To: Tinroad who wrote (15614 ) 10/27/2000 9:48:18 AM From: bob Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 18366 Vitaminic Reaches Milestone With 500 Record Deals Site Offers Widest Selection of Legal Music Downloads on the Web SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Vitaminic, the leading platform for the promotion and distribution of digital music on the Internet and other digital networks, announced today that the company has now signed deals with more than 500 different record labels. With such a wide network of international music label partners, including U.S. labels: Reality Records, Emagine Music, Ivy Records, J-Bird Records and many more, Vitaminic truly offers the largest selection of legal music downloads available on the Web. "We are extremely excited to be working with more than 500 record labels to bring such a wide variety of music to the Vitaminic site," said Gianluca Grechi, managing director, Vitaminic. "The progressive, independent labels are enthusiastically embracing the MP3 format, and many of the major labels are beginning to recognize that the Web is an important tool for profitable promotion and distribution of music." Vitaminic is the leading platform for the promotion and distribution of digital music on the Internet and other digital networks, embracing all standards and utilizing the latest broadband and wireless communications technologies. The company offers content from both independent artists and record companies, delivering music to consumers through the Vitaminic network of localized communities and via major Internet portals, ISPs and mobile operators. Vitaminic, operating in complete accordance with copyright regulations, offers artists and record labels an opportunity to promote and sell their music online, and gives music fans access to one of the Internet's widest and most complete digital music catalogues. Visitors to the Vitaminic site can stream and listen to tracks, and can download CD-quality files in digital format, purchasing single tracks or burning CDs, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Founded in April 1999, Vitaminic currently has offices in eight countries: seven in Europe (Italy, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Spain, the Netherlands, and Sweden) and one in the United States. Each office runs its own local site reflecting the individual market in which it operates. Since Vitaminic's launch in August 1999, more than 500 labels and 15,000 artists have uploaded and sold their music through the Vitaminic network.