Loudeye Announces Three Executive Promotions in Its International Management Team
January 21 2005 - 2:05AM
PR Newswire (US)
Loudeye Announces Three Executive Promotions in Its International
Management Team SEATTLE, Jan. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Loudeye
Corp. (NASDAQ:LOUD), a worldwide leader in business-to-business
digital media solutions, today announced the promotion of Charles
Grimsdale to the role of Chief Strategy Officer for Loudeye
globally, Ed Averdieck to General Manager of Loudeye's European
operations and Tiff Pike to Chief Operating Officer of Loudeye's
European operations. "These three individuals have been
instrumental in leading the success of our global music store
deployments, international label relations, mobile music strategy
and business operations abroad," said Jeff Cavins, Loudeye's
president and chief executive officer. "I believe the extensive
knowledge, vision and talents that Charles, Ed and Tiff bring to
our team will help us to build upon our strong international
operations and market leadership." In his new role as Chief
Strategy Officer of Loudeye, Grimsdale will develop corporate
strategy including product strategy and global market development
initiatives. Grimsdale was formerly managing director of Loudeye's
international business operations, and prior to that served as
chief executive officer of On Demand Distribution Limited. (OD2),
which was acquired by Loudeye in June 2004. Prior to co-founding
OD2 in 1999, Grimsdale was the founder and chief executive officer
of DIVISION Group Plc, a supplier of product simulation software.
As General Manager of Loudeye's European operations, Averdieck will
be responsible for business activity in Europe including the
international rollout of Loudeye's full service offering and
management of Loudeye's network of more than 70 music store
customers throughout those regions. Averdieck previously served as
Loudeye's director of international sales and marketing, and OD2's
director of sales and marketing. Prior to joining OD2 in 2000,
Averdieck was European Sales & Marketing Director of Castle
Music, a post he took following a role as director of sales at BMG
UK. As Chief Operating Officer of Loudeye's European operations,
Pike will oversee the financial, legal, human resources and
administrative support functions for Loudeye's international
business. Previously, Pike served as Finance Director for OD2.
Prior to joining OD2 in 2001, Pike was Finance Director at Internet
portal Net4Most, following a five year role as Group Finance
Controller at Litho Supplies Plc and a position as an auditor with
Ernst & Young whom he joined in 1991. Pike is a member of the
Institute of Chartered Accountants. About Loudeye Corp. Loudeye is
a worldwide leader in business-to-business digital media solutions
and the outsourcing provider of choice for companies looking to
maximize the return on their digital media investment. Loudeye
combines innovative products and services with the world's largest
digital music archive, a broad catalog of licensed digital music
and the industry's leading digital media infrastructure enabling
partners to rapidly and cost effectively launch complete,
customized digital media stores and services. For more information,
visit http://www.loudeye.com/. Forward Looking Statements This
release contains forward-looking information within the meaning of
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These
statements are based on current estimates and actual results may
differ materially due to risks, including the possibility of
adverse changes in the market for distribution of digital audio and
video that Loudeye serves; adverse or uncertain legal developments
with respect to copyrights surrounding the creation and
distribution of digital content; pricing pressures and other
activities by competitors; the failure of Loudeye's hosting
infrastructure; the complexity of Loudeye's services and delivery
networks; any problems or failures in the structure, complexities
or redundancies of Loudeye's network infrastructure; failures in
third party telecommunication and network providers to provide
required transmission capacity; lack of market acceptance for
Loudeye's products and services; the possible delay in the adoption
of digital media or related applications on the web in general; and
other risks set forth in Loudeye's most recent Form 10-Q, Form 10-K
and other SEC filings which are available through EDGAR at
http://www.sec.gov/. Loudeye assumes no obligation to update the
forward-looking statements. DATASOURCE: Loudeye Corp. CONTACT:
U.S., Karen DeMarco of mPRm Public Relations, +1-323-933-3399, or ,
or Europe, Simon Hill of Trimedia Communications UK, +44 (0)207 471
6826, or +44 (0)7776 251192, or , both for Loudeye Corp.; or
investors, Michael Dougherty of Loudeye Corp., +1-206-832-4000, or
Web site: http://www.loudeye.com/
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