ADVISORY/Experts Available To Discuss Debut of Napster's Pay Version.Business Editors ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE) TOPIC: Roxio Inc., the Santa Clara-based company that paid an estimated $5 million for the rights to the Napster name, launched Napster 2.0 Thursday, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. an article by The Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. . The new pay version Internet music store is only available to Pressplay subscribers, but is expected to be available to the general public within one month, the article says. The original Napster was shut down following legal battles with recording companies. EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story: Ty Roberts joined Gracenote in November of 1998 when Gracenote acquired ION, a multimedia and music technology company that he founded in 1993. Roberts serves as Gracenote's chief strategist, providing technology direction and overseeing the creation of products and services that leverage the power of the Gracenote database to deliver multimedia content to consumers. He is Gracenote's representative to the Secure Digital Music Initiative Secure Digital Music Initiative (SDMI) was a forum formed in late 1998, comprised of more than 200 IT, consumer electronics, security technology, ISP and recording industry companies, ostensibly with the purpose of developing technology specifications that protected the (SDMI (Secure Digital Music Initiative) A set of rules for securely distributing digital music over the Internet. Announced in February 1999, it is backed by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and Sony, Warner, BMG, EMI and Universal, the top five ), organization that is chartered with establishing standards for digital music and music playing devices. He is an expert in digital music, multimedia, software development, internet technology and peer-to-peer (p2p) networks PR Contact: Ross Blanchard 510-849-2332 x304 ross@gracenote.com Dwain Smith is a research analyst at ARS, Inc. Mr. Smith is responsible for covering several emerging markets including removable flash memory, USB flash drives, digital audio, online music, and various other market segments including hard drives and scanners where he performs routine analysis on the competitive nature of the market. Mr. Smith's experience includes 7+ years of competitive market intelligence. PR Contact: Jennifer Billingsley 858-729-2893 jbillingsley@ars1.com An entertainment industry veteran, Michael Weiss Michael Weiss can refer to one of several people:
Formerly named MusicCity, StreamCast created Morpheus, which was one of the first major peer-to-peer applications. StreamCast was also a defendant in the MGM v. as its President & CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. in April 2000. Weiss was responsible for re-positioning the company from an Internet radio Listening to audio broadcasts via the Internet. There are more than 4,000 broadcasts available on the Internet that can be streamed and played by a software media player in the computer or in a stand-alone Internet radio with the software built in. provider into a peer-to-peer powerhouse and the world's largest peer-to-peer consumer software provider. Under Weiss' leadership, the company introduced the wildly popular "Morpheus" peer-to-peer file sharing software. Within 4 months of launch, Morpheus achieved legendary status: 20+ million users, # 1 most popular Internet software, over 1 million downloads weekly, 2 million daily users, and the # 1 most searched Internet subject. Before StreamCast, Weiss spent 16 years in the home video industry. He has been a keynoter key·not·er n. One who gives a keynote address. and guest speaker at numerous Internet, entertainment, and broadcasting conferences including CES, NAB, VSDA VSDA Video Software Dealers Association , Digital Hollywood, Streaming Media, South X Southwest, Internet World, Paul Kagan, R&R, Digital Distribution & The Music Industry and Radio Ink's Internet Radio Conference. PR Contact: Brian Sibley 206-267-2004 brians@text100.com Professor Clyde Rolston, of Belmont University, Curb School of Music Business, can share his expertise on topics involving music business, Napster and Internet distribution. 615-460-5436 ExpertSource cannot guarantee the immediate availability of these experts or their familiarity with this specific issue. ExpertSource provides academic and industry experts to the media at no charge. Journalists are encouraged to submit queries to ExpertSource when seeking experts on specific subjects. An online registration form is available at http://www.businesswire.com/. |
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