Command Audio Announces Addition of Content from USA TODAY.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers REDWOOD CITY Redwood City, city (1990 pop. 66,072), seat of San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1868. Manufactures include commmunications, electrical, electronic, and medical equipment. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 1, 2000 World's First Wireless Audio-on-Demand Service Now Includes a Variety of Content from Nation's Most Widely Circulated Newspaper Audio-on-demand pioneer Command Audio Corporation is pleased to announce the addition of selected content from USA TODAY USA Today National U.S. daily general-interest newspaper, the first of its kind. Launched in 1982 by Allen Neuharth, head of the Gannett newspaper chain, it reached a circulation of one million within a year and surpassed two million in the 1990s. , the nation's largest-selling daily newspaper, to its audio programming lineup A criminal investigation technique in which the police arrange a number of individuals in a row before a witness to a crime and ask the witness to identify which, if any, of the individuals committed the crime. . Command Audio subscribers now have wireless on-demand access to a wide variety of USA TODAY's health, sports, travel, entertainment and lifestyle news, updated daily. Command Audio generates and wirelessly transmits hundreds of audio programs from a variety of print and broadcast sources to subscribers on a daily, hourly or even minute-by-minute basis. User-selected programs are automatically downloaded to the RCA See RCA connector and video/TV history. CA1000 hand-held receiver, allowing users to save, play, pause and replay the programs they want, when they want. Command Audio gives users unprecedented control over the audio programming they receive, even allowing them to scan back and forth among individual stories in the programs they choose. The addition of USA TODAY enhances Command Audio's already extensive program lineup, which currently includes audio versions of leading print media such as BusinessWeek, People, TIME, Sports Illustrated Sports Illustrated is the largest weekly American sports magazine owned by media conglomerate Time Warner. It has over 3 million subscribers and is read by 23 million adults each week, including over 18 million men, 19% of the adult males in the country. and features from The Wall Street Journal. Additional programs include features from ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. TV's Nightline, PBS's Newshour with Jim Lehrer James Charles Lehrer (pronounced [lɛɹə]) (born May 19, 1934) is an American journalist. He is the news anchor for The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer on PBS. and popular radio shows such as NPR's Marketplace, Morning Edition, All Things Considered All Things Considered (ATC) is a news radio program in the United States, broadcast on the National Public Radio network. It was the first news program on the network, and is broadcast live worldwide through several outlets. and Car Talk. Command Audio also features a wide variety of programs produced by Command Audio exclusively for service subscribers. These include market-specific traffic, weather, entertainment and business news reports, as well as interest-specific programs on topics like parenting, health and hobbies. &uot;USA TODAY gained its leadership position in the print and Internet news markets by providing readers with engaging stories on interesting topics in an appealing, distinctiveand user-friendly format,&uot; said Command Audio Corporation 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. Don Bogue. &uot;We are delighted to extend these same benefits to mobile consumers by taking USA TODAY's fascinating content and presenting it in audio form, wirelessly and on demand. Command Audio subscribers now have stories from USA TODAY whenever they want them, wherever they are.&uot; &uot;Command Audio offers USA TODAY a unique platform to extend our brand and reach out to a new audience by making the USA's favorite newspaper available through the Command Audio audio-on-demand service,&uot; said USATODAY.com Senior Vice President and Publisher Lorraine Cichowski. &uot;Command Audio enables our readers to receive the USA TODAY articles that interest them the most, such as sports, health, travel and entertainment, while they're in their cars -- up to now the place where USA TODAY has been least accessible.&uot; About Command Audio Command Audio is the world's first audio-on-demand service giving users the audio programs they want, when they want. Winner of several awards, including Popular Science's &uot;Best of What's New 1999&uot; and CES Innovations Engineering and Design awards in 1999 and 2000, Command Audio Corporation is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. headquartered in Redwood City, California Redwood City is a suburb located on the San Francisco Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. Redwood City is the county seat of San Mateo County. As of the 2005 census, the city had a total population of 76,000. . The Command Audio service is currently available in Denver and Phoenix. RCA CA1000 Audio-on-Demand Receivers are manufactured by Thomson Consumer Electronics and may be purchased online through Command Audio (www.commandaudio.com) and RCA (www.rca.com). Command Audio and Motorola recently announced a strategic initiative to integrate the Command Audio service with Motorola's new iRadio(TM) in-vehicle platform. The iRadio initiative will provide in-vehicle information and entertainment services to motorists. Motorola will begin offering these systems to major automobile manufacturers next year, further extending the reach of the Command Audio service. |
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