Crunch and Listen.com Launch Crunch Radio; Bringing the Gym Vibe to a Computer Near You.Entertainment Editors NEW YORK--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--March 13, 2001 Crunch Fitness and Listen.com announced today the launch of Crunch Radio, featuring two specially-programmed Web radio stations that will be played in all Crunch gyms nationwide. Listen.com has also created a customized Crunch player that allows users to get the Crunch experience at home or anywhere they listen to music online. The partnership makes Crunch the first fitness center with its own radio network. Crunch Radio, which can be found at http://www.crunch.com, offers two radio stations that give users the Crunch vibe - Churn, an up-tempo station featuring artists such as Madonna, Underworld and Fatboy Slim Fatboy Slim (born Quentin Leo Cook on July 31, 1963,[1] also known as Norman Cook) is a English big beat musician. He stopped using 'Quentin' and began calling himself 'Norman' while a schoolboy, long before he adopted any other pseudonym. to accompany a high-energy workout, and Chill, a station with music from acts like Air, St. Germain and Portishead, which is appropriate for yoga, stretching and cool-down sessions. "We've always worked very hard to make our music the most cutting-edge in the industry and now people worldwide can tune in to our website and experience it for themselves," said Doug Levine, Chairman and Founder of Crunch. "This new radio network enables people to experience the high-energy vibe unique to our gyms at work or at home." "We're pleased to be working with the most innovative fitness center in the country," said Sean Ryan Sean Ryan or Seán Ryan may refer to:
The Crunch stations can also be found on Listen.com's Partner Radio Network at http://www.listen.com/home_rdir.jsp. Other Listen radio partners include ChickClick, EMusic, NetNoir, Interscope Records and Sub Pop Records. About Crunch Fitness CRUNCH, founded in 1989, is one of the leading fitness entertainment brands in the country with locations in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , San Francisco, Mission Viejo, Miami, Chicago and Atlanta. The CRUNCH brand includes innovative group fitness, original television programming, exercise music, books, videos and apparel. To learn more about CRUNCH visit www.crunch.com. About Listen.com Listen.com creates, integrates and distributes online music products and services across a network of portals, entertainment sites and music platforms. Distribution partners use Listen to program their music sections. Partners include AltaVista, Britannica.com, eUniverse, Excite@Home, iVillage, iWon, Lycos, NBCi.com, RealNetworks, shockwave.com, Road Runner, Yahoo! and ZDNet. Listen.com's products include its hand-built directory to online music, with links to legal music from more than 200,000 artists. The company also offers Listen Radio, an online radio product developed from the company's WiredPlanet acquisition, and re-syndicated content from partners, including Muze, MoodLogic, Music Today and Like.com. Rob Reid, a former venture capitalist Venture Capitalist An investor who provides capital to either start-up ventures or support small companies who wish to expand but do not have access to public funding. Notes: Venture capitalists usually expect higher returns for the additional risks taken. and author, founded Listen.com in December 1998. Financial backers in the San Francisco company include all five major music labels (BMG BMG Bundesministerium für Gesundheit (Germand: Federal Ministry for Health) BMG Be My Girl BMG Blue Man Group BMG Bertelsmann Music Group BMG Be My Guest BMG Browning Machine Gun BMG Bulk Metallic Glass Entertainment, EMI (ElectroMagnetic Interference) An electrical disturbance in a system due to natural phenomena, low-frequency waves from electromechanical devices or high-frequency waves (RFI) from chips and other electronic devices. Allowable limits are governed by the FCC. Recorded Music, Sony Music, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group Warner Music Group (WMG) is one of the four major record labels. Warner Music Group also has a publishing arm, Warner/Chappell Music, which dates back to 1929, when Jack Warner, president of Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. ) the Barksdale Group, August Capital, Attractor Ventures, Hambrecht & Quist, Index Ventures, Austin Ventures, Trans Cosmos, Altos Ventures, Imagine Media 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. , Chris Anderson, CNET (body) CNET - Centre national d'Etudes des Telecommunications. The French national telecommunications research centre at Lannion. founder and chairman Halsey Minor, Gateway Computers founder and chairman Ted Waitt and Maverick Records' principals. Upside Magazine recently named Listen.com as one of the top-100 private companies. Listen.com and the Listen.com logo are service marks of Listen.com, Inc. |
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