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Where is Mjuice.com?


Having trouble logging on to Mjuice MJuice was a music service created by AudioExplosion in 1997. Just like today's iTunes Music Store and Rhapsody MJuice sold digital media. The MJuice audio format was .mjf and could be played with the stand-alone MJuice Media Player or with a plug-in for RealPlayer or Winamp. .com? There's a good reason. In March 2000, Mjuice'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. , Arnold Brown Arnold Brown can refer to:
  • Arnold Brown (comedian)
  • Arnold Brown (General of The Salvation Army) (1913–2002)
, inked a $15 million deal with ARTISTdirect Founded in 1994, Artistdirect, Inc. is an online digital media entertainment company. It owns several websites including Artistdirect.com, UBL.com, Loserkids.com and the Artistdirect Network. .com, which acquired the Web's first--and largest--secure-MP3 distributor. Brown joined the staff as vice president of digital distribution. The Mjuice.com staff also became part of ARTISTdirect.com. "The acquisition of Mjuice.com by ARTISTdirect.com gave us access to significantly more resources and a chance to take advantage of ARTISTdirect's insider position with the major record labels," says Brown.

ARTISTdirect.com is an online music network that offers multimedia entertainment content, music news, community, and "music-related commerce." First featured in Techwatch in the June 2000 issue of BLACK ENTERPRISE, Mjuice.com catalogued approximately 30,000 music tracks from 70 record labels, and received 100 to 200 fresh tracks daily.

The acquisition of Mjuice.com came shortly before ARTISTdirect.com announced its IPO (Initial Public Offering) The first time a company offers shares of stock to the public. While not a computer term per se, many founders, employees and insiders of computer companies have found this acronym more exciting than any tech term they ever heard. , in which it offered 5 million shares of its common stock Although market volatility brought the stock down in 2001, Brown says, "All the technology, brand building, business, and marketing experience will pay off for the new economy companies that survive this rough period."
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Title Annotation:acquired by ARTISTdirect.com
Author:Johnson, Raelyn C.
Publication:Black Enterprise
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Oct 1, 2001
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