Command Audio Announces Relocation to Embarcadero Center.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)--April 17, 2000 Creator of World's First Wireless Audio-On-Demand Service to Move Headquarters to Prestigious San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden Business Address Audio-on-demand pioneer Command Audio Corporation today announced that its headquarters would be moved from Redwood City to San Francisco's Embarcadero Center The Embarcadero Center is a commercial complex of six towers (four office, two Hyatt hotels) and one office tower on a 9.8 acre (39,655 square meters) site that is located in the San Francisco's financial district close to the Embarcadero. during the third quarter this year. The company is currently scheduled to occupy an entire floor of Two Embarcadero, one of four buildings in the prestigious downtown business center. "The move to Embarcadero is a significant milestone for Command Audio," said 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. Donald F. Bogue. "This relocation will place us closer to the creative resources that are so important to a new media enterprise, and will give us the space we need as we continue our rapid growth and nationwide expansion." The company also plans to establish an engineering and technology center in Silicon Valley. 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 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. , USA TODAY and People. In addition, the service offers programs from television and radio such as CNBC CNBC Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition (artificial intelligence) CNBC Consumer News and Business Channel CNBC Congress of National Black Churches, Inc. , 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 from Command Audio Listener Care at 877/9-COMMAND. 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, 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 and Todd US Ventures. Command Audio is currently available in Denver and Phoenix, and will be available nationwide by the end of 2001. |
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