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UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP (UMG) AND BUZ INTERACTIVE
PARTNER TO BRING MUSIC TO MOBILE VOICEMAIL
UMG and BUZ Debut New Mobile Music Product
PALO ALTO, CALIF.—September 12, 2007, – Universal Music Group, the world's leading music company, and BUZ Interactive,,, the leader in personalized voicemail messaging services, today announced that they have entered into an agreement to provide BUZ users with access to UMG’s music catalog of chart-topping artists through BUZ’s breakthrough GETaBUZ,, voicemail messaging service. Thousands of new UMG songs are now available on GETaBUZ (www.getabuz.com), the rapidly growing service that allows anyone to create a “BUZ”, a voicemail greeting that combines their voice message with their favorite music.
The GETaBUZ service creates a significant new digital distribution channel for music and for fans to enjoy their favorite music anytime and anywhere. GETaBUZ users can either create a BUZ to replace their mobile phone voicemail greeting or to send to anyone’s mobile phone—directly to the voicemail inbox of that mobile user, without the phone ringing. GETaBUZ taps into the huge demand for electronic greetings, providing consumers with a new outlet for expression on birthdays, holidays or any occasion, and allows everyone to create unique and entertaining voicemail greetings for their own phone featuring music from the hottest artists.
“We are delighted to partner with BUZ whose service is strengthening the connection between artists and fans," stated Rio Caraeff, Executive Vice President of Universal Music Group's eLabs, the company's new media and technologies division. "The launch of this new mobile music product is just one example of how Universal Music is continuing to cultivate online entertainment by offering our consumers even more ways to enjoy the musical experience."
GETaBUZ is fun and easy to use and offers infinite possibilities for creative expression. It also offers an entirely new distribution channel for our artists and an exciting mechanism for them to reach their fans.
“For many people, the mobile phone is the ultimate accessory, and they are always looking for new and unique ways to personalize it,” said Eric Sirkin, President of BUZ Interactive. “We’re excited to be partnering with Universal Music Group to make their tremendous catalog of top artists available to GETaBUZ users, providing even more options for creativity and expression.”
Pricing and Availability
The GETaBUZ service is available at www.getabuz.com and works with the existing voicemail systems on mobile phones. No special software or hardware is required to use it—just a Firefox or Internet Explorer Web browser. Each BUZ greeting costs between $.99 and $2.49 depending on the music selected. Every new GETaBUZ user gets a free greeting.
About BUZ Interactive
BUZ Interactive makes it fun and easy to create personalized voicemail greetings and messages by mixing voice with popular music. The company’s unique personalized voice messaging services work with all mobile phones in the U.S.. With headquarters in Palo Alto, CA, BUZ Interactive operates the popular GETaBUZ service at www.getabuz.com and the recently introduced SENDaBUZ voice messaging service at 888-5-SENDABUZ. Learn how to get your own BUZ service at www.buzinteractive.com.
About Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group is the world’s leading music company with wholly-owned record operations or licensees in 77 countries around the world. Its business also includes Universal Music Publishing Group, one of the industry’s largest global music publishing operations.
Universal Music Group consists of record labels Decca Music Group, Deutsche Grammophon, Interscope Geffen A&M Records, Geffen Records, Island Def Jam Music Group, Lost Highway Records, Machete Music, MCA Nashville, Mercury Nashville, Mercury Records, Philips, Polydor Records, Universal Music Latino, Universal Motown Records Group, and Verve Music Group as well as a multitude of record labels owned or distributed by its record company subsidiaries around the world. Universal Music Group owns the most extensive catalog of music in the industry, which is marketed through two distinct divisions, Universal Music Enterprises (in the U.S.) and Universal Strategic Marketing (outside the U.S.). Universal Music Group also includes eLabs, a new media and technologies division, and Universal Music Mobile.
Universal Music Group is a unit of Vivendi, a global media and communications company.
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GETABUZ VISUAL VOICEMAIL WIDGET CONNECTS WEB PAGES AND MOBILE PHONES
Mix Voice and Music to Send Personalized Messages without the Phone Ringing
PALO ALTO, CALIF – September 24, 2007 – Most users of social networking sites, like MySpace, are inherently disconnected from their Web pages when they are mobile, and unlike text messaging, comments left for them on Web pages and blogs go unread until they are back online. BUZ Interactive,,, the leader in personalized voice services, aims to bridge that communications gap by expanding its breakthrough GETaBUZ,, service to include Voice Messager,,, a visual voicemail widget. The Voice Messager application welcomes visitors to any web page with a personalized music based greeting, record the visitor’s voice messages and automatically forward them to the appropriate GETaBUZ user’s cell phone voicemail without their phone ringing.
Sending Messages
GETaBUZ takes messaging beyond pure communication by allowing users to send personalized messages containing music from major labels and publishers to their friends. Using GETaBUZ, it takes just minutes to mix a personal voice recording with one of thousands of the latest hits. The mix can be used in Voice Messager as a welcome greeting to play to visitors, or can be sent to any cell phone or Voice Messager user on their birthday or as a fun greeting for any occasion.
“To date, mobile phones and social networking have been living in two separate worlds, waiting to be connected,” said Eric Sirkin, President of BUZ Interactive. “With Voice Messager, we’re not only bridging that gap, but allowing consumers to personalize their communications in the process.”
Any consumer can also now send voice messages directly to the Web pages of GETaBUZ users from any cell phone by calling 888-5-SENDABUZ.
Pricing and Availability
Voice Messager is available now free at http://www.getabuz.com for use on MySpace, Facebook, Hi5, Friendster, Tagged, Bebo, Piczo and Blogger, or any Web site. As an introductory limited-time offer, BUZ is giving 4 music-based greetings for free to all new GETaBUZ users. When the special offer ends, all new GETaBUZ users will still get their first greeting free and can earn additional free greetings by referring friends. Otherwise greetings with music will cost $0.49 – $2.49 each.
To leave a BUZ for the GETaBUZ team and see Voice Messager in action, go to http://www.getabuz.com or http://www.myspace.com/getabuz.
GETaBUZ is a cool new service for personalizing your mobile phone. You combine your voice message with music in the background to create a fun greeting for your voicemail. Everyone will want to know how you created it, guaranteed! Voicemail greetings are the "new" ringtones. Choose music on the site or upload your own. You can also send a message to anyone's voicemail without their phone ringing. The message could have music in it (like a birthday song or your friend's favorite tune), or it could just be a plain old voicemail you want to leave. Perfect for those times you don't want to talk to someone, don't want to disturb them, or want to say something more personal or longer than you can do in a text message. Oh yeah, you can also use the voice of a celebrity if you don't like the sound of your own, or even personalize the celebrity's voice by adding your own message to it. And the best part? The first greeting you create (either for your own voicemail or to send to someone else) is FREE, regardless of the music you choose. And everytime you refer a friend and they register, you get another free greeting. Now that's hot! Check it out. www.getabuz.com.”
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