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• SightSound settlement.(Vidbits)(Sightsound Technologies)(CDNOW Inc.)(N2K Inc.)(Brief Article)

  - 2004-03-01

  * Bertelsmann Music subsidiaries CDNow and N2K have agreed not to contest a series of patents held by Mount Lebanon, Pa.-based SightSound Technologies covering the commercial downloading of music via the Internet. The agreement, part of an out-of-c * Bertelsmann Music subsidiaries CDNow and...

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• SightSound trial looms.(Vidbits)(SightSound Technologies eaerns a victory in its 5-year-old patent infringement lawsuit against CDNow)(Brief Article)

  - 2003-11-10

  * A federal district court in Pennsylvania has handed SightSound Technologies an important victory in its 5-year-old patent infringement lawsuit against CDNow, clearing the way for the case to go before a jury in the spring. CDNow petitioned the co * A federal district...

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• CDNow in Amazon's web. (Vidbits).(CDNow being acquired )(Brief Article)

  - 2002-12-02

  * Amazon.com will take over the operations of struggling online music retailer CDNow. Under the deal with German media group Bertelsmann, which owns CDNow, die site's headquarters in Fort Washington, Pa., will be closed and its staff ... * Amazon.com will take over the...

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• CDNow.com Taking Notes - Marketing - Brief Article

  - 2001-06-04

  After years of million-dollar losses and an inevitable take over by Bertelsmann, CDNow.com is looking for ways to maximize its marketing budget. As a result, it is birthing creative initiatives such as its CDNow Musicologists" tour.

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• Forecasting Repeat Sales at CDNOW: A Case Study

  BNET - 2001-06-01

  The author conducted a modeling exercise in conjunction with the online music retailer CDNOW to develop a simple stochastic model of buyer behavior capable of forecasting medium-term aggregate CD purchasing by a cohort of new customers. The author modeled weekly sales using a finite mixture of beta-geometric distributions with a...

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• Judge Stops Securities-Fraud Lawsuit against Internet Music Retailer CDnow.

  - 2001-04-13

  By Joseph A. Slobodzian, The Philadelphia Inquirer Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News By Joseph A. Slobodzian, The Philadelphia Inquirer Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

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• CDNow.com to Re-open Award Central on Web Site - Brief Article

  - 2001-01-01

  FT.WASHINGTON, PA.--CDNow.com's first initiative from its year-long $6 million "Never Miss a Beat" effort is reopening the Award Central portion of its Web site. Set to go live this month, the site will offer promotions and discounts for artists featured in Q1 music award shows, including the Grammys, Academy Awards...

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• You'd Better Watch Out — The Elves are Back in Town; CDNOW Sponsors NStorm's ``Elf Bowling 2 — Elves in Paradise''

  - 2000-11-16

  Business Editors & High Tech Writers

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• CDNow.(class-action suit)(Brief Article)

  - 2000-09-04

  Shareholders have filed a class-action suit against CDNow, alleging that the online retailer did not disclose ... Shareholders have filed a class-action suit against CDNow, alleging that the online retailer did not disclose information relating to the termination of its merger with Columbia House...

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• Bertelsmann to the rescue for CDNow.(Brief Article)

  - 2000-07-24

  CDNow found a friend in Bertelsmann last week when the international media company agreed to buy the financially troubled e-tailer for $3 per share, or about $117 million. CDNow will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Bertelsmann's e-Commerce Grou CDNow found a friend in...

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• Man on the Moon contest lands online at CDNow.(Brief Article)

  - 2000-06-05

  Visitors to the CDNow Web site can enter the Mon on the Moon DVD sweepstakes (http://cdnow.com/man-sweeps) for a chance to win a five-day, four-night trip to Orlando, Fla., including an Astronaut Adventure. The first 500 buyers of Universal ... Visitors to the CDNow Web...

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• Dot-com doubt;Marketing jackpot in jeopardy as Internet companies falter.(Brief Article)

  - 2000-04-10

  With three well-known dot-coms already on official deathwatch, a long-expected shakeout among Internet companies may be under way. And hundreds of millions of marketing dollars are at risk. Auditors have expressed "substantial doubt" whethe With three well-known dot-coms already on official deathwatch, a long-expected shakeout...

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• CDNow leapfrogs Amazon in unique buyers - Brief Article

  - 2000-04-03

  RESTON VA. -- PC Data Online, an Internet research firm that specializes in Web commerce measurements and surveys, has released its monthly list of top on-line retailers for February. For the first time since the list was released in June 1999, Amazon.com is not at the top of the list....

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• Columbia House, CDNow call off merger.(Brief Article)

  - 2000-03-20

  * Despite last week's aborted merger between music e-tailer CDNow and Columbia House, the direct-response marketer is going ahead with plans to create a new division devoted entirely to its e-commerce operations, ColumbiaHouse.com, as part of its strategy to migrate its existing customer base to the...

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• ON24 Audio Investor Alert: UPDATE: Columbia House, CDnow Kill Merger Proposal

  - 2000-03-14

  Business Editors & Analysts --BUSINESS WIRE Time Warner and Sony kill the merger proposal that would have combined the companies' jointly owned Columbia House with CDnow, an online music retailer. CDnow's CEO Jason Olim discusses the reasons ...

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• CDNOW Technology Executive Jeffry S. Nimeroff, Ph.D. Named Chief Technology Officer, fashion500.com

  - 2000-03-01

  Business Editors

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• Image, CDNow to promote VHI Divas Live.(Brief Article)

  - 2000-02-28

  Chatsworth, Calif.-based DVD licensee and distributor Image Entertainment Inc. has partnered with e-tailer CDNow to promote Image's VHI Divas Live 1999, a concert video featuring Whitney Houston, Cher, Tina Turner and Brandy. The DVD, to be release Chatsworth, Calif.-based DVD licensee and distributor Image...

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• Bluestone Consulting Helps CDNOW Build Its Cosmic Music Network in Less Than Four Months to Bring Dynamic Music Community to 2.7 Million Customers — Cosmic Music Network, CMN, Powered by Bluestone Software's Award-Winning Sapphire/Web Application Ser

  - 1999-12-20

  Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers

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• Federal Regulators Put Hold on CDnow-Columbia House Merger.

  - 1999-11-26

  Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 27 -- The merger of CDnow Inc., the Fort Washington online music and video retailer, with mail-order giant Columbia House, hit a holiday weekend snag with federal regulators. The Federal Trade Commission is seeking more information from...

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• Kill Bw1096, Ct-Memberworks

  - 1999-11-08

  Please KILL BW1096, (CT-MEMBERWORKS) MemberWorks Inc. and CDNOW Announce Joint Marketing Relationship, which ran on Business Wire at 7:59 ET on 11/08/99.

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