Best Buy and Virgin Records Offer Music Enthusiasts Opportunity to Review Music Before Release Dates.Business Editors MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 24, 2002 Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :BBY BBY Best Buy (stock symbol) BBY Before Battle of Yavin (Star Wars) BBY BeBeyond (Chinese online community) ), North America's leading specialty retailer of technology products and entertainment software, and Virgin Records will be launching "You Be the Critic", a new site offering music fans the chance to review, listen, stream and rate music before it is released. Starting July July: see month. 25, Best Buy will offer visitors of www.youbethecritic.com the chance to critique songs from yet-to-be completed or just-completed CDs that are still more than a month away from release. Along with having their reviews posted on the site, those who submit reviews will have their remarks sent to the band's record label. "Since music lovers look to Best Buy for their entertainment needs, it was a natural fit to offer a site where they could share their views on today's newest music and have their opinions heard by the music industry," said Dave Witzig, Senior GM, Online Entertainment for Best Buy. "We hope `You Be the Critic' will help participating artists better connect with their fans and give fans the chance to hear the music first." The first stream available on "You Be the Critic" is the self-titled debut from 30 Seconds to Mars. In August, "You Be the Critic" will feature The Exies, a hard Alternative Rock band that is the first release off of the Melisma/Virgin Records label. Future albums will be added in the following months from a variety of artists, with the focus on new and up-and-coming up-and-com·ing adj. Showing signs of advancement and ambitious development: an up-and-coming executive; an up-and-coming neighborhood. artists. "We are extremely excited to work with Best Buy on the `You Be the Critic' Web site," said Dominic Pandiscia, senior national sales director for Virgin Records America. "We brought the 'You Be the Critic' idea to Best Buy to create a new vehicle to expose music to the consumer before it is released." To celebrate the launch of "You Be the Critic", the first 300 people who register and submit a review will receive a $5 digital coupon redeemable Redeemable Eligible for redemption under the terms of an indenture. at BestBuy.com. Music enthusiasts can access "You Be the Critic" at www.youbethecritic.com or through BestBuy.com. About Best Buy Co., Inc. Minneapolis-based Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE:BBY) is North America's number one specialty retailer of consumer electronics, personal computers, entertainment software and appliances. The Company operates retail stores and commercial Web sites under the names: Best Buy (BestBuy.com), Future Shop (FutureShop.ca), Magnolia Magnolia, city, United States Magnolia (măgnō`lyə), city (1990 pop. 11,151), seat of Columbia co., SW Ark.; inc. 1855. Its oil industry has been important since 1938. Hi-Fi (MagnoliaHiFi.com), Media Play (MediaPlay.com), On Cue (OnCue.com), Sam Goody Sam Goody is a music and entertainment retailer in the United States and formerly in the United Kingdom. It is owned and operated by Musicland, which itself is owned by former rival Trans World Entertainment which also runs Suncoast Motion Picture Company and, until January 2006, (SamGoody.com), and Suncoast (Suncoast.com). The Company reaches consumers through more than 1,900 retail stores nationwide, in Canada, Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (pwār`tō rē`kō), island (2005 est. pop. 3,917,000), 3,508 sq mi (9,086 sq km), West Indies, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) SE of Miami, Fla. and in the U.S. Virgin Islands. For more information on Best Buy, visit its virtual pressroom at http://onlinepressroom.net/bestbuy. |
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