AudioBasket Signs Bloomberg Radio as News Provider; Agreement Allows AudioBasket to Supply Users and Affiliate Sites with Premium News and Information.Business Editors & High Tech Writers Spring Internet World 2000 Booth No. 4278 LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 5, 2000 AudioBasket, a premiere provider of customized audio news and information on-demand, today announced a content agreements with Bloomberg Radio. Bloomberg will provide premium audio news to AudioBasket for distribution to its users and affiliate Web sites. The broadcasts will be updated daily, and will be available to users at www.audiobasket.com and through AudioBasket's wide variety of affiliate sites. "When a trusted information source such as Bloomberg Radio gets behind AudioBasket, it really proves the worth of our vision," said Thierry D'Allant, vice president of content and business development, AudioBasket. "With Bloomberg Radio providing content for our users, the value of AudioBasket's service and the market reach of our partners and affiliates expands dramatically. With such breadth and depth of quality content, AudioBasket can address virtually any listener's interests, from the latest headlines to personal finance, business and entertainment news." "We are pleased to be providing our business and financial coverage to AudioBasket," said Rich Sabreen, general manager, Bloomberg Radio and Television. "AudioBasket is an innovative audio broadcast channel that will deliver Bloomberg Radio when and where our audiences want to hear it." Bloomberg Radio is among a lineup of national and international news organizations, publishers, broadcasters, business and educational information providers that AudioBasket announced partner agreements with. They include ABC News
ABC News is a division of American television and radio network ABC, owned by The Walt Disney Company. Its current president is David Westin. , 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. , British Broadcast Corporation (BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. ), Financial Times, CareerShop.com and Financial Finesse. About Bloomberg Bloomberg news and information is used by over 250,000 financial professionals (the BLOOMBERG system), 8 million radio listeners (Bloomberg Radio), over 200 million Bloomberg Television Bloomberg Television are cable television networks around the world that broadcast business and financial news 24 hours a day. The network was widely known for their data screen format, in which news tickers and business data boxes used more of the television screen than the homes, and by Bloomberg News' 50 million readers in 850 newspapers around the world. BLOOMBERG TELEVISION(R) is broadcast globally in eight languages as a 24-hour news and information channel emphasizing business and financial news. It is distributed in the U.S. via DBS (Direct Broadcast Satellite) A one-way TV broadcast service from a communications satellite to a small round or oval dish antenna no larger than 20" in diameter. , USA Network and various cable and over the air outlets. BLOOMBERG RADIO(TM) is syndicated through more than 100 affiliates worldwide and gives listeners up-to-the-minute business, national and international news. Bloomberg's 24-hour flagship station In broadcasting, a flagship station is the station which originates a broadcast network, or a particular radio show or TV show, primarily in the United States and Canada. This includes both direct network feeds and syndication, but generally not backhauls. is BLOOMBERG(R) RADIO AM1130 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 . Its consumer finance Internet site, Bloomberg.com (http://www.bloomberg.com), attracted 247 million page views in February 2000 which is 174% increase over last year and ranks in the top 10 in its category, 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. Media Matrix. The site recently won the New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. Society of Professional Journalists' "Deadline Club Award" as best Web site. About AudioBasket, Inc. San Francisco-based AudioBasket provides premiere audio news and information service for individuals and a wide variety of affiliate Web sites. With AudioBasket, news and information from trusted sources around the globe can be personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. and automatically downloaded for playback on the desktop and virtually any standard digital audio device. AudioBasket's comprehensive, multi-platform compatible service, provides users customized audio broadcasts on the topics that interest them most. Through its proprietary technology, strategic partnerships with leading media sources and exclusive audio content, AudioBasket empowers listeners with the tools to stay informed on the information that matters most to them. For company information, visit the Web site at www.audiobasket.com or call 415/856-9014. Editors please contact Anne-miek Hamelinck at Antenna Group at 415/977-1923 or annemiek@antennapr.com. |
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