JAMTV, The Source Announce Partnership, Launch Hip-Hop Internet Megasite.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 25, 1998--JAMTV Corporation, creator and operator of the Web's premier independent music megasites, and The Source, the fastest growing and number-one selling music magazine on America's newsstands, today announced a partnership for bringing hip-hop music online. The companies are collaborating to launch TheSource.com (http://www.thesource.com), the hip-hop fan's ultimate online resource: a Web site exclusively devoted to hip-hop music, culture and politics. "Historically, The Source magazine has been the only way hip-hop fans could get news about today's most significant youth culture," said Jeff Jones There are several notable people named Jeff Jones, including:
Under the terms of the exclusive, multi-year agreement, JAMTV will create, host and maintain TheSource.com; The Source will provide cutting-edge music news and columns, as well as archives of artist bios and photos, feature articles, interviews, columns and reviews. TheSource.com will feature music news, videos on demand, background information on artists, concert/tour updates, live concert and event webcasts, and the ability to buy CDs, merchandise and concert tickets. The Web site will also give readers of the magazine the opportunity to interact with The Source columnists through live chats and message boards. The site will include an Interactive Game Community where users can try out versions of the hottest new interactive games. "TheSource.com is a critical addition to the JAMTV network of music content sites and portal affiliates," said Howard A. Tullman, 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 JAMTV. "We expect to translate The Source's phenomenal newsstand appeal online, bringing millions of 14 to 24-year-old consumers with trend-setting power to the Web." To kick-off the launch of the site, TheSource.com will feature a live webcast of The Source's annual, invitation-only FashionNation runway show and concert at the MAGIC Show, the young men's apparel tradeshow in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. . The FashionNation event, sponsored by DuPont Lycra, will be held on September 1 at the Hard Rock Cafe Hard Rock Cafe is a chain of casual dining restaurants. It was founded in 1971 by Isaac Tigrett and Peter Morton, and their first Hard Rock Cafe opened near Hyde Park Corner in London, in a former Rolls Royce car dealerships showroom close to Hyde Park, where in 1979 they began to in Las Vegas. It will feature live performances by chart-topping hip-hop artists Noreaga, Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz, and the return of Brand Nubian. ABOUT JAMTV JAMTV (http://www.jamtv.com) creates and operates the Web's premier independent music megasites, including the Rolling Stone rolling stone Noun a restless or wandering person Network (http://www.rollingstone.com), Tunes.com (http://www.tunes.com) and TheSource.com, and featuring the world's largest aggregation of multimedia assets and artist information. Through its print and online partners and affiliates, JAMTV offers advertisers access to a potential audience of over 120 million with well-defined demographics. Additionally, the company has hundreds of affiliate radio stations, including stations in 32 of the country's top 50 markets, adding millions of consumers to the potential audience for cross-media campaigns and promotions. JAMTV's music content sites feature original daily editorial content on entertainment and music industry developments and events, comprehensive databases of discographies, biographies, interviews, tour dates and full motion video clips, and a massive downloadable photo library of bands, artists and concerts. Its Virtual Venue allows users to see and hear streaming audio A one-way audio transmission over a data network. It is widely used on the Web as well as company networks to play audio clips and Internet radio. Computers in home networks stream audio (mostly music) to digital media hubs connected to home theaters. and video webcasts of live and archived concerts. At Tunes.com, consumers can explore a huge database of musical recordings by artist, title or genre, and listen to a selection of more than 800,000 song clips. Microsoft uses the Tunes.com database technology in its Deluxe CD Player in Windows 98 to automatically deliver CD track titles to the desktop while providing dynamic links to related music information ABOUT THE SOURCE The Source is the magazine of hip-hop music, culture and politics, and the best-selling best·sell·er also best seller n. A product, such as a book, that is among those sold in the largest numbers. best music magazine on America's newsstands. It is also the country's fastest-growing music publication sold on newsstands, with a total readership of more than three million and a rate base of 400,000. The Source is a member of MPA MPA medroxyprogesterone acetate. and is measured by PIB See NIST binary. . The magazine just launched The Source Sports as a quarterly magazine, delivering sports news with the edge, style and behind-the-scenes take that The Source readers expect. It is available on newsstands everywhere and is the first magazine to be sold at Footlocker stores in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. and 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. . CONTACT: JAMTV contacts: The Terpin Group Denise Walpole (technology reporters), 212/473-7500 x12 dwalpole@terpin.com or Scoop Marketing Bonnie bon·ny also bon·nie adj. bon·ni·er, bon·ni·est Scots 1. Physically attractive or appealing; pretty. 2. Excellent. Poindexter (entertainment reporters),310/360-6060 bonniep@solters.com or The Source contact: RGN RGN (in Britain, New Zealand, and Australia) Registered General Nurse RGN (Brit) n abbr (= Registered General Nurse) → staatlich geprüfte Krankenschwester f, Communications Robin Gorman Newman, 516/773-0911 rgnewman@aol.com |
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