ZDNet and Listen.com to Create Digital Music Download Service

It seems everyone's getting in on the digital music craze. ZDNet (http://www.zdnet.com) announced it was partnering with Listen.com ( http://www.listen.com) to create a music download directory.They will launch a co-branded "Music Downloads" site inside ZDNet's music channel at http://music.zdnet.com.The service will integrate Listen.com's downloadable music directory (of over 45,000 artists and almost 500,000 songs) into ZDNet Music.

"This agreement exemplifies ZDNet's strategy of partnering withbest-of-breed companies to continually enhance the services we offer ournearly 9 million unique monthly visitors," said Vince Broady, general managerfor ZDNet's Consumer Division. "The addition of the co-branded MusicDownloads service represents a major step toward making ZDNet Music the firststop for everything related to digital music technology, from evaluating andbuying products to downloading the most popular music titles."

"Listen.com is excited to provide ZDNet's huge number of visitors with theInternet's most comprehensive music download directory," said Listen.com CEOand founder Rob Reid. "Soon, those using ZDNet will be able to quickly findand discover downloadable music by more than 45,000 artists in 600 musicalgenres -- from artists like Dave Matthews, Tori Amos and the Offspring to thebest in Country, Electronica and Hip-Hop."