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Listen.com and encoding.com Team-Up; Partnership will make it easier for consumers to locate legal downloadable music as it is made available by distributors
BUSINESS WIRE - August 03, 1999 06:22
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 3, 1999 (BUSINESS WIRE via COMTEX) -- Listen.com and encoding.com announced today that they will work together to enable consumers to find new, legal downloadable music faster than ever. Listen.com is the Internet's comprehensive music download directory and encoding.com is the leading provider of audio and video encoding solutions for the Internet.
For select encoding.com clients, the Seattle company will provide Listen.com with information about downloadable audio tracks that will automatically 'seed' Listen.com's directory with relevant track data. This will allow encoding.com clients to have their music listed in the directory as soon as it is made available on the Web and will make this content quickly accessible to online consumers.
"encoding.com is focused on redefining Internet media solutions and applications that empower our clients' Internet media strategy," said Martin Tobias, founder and CEO of encoding.com. "As our clients deploy increasing amounts of content, especially music, they will need a way to promote that content as efficiently and cost-effectively as possible. Working with Listen.com, we were able to develop a solution that would automatically populate Listen.com's music content databases - saving our clients the time and hassle of individually registering literally hundreds and thousands of songs."
"Listen.com is thrilled to be working with encoding.com," said Listen.com's founder and CEO, Rob Reid. "encoding.com is going to play a huge role in getting new artists and their music up on the Web. This relationship will help consumers find those artists in our directory as soon as their music hits the Web and will help Listen.com continue to provide the most comprehensive music download directory on the Web."
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; capsule reviews; a guide to better-known artists with music on the Web; links to downloadable tracks; how-to guides; and, a unique user-rating system. Listen.com points to all major formats of downloadable music.
As a leading provider of audio services and a founding member of the Secure Digital Music Initiative (SDMI), encoding.com has recently announced agreements to convert millions of audio tracks into downloadable format for Internet music sites.
"The hard truth of media convergence," continues Martin Tobias, "is that although it is difficult to create digital media, it is even more difficult to make it relevant and easy to find. This agreement with Listen.com is just one example of how encoding.com's focus on enabling Internet media strategies provides solutions that save time and generate revenue."
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, a former venture capitalist 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, Imagine Media; Halsey Minor, CNET; and, Ted Waitt, Gateway Computers. Music industry visionary and veteran Chris Blackwell serves on Listen.com's board of directors.
Listen.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 encoding.com:
encoding.com is the leading provider of streaming and digital media solutions in the corporate, government, media and entertainment markets. By offering products and services that incorporate the encoding, publishing, distribution and management of digital media, encoding.com leads the streaming media industry in digitizing and optimizing audio and video content for the Internet. encoding.com enables a variety of digital media-on-demand applications including online music distribution, distance learning, marketing communications, training, rich media advertising and promotions, digital archiving and video promotion. encoding.com partners with key technology companies such as: RealNetworks [Nasdaq: RNWK], Microsoft [Nasdaq: MSFT], AT&T/a2b music [NYSE:ATT] and Apple Computer [Nasdaq: AAPL], and supports all streaming and digital media formats available. encoding.com also acts as a key influencer in the streaming media industry by presenting at events including: Streaming Media, WebNoise, RealNetworks Conference, Internet World, Consumer Electronics Show, Audio Engineer Society, Herring On Hollywood and National Association of Broadcasters (NAB). As an active member in industry organizations like the Secure Digital Music Initiative (SDMI), the Washington Software Alliance (WSA) and S2A.org, encoding.com has been able to provide feedback on some of the most strategic initiatives developed by the industry. encoding.com's list of 500-plus customers include: AT&T, BMG Distribution, Capitol Records, Cisco, College Broadcasting, Discovery Channel, DVD Express, Federal Emergency Management Association, Merck, Roxbury Capital Management, Safeco Insurance, Siemens, Sony, Warner Brothers and more. For more information on encoding.com and its digital media solutions, visit www.encoding.com. Additional contact information: 3406 E. Union St., Seattle, WA 98122; tel: (206) 568 2600; fax: (206) 329-3276.
Copyright (C) 1999 Business Wire. All rights reserved. -0- CONTACT: listen.com Sean Garrett, 415/934-2004 sean@listen.com or Alexander Ogilvy Public Relations Meredith Valt, 415/923-1660 mvalt@alexanderogilvy.com
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