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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...

  Tags: CDNow, Columbia House, E-business/E-commerce, FINANCE, INTERNET, Investment, merger

• 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 ...

  Tags: audio, CDNow, Columbia House, FINANCE, Investment, merger

• 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...

  Tags: CDNow, Columbia House, FINANCE, Investment, merger, regulator

• Scott Flanders Named to Lead New Company Formed by Merger of CDNOW and Columbia House

  - 1999-09-22

  NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 22, 1999-- Scott N. Flanders has been named to lead the planned integration of CDNOW and Columbia House and to become chairman and CEO of the new public company that will result from their proposed merger, it was announced today by Mel Ilberman, executive vice president...

  Tags: CDNow, Columbia House, FINANCE, Investment, MARKETING, merger, music, Sony Corp., Time Warner Inc., video

• Sony and Time Warner make music deal

  - 1999-07-26

  Sony Corp. and Time Warner Inc. have agreed to merge their jointly-owned Columbia House music and video club with the struggling online music retailer CDNow Inc. The deal connects a pioneer in the digital music industry with two of the world's largest record companies; Warner Music and Sony Music combined...

  Tags: CDNow, Columbia House, entertainment, MARKETING, music, Sony Corp., Time Warner Inc.

• CDNow Is Subsumed into Sony-Time Warner Venture

  - 1999-07-14

  Consolidation in the online music retailing market continued apace yesterday with the acquisition of CDNow Inc by Columbia House, which is a club-based direct marketer of music and videos owned jointly by Sony Corp and Time Warner Inc. The original players are feeling the squeeze as retailers such as Amazon.com...

  Tags: acquisition, CDNow, Columbia House, FINANCE, Investment, Time Warner Inc.

• Sony-Time Warner Enterprise to Buy On-Line Music Retailer.

  - 1999-07-13

  Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 14 -- CDnow Inc., the on-line music retailer, said yesterday it will be acquired by Sony Corp. and Time Warner Inc., owners of the Columbia House music club. Sony and Time Warner will meld Columbia House, which...

  Tags: CDNow, Columbia House, Retail, SALES

• CDNOW To Merge With Sony's and Time Warner's Columbia House to Create World's Leading Music and Video E-commerce Company

  - 1999-07-13

  FORT WASHINGTON, Pa. & NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--July 13, 1999--

  Tags: CDNow, Columbia House, Sony Corp., Time Warner Inc.