Alliance Entertainment to Provide Cox Radio With Fulfillment, Distribution and E-Commerce Solutions.Entertainment & Business Editors CORAL SPRINGS Coral Springs, city (1990 pop. 79,443), Broward co., SE Fla.; inc. 1963. Largely residential, it is a city that has grown rapidly along with the southern Florida and Fort Lauderdale area. The population of Coral Springs nearly doubled between 1980 and 1990. , Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 21, 2002 Alliance Entertainment Corp. today announced that the company has entered into an agreement with Cox Radio Cox Radio NYSE: CXR is a publicly traded company that holds a number of radio stations. Private company Cox Broadcasting, Inc., a subsidiary of Cox Enterprises owns all of the company's super-voting Class B common stock, and thus controls the company. , Inc. to provide fulfillment, distribution and e-commerce solutions for their network of radio stations in the United States. Cox Radio, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CXR CXR abbr. chest x-ray CXR, n chest x-ray; an image of the thoracic cavity, produced by an irradiation scan of the upper torso. ) is the third largest radio broadcasting company in the United States based on revenues and is a majority owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises, Inc., one of the nation's leading media companies. CXR has adopted Alliance's turnkey e-commerce plug-in solution known as theStore24(TM). TheStore24 provides CXR with the world's largest and most comprehensive database, customer direct fulfillment, and over 300,000 additional products. Cox Radio operates 73 web sites through its Cox Radio Interactive division. The sites debuted in January of 2001 featuring station streaming, the popular "last songs played" functionality as well as strong content emphasis on event listings, movie guides and a fully integrated All Music Guide artist database supplied by AEC AEC US Atomic Energy Commission Noun 1. AEC - a former executive agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States Atomic Energy Commission . In making the announcement, Eric Weisman, President and Chief Executive Officer, said: "We are extremely pleased to partner with Cox Radio in providing services for their online shopping capabilities. TheStore24 will create a valuable cost-saving e-commerce solution for their customers utilizing our pick, pack and ship services." Gregg Lindahl, Vice President of Cox Radio, stated: "With the recent debut of our Version 2 web sites, we were seeking a sleeker and improved e-commerce solution. We welcomed the product depth and customer support Alliance provided with the rollout of theStore24. We look forward to working closely with them on the development of additional features like deep links from the tracks listed on our Last Songs Played or movie listings pages directly to the appropriate CD, song sample or DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. ." About Alliance Entertainment Corp. Alliance Entertainment Corp. (http://www.aent.com) is a leading total solution provider of business-to-business infrastructure services that are essential to transact commerce in the home entertainment product marketplace. Through its Distribution and Fulfillment Services Group, Alliance offers an extensive product inventory (including CDs, cassettes, DVDs, videos, video games and related merchandise) as well as e-commerce fulfillment capabilities and innovative technology and support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services for today's marketplace. Through its Media and Internet Services Group, Alliance is a leading distributor of digital entertainment through Digital On-Demand and a leading content provider through the All Media Guide (AMG AMG All Music Guide (music website) AMG All Media Guide (group of media websites) AMG All Movie Guide (Movie website) AMG Arzneimittelgesetz (German Law) ) databases. AMG's customers license its e-commerce enabling entertainment databases to support their Internet retailing and content businesses. AMG is also a developer of proprietary Web Sites for music (http://www.allmusic.com), movies (http://www.allmovie.com) and games (http://www.allgame.com). About Cox Broadcast Cox Radio owns, operates or provides sales and marketing services for 79 stations (68 FM and 11 AM) clustered in 18 markets, including major markets such as Atlanta, Houston, Miami, Tampa, Orlando and San Antonio. Cox Radio, Inc. shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. under the symbol: CXR. |
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