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David Pakman |
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David Pakman's Myplay.com is an online music
company that allows consumers to create digital "lockers"
for their music collections. A recent deal with the AOL music
properties -- Winamp and Spinner -- makes this unique service
available to AOL's nearly 80 million consumers. (Billboard 4/8/00). |
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The company attracted industry attention
when Kittie, a new hardcore rock band, used Myplay.com as part
of its internet strategy to create and build its word-of-mouth
buzz. Visitors to the website were offered a free download. (Billboard
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How did it all begin? As a Rock musician,
David Pakman, got close to getting a record deal and even performed
with Squeeze. But he became disenchanted with the early '90s
music industry, where executives were still behind the curve
on emerging technologies. |
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So, with his music industry background,
Mr. Pakman formed the Apple Music Group at Apple Computer and
quickly became a marketing wizard. "I [met] presidents of
record labels, producers, managers, artists and talked about
[how] the Internet was going to impact music." Larry
Rosen, founder of Jazz label GRP, shared Mr. Pakman's vision.
Mr. Pakman soon became the Vice President of Business Development
at Rosen's N2K, Inc. -- the first company to make digital music
downloads commercially available. Mr. Pakman quickly forged strategic
partnerships with AOL, Infoseek, Disney and other internet companies. |
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After N2K merged with CDNow, Mr. Pakman
founded Myplay.com with his Apple Computer colleague Doug Camplejohn.
Mr. Camplejohn was a pivotal member of the team that invented
and produced QuickTime, the pioneer video and sound compression
system, which was the most successful Apple software product
ever shipped. Messrs. Pakman and Camplejohn soon recruited
other talented executives with experience at a wide range of
companies such as Sony Online Ventures, Time Warner, Columbia
House, QVC, RCA Records, Columbia Records, MCA, and even Rolling
Stone magazine. |
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Some of the many media outlets that have
reported on this dynamic music internet company include The New
York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Entertainment Weekly, The
New York Daily News, CNN Interactive, USA Today, and The Hollywood
Reporter. |
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