KEVIN WATSON REBRANDED A PRODUCT THAT THEN SOLD FOR $160,000,000.00 TO YAHOO
- 8 years ago
IN 2004 MUSIC MATCH SOLD TO YAHOO FOR $160,000,000.0 ONLY AFTER MUSIC MATCH WAS FULLY REBRANDED BY KEVIN WATSON & HIS HAND PICKED INTERACTIVE CODING & BROADCAST DESIGN DEPARTMENT AT ATTIK.
KEVIN WATSON WAS ALSO INSTRUMENTAL IN CLOSING THE DEAL TO REBRAND MUSICMATCH . KEVIN WATSON ,THE CYBERSPACE COWBOY , WAS HANDS ON DEVELOPING & COLLABORATING WITH THE MUSICMATCH TECH TEAM AND PRINCIPALS IN SAN DIEGO AS WELL AS DEVELOPING INTERNAL SYSTEMS FOR CROSS COUNTRY COLLABORATION AND WORKFLOW (STANDARDS CREATED BY KEVIN WHICH HAS BEEN ADOPTED AS DOGMAS WHICH ARE STILL USED BY COMPANIES TODAY).
CAN YOU IMAGINE CODING AND IMPLEMENTING SYSTEMS IN THE YEAR 200O FOR CROSS COLLABORATION USING PROPRIETARY CODED SOCIAL MEDIA SYSTEMS FOR INTERNAL CLIENT WORKFLOW OVER A DECADE BEFORE SOCIAL MEDIA TOOK THE WORLD BY STORM..
DURING THIS TIME IN HISTORY KEVIN WATSON WAS MAKING HISTORY USING HIS BRAIN AND HIS VISION AS A SEASONED INTERACTIVE VETERAN AND A PIONEER
IN THE YEAR 2000-
Digital music downloads still represented only a small fraction of overall music industry sales. while the music industry racked up over $11 billon in CD sales in 2003 PREVIOUS TO YAHOOS PURCHASING MUSICMATCH.
HISTORIC LINKS ABOUT THE SALE
http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB109516660143217281
http://www.cnet.com/news/yahoo-to-buy-musicmatch-for-160-million/
KEVIN WATSON WAS THE CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER OF AWARD WINNING DESIGN FIRM ATTIK . DURING A TIME IN 2000 WHEN ATTIK WAS TRANSITIONING FROM PRINT TO BROADCAST & INTERACTIVE. 100% OF THE INTERACTIVE POLICIES & PROCESSES & A HAND PICKED NEW INTERACTIVE DEPARTMENT WAS THE VISION EXECUTED BY KEVIN WATSON WHEN HE WAS ONLY 25 YEARS OLD. THiS VIDEO SHOWS KEVIN TEACHING HIS TEAM HIS PROCESS AND SHOWING THE MUSICMATCH DESIGN RESULTS OF HIS INTERACTIVE TEAM TO THE ACCOUNT MANAGERS ,CREATIVES & PRODUCERS IN TOWN FROM LONDON & SF. PROOF THAT THERE ARE AMERICAN PEOPLE BEHIND THE SCENES OF BIG BRANDS CHANGING THE WORLD OF ENTERTAINMENT & MUSIC. 1 OF NEW YORK CITYS YOUNGEST AFRICAN AMERICAN CTO'S IN HISTORY OF THE .COM ERA . PRIOR TO ATTIK KEVIN HELD TENURE AT RAZORFISH AS RAZORFISH'S FIRST MANAGER OF SUPPORT SERVICES AND SYSTEMS ANALYST. RAZORFISH WAS ONE OF THE MOST LEGENDARY INNOVATIVE AND SUCCESSFUL IPOS IN NYC HISTORY WHEN THE STOCK HIT THE MARKET.
KEVIN WATSON HAS BEEN ON THE FRONT SEAT OF THE TECHNOLOGY AND BRANDING BUSINESS SINCE MODERN COMPUTER DESIGN & CODING BECAME A PROFESSION. 1ST LEARNED CODING ON A COMMODORE 64 A GIFT FROM HIS DAD IN 3RD GRADE. HE HAD DAILY COMPUTER CLASS AT ST. THOMAS THE APOSTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. KEVIN WATSON STUDIED BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY ON AN ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP. In the summer of 1992 BETWEEN HIS JR YEAR AND SR YEAR (in high school) HE was accepted to ATTENDED SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY PRE ENGINEERING PROGRAM FOR COLLEGE CREDITS. KEVIN WAS BORN AND RAISED IN AN AREA CALLED HYDE PARK IN CHICAGO'S SOUTH SIDE & AFTER COLLEGE HE WAS RECRUITED BY RAZORFISH AND THE REST IS
KEVIN WATSON WAS ALSO INSTRUMENTAL IN CLOSING THE DEAL TO REBRAND MUSICMATCH . KEVIN WATSON ,THE CYBERSPACE COWBOY , WAS HANDS ON DEVELOPING & COLLABORATING WITH THE MUSICMATCH TECH TEAM AND PRINCIPALS IN SAN DIEGO AS WELL AS DEVELOPING INTERNAL SYSTEMS FOR CROSS COUNTRY COLLABORATION AND WORKFLOW (STANDARDS CREATED BY KEVIN WHICH HAS BEEN ADOPTED AS DOGMAS WHICH ARE STILL USED BY COMPANIES TODAY).
CAN YOU IMAGINE CODING AND IMPLEMENTING SYSTEMS IN THE YEAR 200O FOR CROSS COLLABORATION USING PROPRIETARY CODED SOCIAL MEDIA SYSTEMS FOR INTERNAL CLIENT WORKFLOW OVER A DECADE BEFORE SOCIAL MEDIA TOOK THE WORLD BY STORM..
DURING THIS TIME IN HISTORY KEVIN WATSON WAS MAKING HISTORY USING HIS BRAIN AND HIS VISION AS A SEASONED INTERACTIVE VETERAN AND A PIONEER
IN THE YEAR 2000-
Digital music downloads still represented only a small fraction of overall music industry sales. while the music industry racked up over $11 billon in CD sales in 2003 PREVIOUS TO YAHOOS PURCHASING MUSICMATCH.
HISTORIC LINKS ABOUT THE SALE
http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB109516660143217281
http://www.cnet.com/news/yahoo-to-buy-musicmatch-for-160-million/
KEVIN WATSON WAS THE CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER OF AWARD WINNING DESIGN FIRM ATTIK . DURING A TIME IN 2000 WHEN ATTIK WAS TRANSITIONING FROM PRINT TO BROADCAST & INTERACTIVE. 100% OF THE INTERACTIVE POLICIES & PROCESSES & A HAND PICKED NEW INTERACTIVE DEPARTMENT WAS THE VISION EXECUTED BY KEVIN WATSON WHEN HE WAS ONLY 25 YEARS OLD. THiS VIDEO SHOWS KEVIN TEACHING HIS TEAM HIS PROCESS AND SHOWING THE MUSICMATCH DESIGN RESULTS OF HIS INTERACTIVE TEAM TO THE ACCOUNT MANAGERS ,CREATIVES & PRODUCERS IN TOWN FROM LONDON & SF. PROOF THAT THERE ARE AMERICAN PEOPLE BEHIND THE SCENES OF BIG BRANDS CHANGING THE WORLD OF ENTERTAINMENT & MUSIC. 1 OF NEW YORK CITYS YOUNGEST AFRICAN AMERICAN CTO'S IN HISTORY OF THE .COM ERA . PRIOR TO ATTIK KEVIN HELD TENURE AT RAZORFISH AS RAZORFISH'S FIRST MANAGER OF SUPPORT SERVICES AND SYSTEMS ANALYST. RAZORFISH WAS ONE OF THE MOST LEGENDARY INNOVATIVE AND SUCCESSFUL IPOS IN NYC HISTORY WHEN THE STOCK HIT THE MARKET.
KEVIN WATSON HAS BEEN ON THE FRONT SEAT OF THE TECHNOLOGY AND BRANDING BUSINESS SINCE MODERN COMPUTER DESIGN & CODING BECAME A PROFESSION. 1ST LEARNED CODING ON A COMMODORE 64 A GIFT FROM HIS DAD IN 3RD GRADE. HE HAD DAILY COMPUTER CLASS AT ST. THOMAS THE APOSTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. KEVIN WATSON STUDIED BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY ON AN ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP. In the summer of 1992 BETWEEN HIS JR YEAR AND SR YEAR (in high school) HE was accepted to ATTENDED SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY PRE ENGINEERING PROGRAM FOR COLLEGE CREDITS. KEVIN WAS BORN AND RAISED IN AN AREA CALLED HYDE PARK IN CHICAGO'S SOUTH SIDE & AFTER COLLEGE HE WAS RECRUITED BY RAZORFISH AND THE REST IS