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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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