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# Dimensional Associates <!--company-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Dimensional Associates
disambiguation: The New York investment firm Dimensional Associates, LLC of Rye, owner of the music distributor The Orchard from 2003 to 2012; not Dimensional Fund Advisors
summary: New York investment firm in Rye that bought the music distributor The Orchard in 2003 and controlled its Nasdaq-listed parent until Sony Music took over in 2012.
legal_name: Dimensional Associates, LLC
registered_address: 1091 Boston Post Road, Rye, NY 10580, United States
country: US
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## Relations <!--relations-->
| role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note |
| -------- | ------------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | ------- | --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| owned_by | company/jds-capital | | | | | sourced | ^sec-10ka | JDS Capital, L.P. holds a majority membership interest in Dimensional Associates and is its manager; Joseph D. Samberg holds a direct minority interest |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
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| sec-dimensional | https://data.sec.gov/submissions/CIK0001418220.json | SEC EDGAR submissions record, Dimensional Associates, LLC, CIK 0001418220: New York, 1091 Boston Post Road, Rye, NY 10580 | 2026-09-22 | U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission | registry | | 0001418220 | | | | |
| wiki-orchard | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Orchard_(company) | Wikipedia: The Orchard (company) | 2026-09-22 | Wikipedia | publication | | | History; RED Music; Owned repertoire; Film distribution | cc-by-sa-4.0 | Wikipedia contributors | |
| mbw-2015 | https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/sony-fully-acquires-the-orchard-in-200m-deal/ | Music Business Worldwide: Sony fully acquires The Orchard in $200m deal | 2026-09-22 | Music Business Worldwide | publication | 2015-03-18 | | | | | |
| sec-10ka | https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1339729/000114420410023519/v182624_10ka.htm | The Orchard Enterprises, Inc., Form 10-K/A for 2009, Part III, filed 30 April 2010 | 2026-09-22 | U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission | registry | 2010-04-30 | 1339729 | Directors; security ownership; certain relationships and related transactions | | | |
| sec-13da | https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1418220/000095012310071058/y85900sc13dza.htm | Dimensional Associates, LLC, Schedule 13D/A Amendment No. 6 on The Orchard Enterprises, Inc., event of 29 July 2010 | 2026-09-22 | U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission | registry | 2010-08-02 | 1418220 | Item 4; Item 5 | | | |
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## About <!--about-->
Dimensional Associates, LLC is a New York investment firm with its office at 1091 Boston Post Road in Rye, New York; it has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under CIK 0001418220 since 2007, reporting its holdings on Schedule 13D.[^sec-dimensional] It bought the independent-music distributor The Orchard in 2003.[^wiki-orchard] When The Orchard was merged in November 2007 into the Nasdaq-listed Digital Music Group, Inc., which then took the name The Orchard Enterprises, Inc., Dimensional became that company's controlling stockholder, holding 4,199,002 shares, about 53.4 per cent of the common stock outstanding and roughly 54 per cent of the voting stock on a fully diluted basis at 19 April 2010; it also controlled the download store eMusic, which distributed The Orchard's recordings under a wholesale agreement.[^sec-10ka] Dimensional made The Orchard Enterprises private again in a merger effective 29 July 2010, after which it directly held all the shares in issue but the 29,051 owned by its director Daniel C. Stein.[^sec-13da] Sony Music bought 51 per cent of The Orchard in 2012 and the remaining equity in 2015.[^wiki-orchard][^mbw-2015]
JDS Capital, L.P. holds a majority membership interest in Dimensional Associates and is its manager, JDS Capital Management, LLC is the general partner of JDS Capital, L.P., and Joseph D. Samberg, the managing member of JDS Capital Management, holds a direct minority interest in Dimensional Associates; the four give the same principal business address in Rye.[^sec-10ka]
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