ALISO VIEJO, Calif., Sept. 3, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- BuyMusic.com, the world's largest legal music download store for PC users, today announced the appointment of Elizabeth Brooks as Vice President, Marketing. Brooks was most recently the Vice President of Creative for BMG Music Publishing and, prior to that, the Vice President of Marketing for Napster, Inc.
"Elizabeth is an extremely valuable asset to the BuyMusic team," said Scott Blum, CEO and founder of BuyMusic.com. "Her creative career in the music industry and her recent positions at BMG and Napster have made her an expert in digital music services. We look forward to the new strategic and creative insights Liz will bring to the world's largest legal music download store for PC users."
"BuyMusic.com is the most promising business model I have encountered addressing the digital download as a new music format," said Brooks. "I see tremendous potential and opportunity to make this site the one that truly revolutionizes the music industry. I am very excited to be a part of this and look forward to working with labels, artists, and other companies on the leading edge of the digital industry to make BuyMusic.com an integral part of the music business, both present and future."
Brooks began her career as a club DJ in New York and Paris. Her first industry job was as a product manager at PolyGram Records in New York, from which she went on to head the company's international marketing department in London. She has held senior marketing and A&R positions at Virgin Records America and at Sony Music, and has worked with artists including Bon Jovi, John Mellencamp, Fiona Apple, and Moby. At Napster, Brooks was a member of the founding management team. As head of marketing and corporate strategy, she led PR and early financing, and managed the brand from a user base of one million to over forty million registered users. Brooks' work at Napster won her the award for Best Guerrilla Marketing from WIRED magazine. At BMG, she ran the publishing company's North American creative operations, signing songwriters including Cypress Hill and the Matrix. Brooks is a practiced public speaker who has appeared at many marketing, branding, and music conferences and has been featured in top business and consumer publications including The Wall Street Journal, Time, Newsweek, Fortune, and USA Today.
About BuyMusic.com(tm)
BuyMusic.com is the world's largest legal music download store for the country's 150 million PC users, offering more songs at a lower price than any other legal music web site. Aliso Viejo, California-based BuyMusic.com is available to anyone with a PC and Windows Media Player (a free download at BuyMusic.com). For more information, please visit www.buymusic.com or call 1-800-BUYMUSIC.