Command Audio Announces Addition of Programming From Fortune Magazine.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)--June 12, 2000 Variety of programming from publisher of the Fortune 500 and other essential business news available from world's first wireless audio-on-demand service Audio-on-demand pioneer Command Audio Corporation today announced the addition of content from Fortune magazine to its existing lineup. The venerable publisher of financial and business news, celebrating its 70th birthday this year, brings a long-standing tradition of excellence to this revolutionary new media delivery service. Programs produced by Command Audio from the pages of Fortune will be made available through Business Plus, the first in a series of special-interest packages designed by Command Audio to provide comprehensive coverage of specific listener interests. Listeners who subscribe to these services will pay a small fee each month for each of these packages, in addition to their regular Command Audio subscriptions. A variety of programs from Business Plus are available at no charge to Command Audio subscribers until the service launch on July 5. These include CNBC CNBC Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition (artificial intelligence) CNBC Consumer News and Business Channel CNBC Congress of National Black Churches, Inc. content such as Business Center, Market Wrap, Power Lunch, Street Signs, Squawk Box Squawk Box A speaker and intercom system used on trading desks. A squawk box allows a firm's analysts and traders to communicate with the firm's brokers through speakers on the brokers' desks. , Today's Business and The Edge. The service also includes Nightly Business Report Nightly Business Report is a financial news television program that is broadcast live, weekday evenings on most of the public television stations in the United States. Frequently abbreviated to NBR, the show is produced by public television station WPBT-TV in Miami, Florida, and as well as AMEX AMEX See: American Stock Exchange , NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange , 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 , commodities, precious metals Precious Metals Valuable metals such as gold, iridium, palladium, platinum, and silver. Notes: Investing in precious metals can be done either by purchasing the physical asset, or by purchasing futures contracts for the particular metal. and international market reports. In addition, the service features a wide variety of information from Dow Jones, including sector reports. "From the Fortune 500 to the hundreds of flawlessly-written articles they publish every year, Fortune magazine gives millions of readers the business and financial information they need most," said Command Audio Co-founder 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. "We are proud to be able to expand the reach that this information has in financial communities by converting it to audio for mat and bringing it to Command Audio listeners whenever they want it and wherever they are." "Command Audio is a fantastic partner for Fortune," said Publisher Michael Federle. "Audio-on-demand allows us to reach to a new audience by making Fortune available to business professionals and others interested in financial news in many situations where it has never before been available - including driving the car." About Command Audio Command Audio is the world's first wireless audio-on-demand service, giving listeners instant access to the latest versions of hundreds of programs and complete control over their selection and delivery. Command Audio formatting makes it possible to scan from program-to-program or story-to-story, pause selections and even save programs for later playback. Command Audio programs include audio versions of leading publications such as The Wall Street Journal, TIME, Business Week, Sports Illustrated, USA TODAY and People. In addition, the service offers programs from television and radio such as CNBC, Nightline with Ted Koppel, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, Marketplace and Car Talk. Command Audio also produces a wide variety of programs providing in-depth local coverage of traffic, weather, news, sports and business, as well as programming focused on special interests from health and personal development to travel, entertainment and leisure activities. The latest editions of Command Audio programs are always available to listeners on-demand, whenever and wherever they are. A complete list of the hundreds of Command Audio programs, subscription information and information about RCA See RCA connector and video/TV history. CA1000 Command Audio receivers is available on the company Web site at www.commandaudio.com or toll-free from Command Audio Listener Care at 1-877-9-COMMAND (1-877-926-6626). Command Audio Corporation, winner of several awards including Popular Science's "Best of What's New 1999" and CES Innovations Design & Engineering Showcase Awards in 1999 and 2000, 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, Calif. Principal investors include Motorola, Canaan Partners, Vulcan Ventures, Chase Capital Partners, H&Q Venture Associates, TI Ventures, Macrovision, St. Paul Venture Capital, Franklin Resources, Todd US Ventures, Five Points Capital and Rembrandt Ventures. Command Audio is currently available in Denver and Phoenix, and will be available nationwide by the end of 2001. |
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