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ABOUT latinnoise.com

Message from the CEO

Latinoise from the year 2000 to 2003 became the leading online Latin music destination with 1 million unique visitors per month. To sustain 1 million unique visitors requires a lot of bandwidth and money. Ironically our success became a problem because we had visitiors and lots of them, but they were noy buying music. Users would visit our site to watch videos and interviews, listen to 30 second clips, read artist bios and news but very few would buy music. Latinoise has always been on the music labels and legal side of the digital music industry. With so much rampant music piracy online and advertising rates low, the monthly costs to sustain a profitable high traffic music portal became unsustainable.

This is why I made the decision to temporarily operate as a CD and DVD store only. As soon as the digital music space begins to sort out and the online music piracy gets more under control, as its beginning to happen now with the RIAA and The Recording Academy initiatives. We will then do a relaunch of our full portal with news, reviews, videos etc. As you know we had digital downloads since our launch in 2000, Latinoise was ahead of its time and we had to overcome a lot more challenges because there was more restrictions on portals to license songs from labels and there was very little content online. I like to think portals like latinnoise.com played a little part in the online legal music revolution you see know unfolding with systems like Apple Itunes. When we relaunch we will again bring you the best online Latin music digital content as we have done throughout this wonderful three years. I like to thank all our visitors, labels, promoters, artists and managers for their support. Latinoise will be back in full form, on the meantime enjoy our CD and DVD store.

Sincerely,

Javier Rabago

 

Javier Rabago
CEO, Webmaster & Founder
www.latinnoise.com

 

Javier Rabago is the CEO and Founder of latinnoise.com, a leading Latin music vertical portal targeting Spanish and English-speaking Latin music fans throughout the U.S,. and Latin America. Rabago was profiled in the Latin section cover of Billboard's Magazine June 2000 issue. He was invited as a panelist at the Jupiter Media Metrix/ billboard Latin Music Awards Conference held in Miami April 2001, the panel topic "The Future of Latin Music Online in Latin America". Prior to founding & designing latinnoise.com, Rabago was finance director at Toyo Tires. Rabago received his B.B.A. from the University of San Diego and received a Professional Certificate in Multimedia Development and a Specialized Certificate in Web Publishing from U.C. San Diego.

About latinnoise.com:

latinnoise.com, profiled as a leading online Latin Music portal in the June 2000 issue of Billboard Magazine, is the world's most comprehensive Latin music vertical portal to target Spanish and English-speaking Latin music fans throughout the U.S. and Latin America. The site was launched in April 2000 and is based in San Diego, California. The company is privately held. latinnoise.com presents an e-commerce store with one of the most extensive catalogs of Latin music online; legal digital downloads, streaming interviews, videos, concerts, and the latest news and tour information on Latin artists. For more information visit latinnoise.com or contact us via email.

 


PRESS RELEASES
   
Aug 19,2002 latinnoise.com to provide Latin music content on the Windows Media Guide
Feb 1, 2002 - latinnoise.com launches new design...
Oct 29, 2001 - latinnoise.com Teams Up With Liquid Audio to Launch Commercial and Promotional Digital Downloads on www.latinnoise.com

Jun 4, 2001- latinnoise.com today unveiled its new CD and DVD Store and also launched a redesigned news section where fans will be able to get up to the minute news on their favorite Latin artists
Mar. 28, 2001- latinnoise.com unveils new independent Latin artist section powered by MP3.com...
Nov. 7 2000 - Latinoise Radio Debuts on TuneTo.com Network...
Oct. 16, 2000 - Latinoise and Mojam Produce Concert Listings for Latin Music Fans...
June 14, 2000 - latinnoise.com Profiled as a leading Latin Music website by Billboard Magazine...
April 25, 2000 - latinnoise.com launches the Internet's most comprehensive Latin music e-commerce vertical portal geared towards Latin music fans in the U.S. and Latin America...
   

 
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latinnoise.com to provide Latin music content on the Windows Media Guide

latinnoise.com content will be showcased to millions of Windows Media Player Users via the International Page

San Diego, Calif. (August 19, 2002) - latinnoise.com (www.latinnoise.com), the Internet's most comprehensive bilingual Latin Music portal, announced today that it will provide content for the Latin version of the Microsoft Windows Media Player Guide.
Latinoise will provide various artist interviews, Latin music award content, and streaming music video clips using high quality Windows Media Audio and Video. Consumers can view the Latin version of Windows Media Guide by clicking “International” in the media guide of Windows Media Player (in versions 7 and higher).

"We are delighted to be a content provider for Microsoft’s Latin version of its Windows Media Player Guide. This is a great opportunity for Latinoise to showcase its content from a leading platform that is seen by millions of Spanish speaking users in the United States and Latin America. By taking this step, our worldwide audience will expand dramatically! latinnoise.com advertisers will have an even larger Latin audience to target and we will give greater exposure to our Latin musicians," said Javier Rabago, CEO of latinnoise.com.

“The addition of Latinoise to the Windows Media Player Guide enables consumers from around the world to have an exceptional digital media experience while accessing the hottest Latin content,” said Jonathan Usher, director of the Windows Digital Media Division at Microsoft Corp.

About latinnoise.com:

latinnoise.com, profiled as a leading online Latin Music portal in the June 2000 issue of Billboard Magazine, is the world's most comprehensive Latin music vertical portal to target Spanish and English-speaking Latin music fans throughout the United States and Latin America. The site was launched in April 2000 and is based in San Diego, California. The company is privately held. latinnoise.com presents an e-commerce store with one of the most extensive catalogs of Latin music, legal digital downloads, streaming interviews, videos, concerts, and the latest news and tour information on Latin artists. For more information, please visit www.latinnoise.com or email info@latinnoise.com.


latinnoise.com Teams Up With Liquid Audio to Launch Commercial and Promotional Digital Downloads on www.latinnoise.com

San Diego, Calif. (October 29, 2001) - latinnoise.com(www.latinnoise.com) the Internet's most comprehensive bilingual Latin Music portal today announced that it has selected Liquid Audio, Inc. (NASDAQ: LQID), a leading provider of software and services for Internet music delivery, to provide secure digital downloads for its Web site, www.latinnoise.com.

Under the new agreement, Liquid Audio will provide the retail music solution to enable www.latinnoise.com to offer digital downloads from the Liquid(TM) Catalog of more than 150,000 CD-quality music tracks. This solution will enable latinnoise.com to provide Latin music fans with one of the largest selections of secure promotional and commercial music downloads.

"With the addition of Liquid Audio's catalog we can now offer our users one of the largest databases of secure digital downloads. Liquid Audio fit our key criteria, they bring innovation to music, have quality content and they recognize the importance of the Latin market," said Javier Rabago, CEO of latinnoise.com.

"Liquid Audio's selection to provide secure digital downloads to latinnoise.com is made possible because of the wide selection of quality music content, regardless of genre, that we distribute, " said Charly Prevost, vice president of Retail Marketing and Promotions at Liquid Audio. " Liquid Audio's services and software make it possible for fans to download more than 150,000 tracks of music from a variety of genres and formats, and to listen to them using a variety of online music players thus making it easy for consumers to hear their favorite music immediately."

About latinnoise.com

latinnoise.com, profiled as a leading Latin Music website in the June 2000 issue of Billboard Magazine, is the world's most comprehensive Latin music vertical portal to target Spanish and English-speaking Latin music fans throughout the U.S. and Latin America. The site was launched in April 2000 and is based in San Diego, California. The company is privately held. latinnoise.com presents one of the most extensive catalogs of Latin music online; legal digital downloads, streaming interviews, videos, concerts, and the latest news and tour information on Latin artists. For more information visit www.latinnoise.com or email info@latinnoise.com.

About Liquid Audio

Liquid Audio, Inc. is a leading provider of software, infrastructure and services for the secure digital delivery of media over the Internet. The Liquid Audio solution gives content owners, Web sites and companies the ability to publish, syndicate and securely sell digital media online with copy protection and copyright management. Using the Liquid(TM) Player software, available for free downloads at www.liquidaudio.com, consumers can preview and purchase downloadable music from hundreds of affiliate Web sites in the Liquid Music Network(SM). Traded on Nasdaq under the symbol LQID, Liquid Audio is located in Redwood City, Calif.


latinnoise.com unveils new independent Latin artist section powered by MP3.com

San Diego, Ca. March 29, 2001- latinnoise.com today unveiled a new section powered by MP3.com to help promote and market independent Latin music artists.

In less than two weeks of soft launching this program with MP3.com, latinnoise.com has already signed up 32 artists to their roster. This new section has proven to be very successful among the independent Latin music artist community. Latin music artists from all over the world and from all Latin genres have joined. latinnoise.com expects to sign even more artists now that the section is officially launched.

"By joining MP3.com New Music Army we can provide new and independent artists with MP3.com leading and proven infrastructure to help artists promote and market their music. "said Javier Rabago, CEO of latinnoise.com.

Also the company announced that their CEO Javier Rabago was invited and confirmed as a panelist for the upcoming Billboard Latin Music Conference in Miami Fl. The panel topic will be "The Future of Online Music in Latin America".

About latinnoise.com

latinnoise.com, profiled as a leading Latin Music website in the June 2000 issue of Billboard Magazine, is the world's most comprehensive Latin music vertical portal to target Spanish and English-speaking Latin music fans throughout the U.S. and Latin America. The site was launched in April 2000 and is based in San Diego, California. The company is privately held. latinnoise.com presents one of the most extensive catalogs of Latin music online; legal digital downloads, streaming interviews, videos, concerts, and the latest news and tour information on Latin artists. For more information visit www.latinnoise.com or email info@latinnoise.com.


Latinoise(TM) Radio Debuts on TuneTo.com(TM) Network

SAN DIEGO, Nov. 7 2000- latinnoise.com, (www.latinnoise.com) the Internet's most comprehensive bilingual Latin Music e-commerce portal, today announced that it has launched its own Latinoise(TM) Radio using technology from TuneTo.com(TM). ``We are trying to give our visitors the best possible Internet experience and radio featuring the best in Latin music is an integral part of our offering,'' said Javier Rabago, CEO of latinnoise.com. ``TuneTo.com allows us to deliver the highest quality sound and a decidedly better listening experience than other streaming solutions. We're really pleased how great Latinoise Radio sounds!'' Listeners can find Latinoise Radio at http://www.latinnoise.com/radio.htm . Current TuneTo.com listeners can tune in at 1806 iHz (through the TuneTo.com program manager).

About latinnoise.com

latinnoise.com, profiled as a leading Latin Music website in the June issue of Billboard Magazine, is the world's most comprehensive Latin music vertical portal to target Spanish and English-speaking Latin music fans throughout the U.S. and Latin America. The site was launched in April 2000 and is based in San Diego, California. The company is privately held. latinnoise.com presents an e-commerce store with one of the most extensive catalogs of Latin music online; legal digital downloads, streaming interviews, videos, concerts, and the latest news and tour information on Latin artists. For more information visit www.latinnoise.com or email info@latinnoise.com.

About TuneTo.com

TuneTo.com is revolutionizing the Internet music experience. Its dynamic collection of Web, music industry, and technology experts -- coupled with patent-pending innovations -- has made TuneTo.com the only company that delivers near-CD quality ``Listener-Powered Internet Radio(SM),'' all at a dramatic bandwidth savings. TuneTo.com is dedicated to serving the needs of broadband providers through its turnkey co-branding program. Leading pacesetter ISP Qwest Communications recently picked TuneTo.com as the Internet radio offering of choice for its new DSL portal, Online Avenue. TuneTo.com is now working with OEM partners to deploy its advanced technology beyond the desktop and into the next wave of wireless and Net-attached consumer electronics devices. Based in California's Silicon Valley, TuneTo.com can be found on the Web at www.TuneTo.com or reached by phone at 650-632-4650. TuneTo.com, ``iHz,'' and the headphone character icon are all trademarks of TuneTo.com, Inc. ``Listener-Powered Internet Radio'' is a service mark of TuneTo.com, Inc.


Latinoise and Mojam Produce Concert Listings for Latin Music Fans

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 16, 2000- Mojam.com, the largest calendar for live concert information on the internet, and latinnoise.com, the world's most comprehensive Latin music portal, announced they have signed a strategic alliance in which Mojam distributes its industry-leading database of concert listings to latinnoise.com's growing community of Latin music enthusiasts.

"Spanish-speaking music enthusiasts represent an enormous opportunity for Mojam to extend its distribution reach globally, and we're pleased to partner with industry leader Latinoise in this endeavor," says Rob Kelly, CEO of Mojam.

"With the addition of Mojam's database of music events, we can now offer our users reliable and up to date concert information on their favorite artists. Mojam certainly fit our key criteria, they bring innovation to music, have quality content and they recognize the importance of the Latin market," says Javier Rabago, CEO of latinnoise.com.

Mojam.com provides it's users with the most extensive listing of localized music events searchable by artist, venue, location and genre. Mojam.com's listings are global and thus a perfect match for the Latin music portal, latinnoise.com, which has the most extensive coverage of Latin music available online.

For Mojam.com the cobrand relationship provides exposure to an audience that is highly niche oriented and extremely passionate about their music. For latinnoise.com, the relationship further expands their music news and information, complimenting their already thorough coverage of music for the Latin community.

About Mojam

Mojam is the world's most comprehensive database of music events, searchable by artist, venue, location and genre. Mojam also incorporates a ticket buying feature into its service through five online ticket vendor partnerships. Mojam's concert listing service is available to tens of millions of people in English and Spanish through multiple platforms, including Web sites, wireless devices, kiosks and soon interactive cable television. For more information visit www.mojam.com.

About latinnoise.com

latinnoise.com is the world's most comprehensive Latin music vertical portal to target Spanish and English-speaking Latin music fans throughout the U.S. and Latin America. The site was launched in April 2000 and is based in San Diego, California. The company is privately held. latinnoise.com presents an e-commerce store with one of the most extensive catalogs of Latin music online; legal digital downloads, streaming interviews, videos, concerts, and the latest news and tour information on Latin artists. latinnoise.com will be adding a radio player with 5 channels of Latin music in the coming weeks that will add even more rich content to the site. For more information visit www.latinnoise.com. (concert section)


latinnoise.com Profiled as a leading Latin Music website by Billboard Magazine

SAN DIEGO, June 14, 2000- latinnoise.com, (www.latinnoise.com) the Internet's most comprehensive bilingual Latin Music e-commerce portal, today announced that it has reached a quarter million visitors in a little over a month (since soft launching in April). "These numbers are very promising and show that interest in latinnoise.com is growing daily at a very rapid pace! We will continue to add more exciting features in the coming months and feel certain they will increase our traffic even further," said Javier Rabago, CEO of latinnoise.com. "Our goal is to establish latinnoise.com as the place where labels, musicians, and Latin people come together and interact through the power of music and the internet"

latinnoise.com was profiled as a leading Latin Music website in this week's June 17 issue of Billboard's magazine. "We are very happy to have our company mentioned in such an important publication. We know we are on the right track when in a very short time we are able to position ourselves as one of the leaders in our field," said Rabago. "We believe that in order to succeed on the internet, we need to provide quality content and music innovation to our customers. We are constantly looking to form strategic alliances or partnerships with companies that bring innovation to music, quality content, and recognize the importance of the Latin market."

About latinnoise.com

latinnoise.com is the world's most comprehensive Latin music vertical portal to target Spanish and English-speaking Latin music fans throughout the U.S. and Latin America. The site was launched in April 2000 and is based in San Diego, California. The company is privately held. latinnoise.com presents an e-commerce store with one of the most extensive catalogs of Latin music online: legal Latin MP3's, streaming interviews, videos, concerts, and the latest news and tour information on Latin artists. latinnoise.com will be adding an independent artists MP3 section in the coming months that will add even more rich content to the site. For more information visit www.latinnoise.com.


latinnoise.com launches the Internet's most comprehensive Latin music e-commerce vertical portal geared towards Latin music fans in the U.S. and Latin America

SAN DIEGO,, April 25, 2000- Today latinnoise.com (www.latinnoise.com) launched the Internet's most comprehensive Latin music e-commerce vertical portal geared towards the Latin music fans in the U.S. and Latin America. The site offers Latin CD's organized by Latin music genre, Latin MP3s, custom Cd's, as well as streaming interviews and Latin concert information. "We want to be the one stop place for Latin Music fans, a place where people can listen, buy, and download their favorite Latin music," said Javier Rabago, CEO of latinnoise.com. The company is filling a gap for Latin people living in the U.S. "Up until now the Latin community in the U.S had a hard time finding their favorite music in stores. Latin music is usually found in a small corner with a very limited selection." Rabago continues, "In latinnoise.com you can listen to 30 second previews of songs of many albums before buying them and we have over 20,000 Latin titles organized by Latin music genre. You can also custom make your CD and have it mailed to you." The site also offers streaming interviews with popular artists (like La Ley and Son By Four), concert reviews, and tour schedules of Latin Artists. latinnoise.com will be adding new sections in the coming months that will add even more value content to latinnoise.com.