CD Universe
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CD Universe.com is an e-commerce site that sells music CDs and mp3
downloads, movies and video games worldwide. CD Universe was created in 1996 by founder and CEO Charles Beilman in Wallingford, Connecticut
, where it is still maintained and operated. CD Universe lists over 800,000 physical products and about 3 million downloadable songs.
In 1999, CD Universe was sold by Charles Beilman to eUniverse. Charles Beilman bought CD Universe back from eUniverse in October, 2000 after eUniverse decided they wanted to focus on their entertainment business (they eventually owned MySpace).
In 2009, CD Universe began selling digital music in the DRM-free mp3 format, through their relationship with Neurotic Media.
According to Alexa, CD Universe is ranked in the top 2000 of all websites visited and they are one of Internet Retailer's top 200 merchants with estimated 2010 sales of 47 million USD.
MP3
MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression...
downloads, movies and video games worldwide. CD Universe was created in 1996 by founder and CEO Charles Beilman in Wallingford, Connecticut
Wallingford, Connecticut
Wallingford is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 43,026 at the 2000 census.- History :Wallingford was established on October 10, 1667, when the Connecticut General Assembly authorized the "making of a village on the east river" to 38 planters and freemen...
, where it is still maintained and operated. CD Universe lists over 800,000 physical products and about 3 million downloadable songs.
In 1999, CD Universe was sold by Charles Beilman to eUniverse. Charles Beilman bought CD Universe back from eUniverse in October, 2000 after eUniverse decided they wanted to focus on their entertainment business (they eventually owned MySpace).
In 2009, CD Universe began selling digital music in the DRM-free mp3 format, through their relationship with Neurotic Media.
According to Alexa, CD Universe is ranked in the top 2000 of all websites visited and they are one of Internet Retailer's top 200 merchants with estimated 2010 sales of 47 million USD.