Listen.com Syndicates its Music Download Directory to shockwave.com.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 11, 1999-- Listen.com announced today that is it providing users of shockwave.com with direct access to listen.com's comprehensive directory of downloadable music. shockwave.com, the new online entertainment center, is Listen.com's first announced syndication partner. "Listen.com is proud to have built the Internet's first comprehensive directory to downloadable music," said Listen.com's 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. , Rob Reid. "We're working with forward-thinking companies like shockwave.com to make sure that as many consumers have access to the directory as possible." The distribution deals provide a co-branded ("powered by Listen.com") version of Listen.com's music download A music download refers to the transferring of a music file from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment if required. directory integrated into the look and feel of shockwave.com. "shockwave.com provides users with a wide variety of entertainment experiences including games, cartoons, greeting cards See e-card. and music," said Steve Fields, CEO of shockwave.com. "Listen.com is a great addition to shockwave.com's music section of interactive and visual musical offerings, giving users the ability to search for and download their favorite music online." The partnership enhances music offerings already popular with shockwave.com's member base, and is the next step in shockwave.com's strategy to create a superior online entertainment center through the combination of entertainment and technology. Listen.com's directory helps consumers locate and learn about legal downloadable music available anywhere on the Web. The directory includes: search; categorization of nearly 600 music genres This list is split into four separate pages: About Listen.com Listen.com is the Internet's first comprehensive directory of downloadable music. The site includes original reviews and categorization of thousands of artists and links to their legally posted work. The company was founded in December 1998 by Robert Reid Robert Reid is the name of:
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 of "Architects of the Web." listen.com is backed by August Capital and Austin Ventures. It was seeded by Altos Ventures and three prominent Founder/CEOs: Chris Anderson Chris Anderson may mean:
Waitt was born and raised in Sioux City, Iowa and attended the University of Iowa. , Gateway Computers. Music industry visionary and Palm Pictures Chairman Chris Blackwell is on Listen.com's board of directors. Lhisten.com is headquartered in San Francisco and can be found on the Internet at www.listen.com. The site opened to the public on June 21. About shockwave.com shockwave.com is defining the next generation of consumer entertainment online. Wholly owned by Macromedia, shockwave.com includes a Web site at www.shockwave.com and two innovative virtual devices, Shockwave Remote and Shockmachine. Shockwave.com is an online entertainment center which for the first time allows users to enjoy a wide variety of Shockwave Entertainment, to control playback, and to save and send favorites. The entertainment hub delivers users unique and immersive interactive entertainment experiences and offers content creators and owners of existing branded entertainment a new and powerful distribution model. In partnership with major entertainment companies and web distribution and technology leaders, shockwave.com features original and branded games, cartoons and music. For more information, please visit www.shockwave.com. |
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