CDNOW Company Description
As impatient as its name suggests, CDNOW is eager to place its wares in customers' hands. The online music retailer offers its 5 million customers about 500,000 items, including CDs, DVDs, and videos, as well as music downloads and related content (including sound samples, biographies, reviews, news, and feature articles). German media giant Bertelsmann owns CDNOW; it and BMG Music Service are subsidiaries of Columbia House, which in turn forms part of the DirectGroup Bertelsmann division. CDNOW's Web site is operated through a partnership with its former archrival, Amazon.com, under which Amazon handles all Web site operations, including inventory management, customer service, and shipping.
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The Company Description provides a historical perspective of CDNOW's organization from inception to current status.
Produced by Hoover's in-house editorial team, the Company Description tracks ownership transitions, company progress via mergers and acquisitions, major growth milestones, and strategic initiatives, to provide a holistic view of CDNOW's evolution in the marketplace.
