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MacVillage.net Mac PR Apple and Walt Disney Records Team up to Deliver Exclusive Soundtracks on iTunes Company Name: Apple Computer Inc. Company URL: http://www.apple.com Released On: Thursday, April 22, 2004 CUPERTINO, California and BURBANK, California—April 21, 2004—Teaming upto offer the leading collection of digital music for kids, teens andfamilies, Apple® and Walt Disney Records today announced that thecatalog of Walt Disney Records, including soundtracks from Disney’sclassic animated films and Disney/Pixar’s computer-animated films, isnow available exclusively on the iTunes® Music Store through September30th. A new “Disney” genre page within the iTunes Music Store will featurea wide range of family entertainment including the soundtracks fromanimated films such as Alice in Wonderland, Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, Snow White and The Little Mermaid; Disney/Pixar’s Toy Story, Toy Story 2, A Bug’s Life, Monsters, Inc. and Finding Nemo; plus, Disney audio storytellers, theatrical cast recordings and music from up-and-coming stars Raven and Jesse McCartney. “Now iTunes users can add these timeless Disney songs to their musiclibraries and enjoy them wherever they go on their iPods,” said SteveJobs, Apple’s CEO. “This exclusive access to the classic songs fromfilms like The Lion King, Toy Story and Mary Poppins, to name just a few, is going to make many of our iTunes users very happy.” “We are proud to offer a way for customers to easily own the classicand contemporary Disney music they know and love,” said David Agnew,executive vice president and general manager of the Buena Vista MusicGroup (BVMG), who oversees Walt Disney Records. “We chose to deliverour digital music catalog exclusively on iTunes because it is theleading global online music store.” “This is the next logical step in BVMG's continuing efforts to reachthe music consumer directly,” added Bob Cavallo, chairman of BVMG. “We’re happy to be in business with Apple.” The iTunes Music Store has sold more than 50 million songs,providing music fans with the best digital music experience on either aMac® or Windows PC. Apple is the only company to offer a completesolution for buying, managing and listening to digital music anywherewith the unique combination of the iTunes digital music jukeboxsoftware, the pioneering iTunes Music Store and the market-leadingiPod™ and iPod mini digital music players. All work seamlessly togetherto make the new digital music era accessible to everyone. Walt Disney Records is the number one children’s and family musiclabel in the world and is part of The Buena Vista Music Group, therecorded music and music publishing arm of The Walt Disney Company. Appleignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple IIand reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh.Apple is committed to bringing the best personal computing experienceto students, educators, creative professionals and consumers around theworld through its innovative hardware, software and Internet offerings. Press Contacts: Natalie Sequeira NOTE TO EDITORS: For additional information visit Apple’s PR website, or call Apple's Media Helpline at (408) 974-2042. Apple,the Apple logo, Macintosh, Mac, Mac OS, iTunes and iPod are eitherregistered trademarks or trademarks of Apple. Other company and productnames may be trademarks of their respective owners. Access Mac PR from any WAP enabled device such as your cell phone or PDA with MacVillage.net Mobile. Back |
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