RNWK--EMusic.com Advances Digital Music Technology: Fans Can Now Download Entire MP3 Albums With Just One Click Powerful New Feature Supported by RealJukebox, FreeAmp and the EMusic Player
PR NEWSWIRE - March 09, 2000 07:00
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Mar 9, 2000 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- EMusic.com Inc. (Nasdaq: EMUS), the Internet's leading seller of downloadable music, today announced a technology breakthrough for digital music fans. EMusic.com customers can now automatically download entire MP3 albums at once -- as opposed to other sites where separate songs must be downloaded individually. EMusic.com currently offers approximately 7,000 downloadable albums from popular artists in the MP3 format for $8.99 each.
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"While others concentrate on adding complex security restrictions to digital music, EMusic is focused on making it easier for consumers," said Gene Hoffman, EMusic.com president and CEO. "Despite what you hear about piracy and lawsuits, downloadable music is really all about providing a more convenient way for fans to manage and listen to their music collections. This new EMusic feature is a perfect example of how we are helping to make the digital music experience faster and more intuitive.
"We expect digital downloading to be the predominant way that fans discover and enjoy their music in the next decade -- especially with the increased popularity of broadband Internet access and the proliferation of portable MP3 hardware devices that can hold the musical equivalent of hundreds of CDs."
Automatic MP3 Album Downloads
EMusic.com's new feature automatically packages and manages the downloading of multiple tracks from a purchased album -- just by clicking on a single icon. The album is then saved as individual MP3 tracks on a hard disk. EMusic's automatic album downloads are supported by popular MP3 software players such as RealJukebox, RealJukebox Plus, FreeAmp and the EMusic Player. For more information, please visit emusic.com.
About EMusic.com
www.EMusic.com is a Web site for sampling and purchasing music in the MP3 format, which has become the standard in the digital distribution of music. Through direct relationships with leading artists and exclusive licensing agreements with over 600 independent record labels, EMusic.com offers an expanding collection of over 75,000 tracks for purchase -- individual tracks for 99 cents each or entire downloadable albums for $8.99.
EMusic.com features top artists in all musical genres, such as Alternative (Bush, Kid Rock, They Might Be Giants, Frank Black), Punk (Blink-182, The Offspring, Pennywise), Jazz (Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong, Concord Records), Blues (John Lee Hooker, B.B. King, Buddy Guy), Hip Hop (Kool Keith, The Coup), Country (Merle Haggard, Patsy Cline), Rock (Phish, Elvis Costello, Goo Goo Dolls, David Crosby), World (Nusrat Fateh Ali Kahn, Lee 'Scratch' Perry) and Vintage Pop (Liza Minnelli, Eartha Kitt, Judy Garland).
Since it was founded in January 1998, EMusic has established itself at the forefront of how music will be discovered, delivered and enjoyed in the next decade. In addition to having the Internet's largest catalog of downloadable MP3 music available for purchase, EMusic operates one of the most popular families of music-oriented Web sites -- including RollingStone.com, EMusic.com, DownBeatJazz.com and IUMA. The company is based in Redwood City, California, with regional offices in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York and Nashville.
NOTE: EMUSIC is a registered trademark and EMUSIC.COM is a trademark of EMusic.com Inc. RealJukebox and RealJukebox Plus are the trademarks or registered trademarks of RealNetworks, Inc.
Any forward-looking statements contained in this release involve a number of uncertainties, risks and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements to materially differ. Factors that could cause actual events or results to differ materially include, among others, those set forth in the Company's S.E.C. reports.
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