SAN DIEGO, March 12, 2001 (PRIMEZONE) -- A few weeks after releasing the free Music IOS Application Programming Interface (API) to the developer community, MP3.com, Inc. (Nasdaq:MPPP) today announced a developers workshop designed to provide marketing support to hardware, software and web developers interested in potential revenue-generating opportunities. The free workshop is scheduled to take place at MP3.com headquarters in San Diego on Thursday, March 15, 2001. To sign up for the workshop today, visit www.mp3.com/events.
The event will include presentations on how developers can leverage free marketing support from MP3.com to meet distribution and sales objectives for their products. Developers can access a variety of free, web-based marketing opportunities designed to connect their product to MP3.com's vast customer base of millions of music and technology enthusiasts. Among the tools scheduled to be discussed by MP3.com's team of marketing experts are targeted newsletters, online advertising, logos, press releases and more.
The workshop also will offer a technical overview of the Music IOS API by the same engineers who built the program. Along with a number of free tools, the Music IOS API is offered through the MP3 Developer's Network (MP3DN) at developer.mp3.com. The Music IOS API offers streamlined access to digital music content, with highly customizable functionality suited for the next generation of portable handheld devices, Internet appliances, software applications and web sites. To see screen shots of applications created using the free Music IOS API, visit www.mp3.com/mapi.
"I strongly encourage hardware, software and web site developers to attend this workshop because it's a great opportunity to benefit from the free marketing and promotional tools offered through our developers network," said Michael Robertson, chairman and chief executive officer of MP3.com. "We are excited to work closely with the technologists who are working to develop the next generation of music-enabled devices and applications."
To sign up to attend the free developers workshop, visit www.mp3.com/events.
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About MP3.com
MP3.com, Inc. has created a unique and robust technology infrastructure designed to facilitate the storage, management, promotion and delivery of digital music. As the Internet's premier Music Service Provider (MSP), the company is dedicated to providing consumers access to music when they want it, where they want it, using any web-enabled device. The company's web site hosts what MP3.com believes is the largest collection of digital music available on the Internet, with more than 862,000 songs and audio files posted from over 135,000 digital artists and record labels. Dedicated to growing the digital music space, the company's products and services include on-demand Subscription Music Channels, an innovative Business Music Services program, a Radio Services Division and others. Additionally, through the company's MSP technology initiative and its Music InterOperating System (IOS), MP3.com is partnering with a variety of forward-looking businesses to expand its digital music strategy. MP3.com's common stock is traded on the Nasdaq National Market under the ticker symbol MPPP. The company is based in San Diego, Calif. For more information on MP3.com, visit www.mp3.com.
Statements in this press release that are not strictly historical are forward-looking statements within the meaning of section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These statements may include references to activities and events expected to occur in connection with the proposed Developers Workshop series, as well as the products and services described in connection therewith. These statements involve a high degree of risk and uncertainty, are only predictions, and actual events or results may differ materially from those projected in such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to differences include risks related to: MP3.com's litigation proceedings, including without limitation the inability to reach settlement with all parties to such proceedings; risks associated with the proposed Developers Workshop series and the implementation and functionality of products and services described in connection therewith, as well as any cost and value-added benefits attributed therein; acceptance of MP3.com's products and services; MP3.com's limited operating history; and MP3.com's rapid growth, as well as other risks detailed from time-to-time in MP3.com's reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000.