AmieStreet.com(TM) and Myxer(TM) Partner to Bring Demand-Based Pricing to the Mobile Ringtone Marketplace.First Time Ever That Consumers Determine the Price of Ringtones - Product Launches with Star Rapper Romeo DEERFIELD BEACH Deerfield Beach, town (1990 pop. 46,325), Broward co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic coast; inc. 1925. The development of high-technology industry and commerce expanded the town and more than doubled its population between 1970 and 1990. , Fla. -- AmieStreet.com, a fast-growing digital music store with a unique demand-based pricing system Noun 1. pricing system - a system for setting prices on goods or services system - a procedure or process for obtaining an objective; "they had to devise a system that did not depend on cooperation" , announced today that is has partnered with Myxer to offer its members variably priced ringtones. The first ringtone The audible sound made by a telephone to announce that a call is coming in. The traditional ringtone was in the 440-480 Hz range, but as cellphone usage grew, it became obvious that ringtone differentiation would become important. is "Walk Wit A Limp" from multi-platinum hip hop hip-hop or hip hop n. 1. A popular urban youth culture, closely associated with rap music and with the style and fashions of African-American inner-city residents. 2. Rap music. adj. and television star Romeo. Its price will start free, like all music on AmieStreet.com, and will rise in price based on its popularity with Amie Street Amie Street is an indie online music store and social network service created in 2006 by Brown University seniors Elliott Breece, Elias Roman, and Joshua Boltuch, in Providence, Rhode Island. They have since graduated and moved the company to Long Island City in Queens, New York. members. By leveraging Myxer's content mobilizing mobilizing, v 1. freeing or making loose and able to move. 2. observing any ongoing movements in a client's body, whether small or large, assisted or not, that identify strengths and weaknesses, as well as the client's physical and platform, AmieStreet.com is bringing its community pricing model to the ringtone market, and for the first time offering ringtones at multiple price points based on their popularity with members. AmieStreet.com is the first digital music store where members of the community drive the discovery, promotion and pricing of music. All ringtones on AmieStreet.com will start at a price of zero cents. As more people purchase a ringtone the price rises, capping at $1.99. The dynamic prices on AmieStreet.com allow fans to buy music without breaking the bank and serves as a useful tool for finding great music, often for free. AmieStreet.com, which just announced funding from Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : AMZN AMZN Amazon.com (NASDAQ symbol) ) in August, will use the Myxer platform to create and distribute mobile ringtones quickly and easily. Myxer eliminates the technical challenges, contractual and other administrative barriers that often make creating and distributing mobile content prohibitive pro·hib·i·tive also pro·hib·i·to·ry adj. 1. Prohibiting; forbidding: took prohibitive measures. 2. . All AmieStreet.com artists will be able to sell the ringtones from their artist store, where they also sell their mp3s. In addition, once the mobile content is uploaded to Amie Street, it is automatically available to the growing community of more than 2.5 million users who actively download more than 6 million pieces of mobile content each month at www.myxertones.com. "Myxer is making the content world mobile, and by powering AmieStreet.com's ringtone offering, we are able to show how quickly and easily that can be done," said Myk Willis, founder and chief technology officer of Myxer. "Just as Myxer has democratized mobile content distribution, so has Amie Street democratized digital music and ringtone pricing - allowing the consumers full access to and control over the value of music." "When we decided to offer community-priced, a la carte ringtones, Myxer was the logical choice because of its simplicity and established product," said AmieStreet.com's co-CEO Elias Roman. "We are now able to bring social music discovery to the exploding mobile market while staying focused on providing a music retail experience that is totally community-driven." About AmieStreet.com AmieStreet.com is where you go to discover new music. Founded in the Spring of 2006 by three Brown University seniors, AmieStreet.com is the first site where the members of the community determine the price of songs, which start out free and rise in price the more they are purchased, capping at $0.98. The site also rewards its members with downloads when they recognize and recommend tracks that rise in price, giving users an incentive to find and recommend good music first, while giving artists the platform to promote and sell their music. The community based pricing model and recommendation system empowers music fans of all types to discover new music at the price point they want to pay. Anyone can upload their music, and it's free to join. Amie Street, Inc. is based in Long Island City, NY. About the Myxer Platform and MyxerTones[TM] The revolutionary Myxer platform simplifies the delivery of any professional or user-generated content The production of content by the general public rather than by paid professionals and experts in the field. Mostly available on the Web via blogs and wikis, user-generated content refers to material such as the daily news, encyclopedias and other references, movie and product reviews as (including ringtones, images, full-track audio and video) to mobile devices, no matter which carrier or network the phone is on. MyxerTones is a community-based website that allows artists and their fans to easily communicate and deliver ringtones, wallpapers and more to the mobile marketplace. Other Myxer offerings include: MyxerTags[TM] (www.myxertags.com), which allow musicians, brands and other rights holders to quickly and easily sell or give away their unique content as ringtones or wallpaper wallpaper was used in Europe in the 16th and 17th cent. as an inexpensive substitute for costly hangings. The French developed marbled papers, introduced from the East via Italy and used at first for box coverings, into larger sheets for wall coverings and also made images directly from their own websites or MySpace pages; MyxerCodes[TM] for promoting ringtones using text messages that are shared from the stage or in promotional materials; and more. The Myxer platform also offers partner API's for easy integration with existing content websites interested in expanding their reach to the mobile market. mVisible Technologies (www.mvisible.com) is the company behind Myxer[TM] and is based in Deerfield Beach, Florida Deerfield Beach is a city in Broward County, Florida, USA. The city is named for the numerous deer that once roamed the area. As of 2004, the population estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau is 76,478. . MyxerTones[TM] and Myxer[TM] are trademarks of mVisible Technologies, Inc., all other marks are the property of their respective owner. |
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