Editing Musicmatch Jukebox

{{Short description|Audio player and manager software}}
{{distinguish|Yahoo! Music Jukebox}}
{{For|the lyric-database|Musixmatch}}
{{Infobox software
| name                   = MusicMatch Jukebox
| other_names            = [[Yahoo! Music]] Musicmatch Jukebox
| logo                   = 3D linear mm 90.jpg
| logo_size              = 220px
| screenshot             =
| caption                =
| developer              = MusicMatch, Inc.
| released               = 1997
| end                    = 
| programming language   =
| latest release version = 10.00.4033 (August 2007)
| discontinued           = yes
| operating system       = [[Microsoft Windows]]<br/>[[Classic Mac OS|Mac OS]]
| language               =
| replaced_by            = [[Yahoo! Music Jukebox]]
| genre                  = [[Media player software]]
| license                = [[Freemium]]
| website                = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040525000954/http://musicmatch.com/ musicmatch.com] <small>(archived)</small>
}}
'''MusicMatch Jukebox''' was [[media player software]] made by [[San Diego]]–based MusicMatch, Inc. It provided the ability to manage digital [[Audio file format|audio files]] and [[Playlist#Playlist generation|playlists]], audio file conversion, an [[online music store]], [[Internet radio]], [[Compact Disc Digital Audio]] playback, [[CD ripper]] capabilities, and managing [[digital media]] on [[portable media player]]s.

The company's Radio MX service allowed users choose the artist they want to listen to but not the song.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/03/business/e-music-sites-settle-on-prices-it-s-a-start.html | title=E-Music Sites Settle on Prices. It's a Start. | first=Saul | last=Hansell | work=[[The New York Times]] | date=March 3, 2003 | url-access=limited}}</ref>

==History==
MusicMatch Jukebox was launched in 1997.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/musicmatch-grooves-to-paid-tunes/ | title=MusicMatch grooves to paid tunes | work=[[CNET]]}}</ref>

MusicMatch Jukebox was bundled with the [[iPod Classic]] as its music manager until the introduction of [[iTunes]] for [[Microsoft Windows]] in 2003.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.pcmag.com/news/a-visual-history-of-apple-ipods | title=A Visual History of the Apple iPod | first=Eric | last=Griffith | work=[[PCMag]] | date=May 10, 2022}}</ref>

In September 2003, the company launched a [[digital music store]] with 200,000 songs available.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/musicmatch-bows-download-store-68883/ | title=MusicMatch Bows Download Store | work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] | date=September 29, 2003}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.theregister.com/2003/09/29/musicmatch_itunesstyle_service_goes_live/ | title=Musicmatch iTunes-style service goes live | first=Tony | last=Smith | work=[[The Register]] | date=September 29, 2003}}</ref> The company entered into a partnership with [[Dell]] to promote the service and software.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.cnet.com/culture/dell-unveils-mp3-player/ | title=Dell unveils MP3 player | first=Ed | last=Frauenheim | work=[[CNET]] | date=October 27, 2003}}</ref>

In October 2004, Yahoo acquired Musicmatch for $160 million.<ref>{{Cite press release | url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1011006/000110465904031184/a04-11817_1ex99d01.htm | title=YAHOO! AND MUSICMATCH ANNOUNCE COMPLETION OF ACQUISITION | publisher=[[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]] | date=October 19, 2004}}</ref> However, the service was not integrated well, instead stagnating.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.wired.com/2007/07/why-did-yahoo-p/ | title=Why Did Yahoo Pay $160 Million for Musicmatch? | first=ELIOT | last=VAN BUSKIRK | work=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] | date=July 11, 2007 | url-access=limited}}</ref>

On August 31, 2007, Yahoo! discontinued MusicMatch services in an effort to move users to [[Yahoo! Music]].<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.adweek.com/performance-marketing/yahoo-ends-musicmatch-service/ | title=Yahoo Ends Musicmatch Service | first=Jamie | last=Lendino | work=[[AdWeek]] | date=July 9, 2007}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Comparison of audio player software]]
* [[Jukebox]]
* [[MP3]]

==References==
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[[Category:Windows media players]]
[[Category:Windows CD ripping software]]
[[Category:Online music database clients]]
[[Category:Jukebox-style media players]]
[[Category:Defunct software companies of the United States]]
[[Category:Online music stores of the United States]]
[[Category:Discontinued Yahoo! services]]
[[Category:Defunct digital music services or companies]]
[[Category:Yahoo! acquisitions]]