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Perfect Gift for Dads & Grads for Summer |
| REDWOOD CITY, Calif., May 25
/PRNewswire/ -- EMusic.com (Nasdaq: EMUS), the Internet's leading seller of downloadable
music, today announced a new promotion for online music fans looking to take their MP3s
with them on the go. Starting today, customers who purchase $50 worth of downloadable
music from www.emusic.com will receive a free 32MB
Creative Labs (Nasdaq: CREAF) NOMAD II portable digital audio hardware player at no extra
charge, a street value of $229.99. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19990602/LAW064
) The NOMAD II 32MB model, dubbed the 'Ferrari of MP3 players' in a recent Chicago Tribune article, provides up to one hour of near-CD quality stereo sound from high-quality MP3s. It is designed for the active music fan, with features that emphasize quick setup and mobility. The NOMAD II comes equipped with a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connection for faster transfer rates and hot-plugging connectivity, a wired remote for accessing controls while on the move, a high-quality backlit LCD, and SSFDC (Solid State Floppy Disk Card) compliant flash memory card support. It also features bass-enhanced stereo backphones, a built-in FM radio tuner, voice recorder, and upgradeable firmware for future audio codec standards and software extensions. ``With over 100,000 songs to choose from, EMusic offers the Internet's largest legitimate collection of MP3s from established, known artists -- for 99 cents per song or $8.99 for complete downloadable albums,'' said Steve Grady, vice president of marketing for EMusic.com. ``It is fantastic to partner with Creative, one of the true innovators in digital audio hardware -- to introduce music fans to the convenience of downloadable music with a high-quality MP3 player like the NOMAD II.'' To sign up for an account at EMusic and to read a complete list of terms and conditions covering the company's NOMAD II promotion, please visit http://www.emusic.com/promo/nomad/ About Creative Creative Technology Ltd., a global leader in PC entertainment products, expands the power of the personal computer with Personal Digital Entertainment (PDE) solutions, comprising desktop products, Internet appliances and Internet applications and services. Leveraging in-house technology, partnerships and value-added investments, Creative markets its solutions to consumers and system integrators, with worldwide distribution through traditional marketing channels, OEMs and the Internet. Creative's mission is to expand upon its leadership role in PDE, utilizing innovative technology, broadband and leading-edge designs for technically progressive consumers and entertainment enthusiasts. Explore PDE at www.creative.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 100,000 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, They Might Be Giants, Violent Femmes, Frank Black), Punk (Blink-182, Pennywise, Rancid), Jazz (Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong, Concord Records), Blues (John Lee Hooker, B.B. King, Buddy Guy), Electronic (DJ Spooky, Coldcut), Hip Hop (Kool Keith, The Coup), Country (Merle Haggard, Patsy Cline, June Carter Cash), 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. 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. SOURCE: EMusic.com Inc. |
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