How can I add "label" information to my MP3s?

How can I add "label" information to my MP3s? I've been listening to the recent All Songs Considered podcast, Do Record Labels Matter and I'm inspired to start adding record label information to my MP3s. I don't see an obvious place to put that information; is there something that others use? Is there any movement in the standards body to add such a field?
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Guest [Entry]

"I recommend using the MusicBrainz Picard tagger to tag your mp3s.

What is MusicBrainz?

MusicBrainz is a
community music metadatabase that
attempts to create a comprehensive
music information site. You can use
the MusicBrainz data either by
browsing this web site, or you can
access the data from a client program
— for example, a CD player program can
use MusicBrainz to identify CDs and
provide information about the CD,
about the artist or about related
information. You can also use the
MusicBrainz Tagger to automatically
identify and clean up the metadata
tags in your digital music
collections. Find out more in the
introduction.

As well as high quality album and artist data, the database holds record label information. Eg: Rough Trade.

Providing it's in the database, tagging your music with Picard will set the label in the ID3v2 Publisher field. You'll also get release dates, (optionally) genre and more. And the database is editable, so if it's not in there, you can add it yourself.

Finally, note that the Publisher field is the official place for label information in the ID3v2 tag:

The 'Publisher' frame simply contains the name of the label or publisher."

Guest [Entry]

"The most common MP3 meta-data standard is the ID3 tag. ID3v2 specifies both standard tags such as Album, Track Number, Disc Number, etc, but also allows custom tags to be created.

Your best bet is to review the standard tags and see if there is one for your needs; if not then appending a custom tag will be the way to go. Mp3Tag is a solid little utility for working with ID3 tags."