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Y! Music Musicmatch Jukebox

Developer:	Yahoo! / Musicmatch Inc.
Latest release:	10.1 / 2005
OS:	Microsoft Windows
Use:	Media player
License:	Proprietary
Website:	www.musicmatch.com

Y!Music Musicmatch Jukebox, made by Yahoo! Musicmatch, Inc, is an audio player that manages a digital audio library. It contains an online music store, Internet radio, CD playback and ripping software, and other features commonly found in jukebox software. Image File history File links Unbalanced_scales. ... Musicmatch Logo, Under Fair Use This work is copyrighted. ... Download high resolution version (817x535, 87 KB)Dell Jukebox 10 by Musicmatch Screenshot This work is copyrighted. ... Software engineering (SE) is the profession concerned with specifying, designing, developing and maintaining software applications by applying technologies and practices from computer science, project management, and other fields. ... A software release refers to the creation and availability of a new version of a computer software product. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Microsoft Windows is a family of operating systems by Microsoft. ... A media player is typically computer software for playing back multimedia files however the term is also used for the media playback devices used in digital signage. ... A software license is a legal agreement which may take the form of a proprietary or gratuitous license as well as a memorandum of contract between a producer and a user of computer software. ... Proprietary software is software that has restrictions on using and copying it, usually enforced by a proprietor. ... This page as shown in the AOL 9. ... A 1999 issue (#35) of the LAUNCH disk magazine, a precursor of LAUNCHcast. ... Musicmatch is the former company (founded in 1997) that produces the Musicmatch Jukebox software. ... An audio player is a kind of media player for playing back digital audio, including optical discs such as CDs, SACDs, DVD-Audio, HDCD, and audio files. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section can be improved by converting lengthy lists to text. ... Internet radio is a broadcasting service transmitted via the Internet. ...

On July 17, 2002 Apple introduced the first iPod for Windows, which included the Musicmatch Jukebox to manage the user's music library and transfer music to the iPod. With the introduction of iTunes for Windows on October 16, 2003 they stopped bundling the Musicmatch software. On September 14, 2004 Yahoo! announced that it was going to acquire Musicmatch. The acquisition was completed on October 19, 2004. Many users prefer older versions of MusicMatch and other people prefer free / open source alternatives. July 17 is the 198th day (199th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 167 days remaining. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... A white 5th generation iPod with a sleeve and earphones. ... October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in leap years). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... September 14 is the 257th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (258th in leap years). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... October 19 is the 292nd day of the year (293rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Yahoo!

As of Musicmatch 10.1, Yahoo! branding has become introduced. The former colorful logo has been replaced by a pure Yahoo! purple logo, and the Y! Music logo replaces the location of the Musicmatch logo elsewhere in the product. The Music Store now uses Yahoo! IDs for authentication.

Partnerships

Musicmatch Jukebox is provided on most Dell consumer computers as Dell Jukebox by Musicmatch. As such, the branded version contains Dell logos, integration with Dell Digital DJ, and integration with Dell's Media Experience product, and a co-branded music store (Dell Music Store). Dell Inc. ...

Musicmatch Jukebox is also provided to Earthlink customers as Earthlink Jukebox by Musicmatch. It is similar to the Dell product, except that its still based on the older Musicmatch Jukebox 9.0 product. The effect of the Musicmatch/Yahoo! merger on this co-branding agreement is unknown at this time. EarthLink NASDAQ: ELNK, is an Internet service provider headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. ...

Software

The Jukebox has a graphical interface and allows users to manage a catalogue of digital music, as well as CD and stream-based audio. It has a fairly advanced AutoDJ but has been noted as having a longer boot-up time than other players. A free version is available at the website. The Plus version includes faster rip and burn times, exportable tables and tech support, which are all meant as incentives to upgrade over the free version. Using other free tools or software pre-installed on many new PCs to actually rip and burn music, while using MusicMatch to manage the library on disk is a possible alternative.

See also

• Comparison of media players

The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of media player programs. ...

External links

• Official site
• Musicmatch and Xing Technology introduce Musicmatch Jukebox - original press release
• Earthlink Digital Music