By Phyllis Stark, Nashville
Publication: Billboard Bulletin
Date: Thursday, November 21 2002
Dwight Yoakam, has forged a distribution deal with Nashville's Audium Records for his new label, Electrodisc Records. Yoakam's next album is due in the spring. Audium, a Koch-owned company, will promote the set to radio in addition to handling marketing and distribution.

Yoakam

recorded for Reprise from 1986-2001, scoring 14 top-10 hits.

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