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To: AlienTech who wrote (24898)	11/15/1999 11:29:00 AM
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musicmaker.com Announces Agreement With Microsoft To Create The Largest Signed Artist, Digital Download Site In Windows Media On The Web RESTON, Va., Nov. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- musicmaker.com (Nasdaq: HITS - news), the world's leading provider of custom CDs and licensed digitally downloadable music on the Internet, today announced a broad technology agreement with Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT - news). Under the agreement, musicmaker will make available, by year's end, over 100,000 signed artist, licensed songs for secure download using Microsoft Windows Media Format. As part of the agreement, musicmaker will also offer up to 250,000 30-second streaming samples of each song for preview using Windows Media. ``Musicmaker.com is committed to making it safe and easy for music lovers to securely download the CD-quality music they want, when and in the way they want it,' said Bill Crowley, Vice President, Marketing and Sales, and one of musicmaker's founders. ``In our recent free download programs featuring music by Shania Twain, David Bowie and Pete Townshend, we have found that when offered a choice between downloading tracks in Windows Media and 'Secure MP3`` formats, our site visitors have overwhelmingly chosen Windows Media. We are excited to work with Microsoft to bring to reality the largest digital download site on the World Wide Web.' ``The agreement with Microsoft is a watershed event for us at musicmaker.com,' said Chairman and Co-CEO Robert Bernardi, ``Microsoft's recognition of us as the leader in signed artist, licensed music digital downloading enhances our position in the marketplace.' Microsoft will also provide musicmaker.com preferred positioning on WindowsMedia.com for streamed previews. Musicmaker.com will include streamed previews of music in Windows Media Format as part of its Kiosk program that they will be deploying in twenty cities of the United States, in December. Consumers for the first time will be able to visit a music retailer and acquire music via a digital download directly into their portable device or their portable media. ``To have such a large catalog like musicmaker in Windows Media Format will offer a tremendous choice for consumers,' said Will Poole, general manager, Streaming Media Division, Microsoft Corp. ``Now musicmaker customers can enjoy the benefits of secure CD-quality Windows Media music in half the size of MP3 files.' Artists currently featured for download on musicmaker.com include Sevendust, Nine Inch Nails, XTC, Biohazard, Type O Negative, Fear Factory, The Beach Boys, Miles Davis, Pete Townshend, Eric Clapton, Frank Zappa, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Jefferson Starship, KC & The Sunshine Band, Eilleen ``Shania' Twain, Blues Brothers and others.