MP3.com And MusicMatch Offer Exclusive Download Of Custom MusicMatch Jukebox
MP3.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: MPPP), an Internet premiere online digital music destination, and MusicMatch, Inc., developers of the world's first personal jukebox software program, have announced that a custom version of the MusicMatch Jukebox software will be available for download exclusively at http://www.mp3.com. The custom MP3.com MusicMatch Jukebox is designed to make it easier for first time users to explore digital audio on their PC. MusicMatch Jukebox is the only jukebox software to give users the ability to combine music digitally recorded from their own personal CD, vinyl and cassette tape collection with streamed music from sites like MP3.com, all in the same playlist. MusicMatch also allows MP3 streams, like those found on MP3.com, to playback within playlists consisting of music stored locally on the hard drive, without support from separate applications. MP3.com will feature MusicMatch Jukebox as a preferred software application for downloading and listening to music from the MP3.com Web site. The MP3.com version of MusicMatch Jukebox will have an abbreviated install process, as well as a simplified view of the player interface. The custom version of MusicMatch Jukebox offers all of the features found in the standard version, including the ability to record unlimited MP3s for free at near-CD quality, organize all downloaded and recorded tracks into a powerful music database, and play MP3s and other digital audio on the PC. User's can upgrade to CD-quality recording for $29.99 from the MusicMatch Web site, http://www.musicmatch.com. ""We are very excited to be working with MusicMatch,"" said Michael Robertson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of MP3.com. ""We believe the custom version of MusicMatch will make it easier for Internet users at all levels to experience the vast selection of new music available on MP3.com."" ""We are extremely pleased to be working with MP3.com to offer their visitors the original powerful jukebox software,"" said Dennis Mudd, Chief Executive Officer of MusicMatch, Inc. ""Our companies have worked together from the beginning to make sure users can 'reap the benefits of digital audio on the PC - this player takes us to the next level of ease of use."" The custom version of MusicMatch Jukebox is available for download at http://www.mp3.com/ About MP3.com MP3.com is pioneering a revolutionary approach to the promotion and distribution of music. The Company's Web site has grown into a premier online music destination. The Company uses the Internet and file formats that make music files smaller to enable a growing number of artists to distribute and promote their music to a broad audience and to let consumers conveniently access this expanding music catalogue. The Company's Web site contains more than 154,000 songs from more than 26,000 artists, representing what the Company believes to be one of the largest collections of digital music available on the Internet. Consumers can search, sample and download music free of charge. About MusicMatch Jukebox MusicMatch Jukebox is the world's first personal jukebox software. It lets users build extensive collections of CD-quality digital music downloaded from the Internet and recorded from music CDs, vinyl and cassette tapes. MusicMatch Jukebox lets users organize all of their tracks in a digital music database on their PC, create custom play lists and play them on their PC in CD-quality. MusicMatch Jukebox is one of the world's most popular audio software programs, downloaded by close to one million people each month, and is the most popular jukebox software download on CNET. MusicMatch Jukebox is currently being bundled with the Diamond Rio and Creative NOMAD portable MP3 players. About MusicMatch, Inc. MusicMatch, Inc. develops digital audio software that lets people take control over how they listen to their music. The company's popular ""MusicMatch Jukebox"" software turns a PC into a powerful component of a user's stereo system, and is the world's number-one selling MP3 software program. The MusicMatch web site (http://www.musicmatch.com) is one of the world's 50 most popular music web sites, and contains one of the finest collections of downloadable music from independent artists on the Internet. The company has 43 employees, was incorporated in February 1997, and is headquartered in San Diego, California. MusicMatch is 20 percent owned by Thomson Multimedia Inc. Together with Fraunhofer IIS, Thomson was the co-developer of the MP3 technology and ranks #1 in the U.S. and #4 in Europe in sales of consumer electronics. For further information, contact Joeli Yaguda of MusicMatch, Inc., 619 385 8381, joeli@musicmatch.com; or Gary Brotman of Golin/Harris International, 213 623 4200 ext. 728, gbrotman@golinharris.com; or John Lenihan of MP3.com, Inc., 619 623 7098, john@mp3.com; or Candace Locklear of GCI Group, 415 974 7208, clocklear@gcigroup.com.