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Streamlining the Search
for Music
3:00 a.m. May. 30, 2000
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track of the musicians.
Net Users Get
Mature On May 24, Kick.com
launched a music search
Berlin's Bold, engine that keeps users
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Exhibit news, releases, and
concert information from
Narrowing their favorite bands.
Appalachia's
Divide Unlike music companies
like Listen.com and
Trailing the Emusic.com, which
Microsoft aggregate data primarily
Trial on digital downloads and
streaming sites, or
Deconstructing CDDB.com, which only
Hatred provides album
information, Kick.com is
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CEO Matthew Skyrm.
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Hand from "Our whole goal and
Marketers vision was to make sure
that people never miss
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Hearing don't have to deal with
news overloads that have
25 article links on (a)
page, making sure you
never miss a concert,"
Skyrm said. "People
don't even want to spend
30 minutes downloading,
so why would they spend
that time (filling out
profiles)?"
The company licenses
editorial content from a
variety of sources, and
sends users news
updates, tour schedules,
and information about
the most requested bands
and songs on the site.
Once the Kick
application is
downloaded and a
password-protected
account has been
created, a small "music
companion" window
resides within the
browser to deliver news
while allowing users to
continue surfing.
"The reason piracy is
there is because that's
the easiest way for
people to get music,"
Skyrm said. "Go to Sony
Music and you can
purchase music, but it's
a slow, clunky process.
That's what we are
trying to bridge -– the
gap between piracy and
easy access to
information."
While you can't buy
concert tickets from
Kick.com, the site does
allow you to purchase
new CDs and merchandise
through links to online
retail stores such as
Amazon.com and CDNow.
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