Barnesandnoble.com Launches Internet Radio

Posted on February 2, 2000

Barnesandnoble.com inc. has announced the launch of bnRadio, which allows customers to listen to full-length songs and excerpts from audio books. As part of the bnRadio tuner, customers will be able to listen to songs from 16 music styles, and three-to-five minute selections from audio books. bnRadio can be used anywhere on the Web using a current browser and the latest Real Audio G2 player.

``barnesandnoble.com is dedicated to providing an interactive and entertaining shopping experience,'' said Daniel Blackman, director of Music, Video and Software for barnesandnoble.com. ``With bnRadio, we are combining full-length audio selections with deep editorial content, enabling our customers to make informed purchasing decisions. The easy-to-use tuner will reach millions of customers and further extend the barnesandnoble.com brand throughout the Internet.''

barnesandnoble.com partnered with RadioAMP to create the bnRadio application. As part of the agreement, RadioAMP will also build co-branded tuners for barnesandnoble.com's Affiliate Network, as well as third-party sites from which barnesandnoble.com provides the product fulfillment through the tuners.

``Audio represents a whole new way to enrich the user's experience on the web,'' said Sung Park, CEO of RadioAMP. ``Our RadioAMP Tuner provides vendors like barnesandnoble.com with a fast, easy, and completely customizable way to bring the enjoyment of audio entertainment to their web sites.''