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jazzmyne PUBLIC RELATIONS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: MAKEDA SMTH MAY 21, 2000
SONGBOY.COM™
DIGITAL MUSIC PIONEERS, RON JONES AND MARK BUSH TO INTERVIEW ON CNNfn Internet Entrepreneurs Set to Revolutionize
Game Boy™ Product
Ron L.
Jones, the Chairman and CEO of SongBoy.Com™
along with his founding partner and CMO, Mark A. Bush, are the subjects of an interview
to air live on CNNfn, Thursday, May 25, 2000 at 9:50 a.m. (PST) / 12:50
p.m. (EST). SongBoy.Com™
in an African American owned, Silicon Valley digital media start-up
company, providing hardware, software and content to consumers and businesses.
SongBoy ™, the first innovation from the firm, is set to revolutionize
the digital music industry by delivering a new plug-in module that is
hosted by the Nintendo Game Boy ™ and Neo Geo Pocket
Player™ entertainment systems. By plugging the feature into the model, the game piece in converted
into a digital player/ recorder, with the ability to offer audio and
visual components! MP3 and WMA
downloads can be played through the unit.
Music can also be played via an optional memory ROM chip. Songboy.Com™ has created partnerships and alliances
with Microsoft, Texas Instruments, EMusic.com and rap artist Chuck D’s
Rapstation.com. Jones, the inventor behind SongBoy.Com
was the founder and CEO of Colossal Graphics, Inc., a $4 million company
based in Palo Alto, CA. Jones
was named “Innovator of the Decade” by Micro-Publishing News in 1999. He is the inventor of numerous products ranging
from the electronic feeders for pets and animals to proprietary Colossal
PostScript printing raster technologies and software for unique Colossal
Graphics bulk ink delivery systems for large format printers. Bush
is also the President and CEO of Covenant Venture Enterprises. He has been consulting, referring investors
to Internet start-ups, and creating alliances for small emerging growth
companies for several years. His
participation with companies like ZapMedia.com, (recently awarded a $270 million
investment from media giant, Gannett), has been instrumental in their success. Cites
Bush, “Nintendo & SNK users all over the world can now enhance the
life of their Game Boy™ and Neo Geo Pocket™ players.
Instead of game cartridges, now they can plug in the SongBoy™,
a device which will transform their instruments into a CD like player,
giving them access to music, spoken word, and comics, all accessed from
the Internet.” Adds Jones, “I like to think that
we’re soothing the savage game player with digital musical. The Game Boy™ and Neo Geo Pocket™ will be embraced by the entire family now.”
For
more information, hit their site at www.SongBoy.com. |