ARTISTdirect Inc. Partners With eBay for Joint Promotion of Music Entertainment Items.Business/Entertainment Editors & Internet/Music Writers LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 21, 2000 Concert Tickets and One-of-a-Kind Music Memorabilia by Popular Artists to Be Promoted by Artistdirect on eBay Drawing on its relationships with the premier musical artists in the world, ARTISTdirect Inc. (Nasdaq:ARTD) today announced the launch of ARTISTdirect Auctions. Currently offering items such as concert tickets and signed CDs, as well as music memorabilia, ARTISTdirect Auctions can be accessed through the ARTISTdirect.com homepage (www.artistdirect.com) and through eBay (www.ebay.com). "ARTISTdirect is in a unique position to acquire terrific auction items from the music entertainment industry," said Marc Geiger, chairman and 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. of ARTISTdirect. "In the past, we have auctioned items ranging from an Indigo Girls Indigo Girls are an American folk rock duo, consisting of Amy Ray and Emily Saliers. They got their start in Atlanta as a regular act at The Little 5 Points Pub and were tangentially part of the Athens, Georgia college rock scene that included The B-52's, Pylon, R.E.M. piano to Marilyn Manson's first car. Through our relationship with eBay, ARTISTdirect will bring unique auctions to eBay's users, as well as leverage eBay's vast audience to attract people to ARTISTdirect.com." The ARTISTdirect Auctions, many of which raise money for charity, will be promoted on eBay through the "Books, Music, and Movies" link in eBay's music area. Additionally, the music theme page will host a co-branded link to ARTISTdirect Auctions. Currently, ARTISTdirect Auctions features front-row tickets to concerts by The Who and Black Crowes/Jimmy Page, and premium tickets for Counting Crows, k.d. lang and Stevie Nicks shows. Each of the ticket auctions will benefit a charity of the artist's choosing. Additionally, the site features memorabilia from k.d. lang, Stone Temple Pilots Stone Temple Pilots (abbreviated STP) was a popular Grammy Award-winning American hard rock band in the 1990s and early 2000s, consisting of Scott Weiland (vocals), brothers Robert (bass guitar, vocals) and Dean DeLeo (guitar), and Eric Kretz (drums, percussion). and Stevie Nicks. As the auction site continues to expand, ARTISTdirect plans to offer interactive experiences for bidders, such as the opportunity to win a guitar lesson with a guitar hero, to be a roadie road·ie n. A person engaged to load, unload, and set up equipment and to perform errands for rock musicians on tour. roadie Noun Brit, Austral & NZ informal for a day, or special access to photograph a show. "We're continually devising creative ways in which to provide our users direct contact with their favorite artists, and ARTISTdirect on eBay gives us an additional platform to make that offering," said Keith Yokomoto, COO and president of ARTISTdirect. About ARTISTdirect Inc. The ARTISTdirect Network is an online music network that connects music artists and fans. The integrated network A network that supports both data and voice and/or different networking protocols. See converged network and new public network. of Web sites offers multi-media entertainment content, music news and information, community around shared music interests and music-related commerce. The ARTISTdirect Network consists of ARTISTdirect.com (www.artistdirect.com), home of the official channels that the company operates on behalf of artists; UBL (Universal Business Language) A format for exchanging data from one XML business language to another. Based on ebXML Core Components, UBL is designed to provide a common language that acts as an intermediate vocabulary so that one XML vocabulary can interoperate with .com (www.ubl.com), a music search engine on the Web; iMusic (www.imusic.com), an online community site where fans exchange music interests and commentary; DOWNLOADSdirect, (www.downloadsdirect.com), a feature that enables users to download music from the ARTISTdirect Network and to upload their music and other information; Artist TV, the network hub See hub and hub vs. switch. for broadband programming; and the ARTISTdirect Superstore, a retail site offering a wide selection of recorded music recorded music n → música grabada and artist merchandise. Additionally, ARTISTdirect Inc. operates the ARTISTdirect Talent Agency. The company has offices in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco and London. |
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