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Conduit Rocks the Music Scene with Launch of Community Toolbars for Roadrunner Records.


Fans feed addiction with real-time and all the time connection to music news, events and promotions from top artists

SANTA MONICA Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. , Calif. -- Conduit, the leading platform for building online communities via community toolbars, today announced an exciting new addition to the rapidly expanding list of celebrity community toolbars for the digital entertainment industry. Roadrunner Records Roadrunner Records (Roadrunner Music Group B.V.) is a record label that concentrates on rock and metal bands. History
The label was launched in the Netherlands in 1980 and was originally called "Roadracer Records".
, an international record label that has experienced unprecedented success with multi-platinum artists Nickelback and Slipknot (web) SlipKnot - A graphical World-Wide Web browser specifically designed for Microsoft Windows users who have Unix shell accounts with their service providers. Its primary feature is that it does not require SLIP or PPP or TCP/IP services. , Gold-certified Stone Sour Stone Sour are a Grammy-nominated American Alternative Metal band based in Hollywood, California, United States. The band was founded by Corey Taylor, famous for being the vocalist for the Nu Metal band SlipKnoT, and former drummer Joel Ekman.  and Killswitch Engage Killswitch Engage (often abbreviated as KSE or Killswitch) is a Grammy nominated melodic metalcore band from Westfield, Massachusetts. The band is currently signed to Roadrunner Records. The band has sold over a million records in the United States. , and boasts a diverse rock and metal roster, is igniting fan following for their artists by offering community toolbars that deliver instant and constant access to content, commerce and community via the browser.

Roadrunner Records, home of bands such as Megadeth, The Cult, Dream Theater Dream Theater is an American progressive metal band comprising James LaBrie, John Petrucci, Jordan Rudess, John Myung, and Mike Portnoy.

Dream Theater was formed in 1985 under the name "Majesty" by Petrucci, Myung, and Portnoy, while they were attending the Berklee College
 and Madina Lake, introduced Roadrunner Records community toolbars worldwide on their websites around the globe. Fans can stay connected in real time, all the time, with their favorite Roadrunner Records artists This is an article dealing with current and past artists on Roadrunner Records. Current Roadrunner Artists
  • 3 Inches of Blood
  • 8 Foot Sativa (NZ)
  • Airbourne
  • Atreyu (excluding US)
  • Behind Crimson Eyes (Australia)
 and their related MySpace and YouTube pages. They can also stay up to speed on all the live Roadrunner Records music events and tour dates, engage in fan chat, listen to the Roadrunner Records radio player, score advance notice on ticket and album specials, learn about free shows and more. U.S.-based fans of Roadrunner Records artists can download the Roadrunner Records toolbar A row or column of on-screen buttons used to activate functions in the application. Many toolbars are customizable, letting you add and delete buttons as required. Toolbars may be fixed in position or may float, which means they can be dragged to a more convenient location in the  within the IN THE PIT section of the U.S. website.

"We wanted to offer an engaging Web 2.0 tool that fans could use to interact with our sites and enrich their overall rock and metal web experience -- and Conduit was it," said Menno Kappe, coordinator, International Sites, Roadrunner Records. "Our toolbars give visitors a rich, raw rock and metal experience, helping fuel their entertainment needs, while building a global rock and metal community that further promotes our label and progressive attitude."

"Conduit community toolbars are exploding on to the digital entertainment scene as the ultimate in fan engagement and loyalty," said Ronen Shilo, 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.  of Conduit. "Entertainment sites are discovering that community toolbars are a great way to breakthrough the noise and connect real-time with fans. We are thrilled to be the platform of choice for Roadrunner Records in their endeavors to connect musicians and fans persistently via the browser."

In addition to Roadrunner Records, other leading entertainment sites, major recording artists and popular fan sites have launched community toolbars, powered by Conduit, to drive deeper fan engagement. Fans of Green Day, John Mayer, Paul McCartney, The Cure and more, have all created Conduit community toolbars. For a full listing of all the music sites that have a community toolbar visit: http://www.conduit.com/Community/Gallery.aspx.

To create a community toolbar for your website visit: http://www.conduit.com/Wizard.

About Conduit

Conduit is the leading platform for building online communities via community toolbars. Online publishers can use Conduit to quickly and easily create a free community toolbar to persistently connect and engage their users via the browser. Consumers can use the myConduit toolbar to search and subscribe with one click to the hottest web communities. Conduit delivers unprecedented community loyalty and site traffic for over 130,000 publishers, including major brands such as Major League Baseball "MLB" and "Major Leagues" redirect here. For other uses, see MLB (disambiguation) and Major Leagues (disambiguation).
Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in North American professional baseball.
, Fox Carolina TV, Greenpeace, RE/MAX RE/MAX Real Estate Maximums (Canada) , TechCrunch, Blogdigger and small and medium organizations in 112 countries around the globe. Conduit's innovative search monetization model allows the service to be completely free and without adware, malware and spyware. The company is privately-held with headquarters in Israel and Redwood Shores, CA. For more information about Conduit, visit www.conduit.com or email info@conduit.com.
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