Universal, BMG form joint venture

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BMG Entertainment of New York and Universal Music Group of Los Angeles, CA, have formed an online joint venture called GetMusic to sell recorded music on the Internet. Under the deal, Universal will supply information about the artists on its record labels on the sites and will coordinate with BMG to set up more sites that focus on specific types of music. GetMusic is expected to compete with established music sites such as Amazon.com, CDnow and N2K.

Video Retailing Service, All Other Information Services, Home shopping, BMG Entertainment, GetMusic

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Mosaic Group in US joint venture

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Mosaic Group, a Toronto, Ontario-based marketing firm, and Information Resources Inc (IRI), a Chicago, IL-based database provider, have formed a joint venture that will provide field data collection, auditing and merchandising services. The new company, called Mosaic InfoForce, will start operating in Jul 2000. Mosaic, which owns 51% of the new company, will managed IRI's field operations on an outsourced basis.

Canada, Foreign operations, Information Resources Inc., Mosaic Group, Mosaic InfoForce

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Metacritic tries content marketing

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Metacritic Inc has launched its Web site, www.metacritic.com, which offers reviews and information on new music, film, video/DVD and video game releases. The Incline Village, NV-based company hopes that its Web site would create a market for its Metascores technologies, which rates movies, albums and games based on how they were reviewed by several critics and publications.

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