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25/8/2003

Gracenote Named "Technology of the Year" by Electronic House Magazine

Industry's First Complete Music Management Suite Recognized as Best of 2003 Connected Home Products

Gracenote(r), the worldwide leader in information services for digital music and media, today announced that Gracenote Music Management System has been awarded "Technology of the Year" by Electronic House Magazine. Each year, Electronic House Magazine presents a series of "Product of the Year" awards to the companies that present the most innovative and useful new advances in home electronic technology. Chosen from among hundreds of products and technologies, the Gracenote Music Management System provides state-of-the-art music information management functionality for the makers of CD players, mp3 players, car stereos, home audio systems and wireless devices.

The Gracenote Music Management System includes Gracenote CDDB(r) Gracenote MusicID(SM), Gracenote Clean(SM), Gracenote Playlist(SM), Gracenote Link(SM) and Gracenote Encode(SM); all seamlessly integrated to provide the foundation for a complete music listening experience in consumer electronics devices and personal computers.

The awards selection process included editors of EH Publishing's four magazines, Electronic House, CE Pro, Home Automation and TecHome Builder who selected connected home products from various categories based upon EH product reviews, demos and opinions of installers and consumers who use the products. The products selected as the best of 2003 were chosen from hundreds of entries and had to be new for 2003 and shipped prior to June 2003.

EH Publishing, Inc. will host an awards breakfast to recognize the award winners, which will take place concurrently with the CEDIA Expo on September 6 from 8-9 am, at the Hyatt Regency, Indianapolis.

"Electronic House received hundreds of innovative connected home product entries for the 2003 Product of the Year Awards. We are happy to honor these as the best of the best technology products for the connected home," stated Electronic House Editor-in-Chief, Cindy Davis.

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