Founded in 1997 by Michael Roberston and Greg Flores as a free, legal music-sharing website. The site was popular with upcoming and independent musicians and bands.

It was acquired by Vivendi Universal on May 20th, 2001 in a $372 million cash-and-stock deal.

Milestones
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MP3.com added Greg Flores as Co-founder. (8/7/97)

Posted 12/16/11 at 1:15pm
MP3.com added Joe Iuliano as Vice President .

Posted 5/31/11 at 1:10pm
MP3.com added Derrick Oien as COO.

Posted 3/29/11 at 12:12pm
MP3.com added David Gilby as Director.

Posted 3/23/11 at 10:23pm
MP3.com added Gk Parish-Philp as Director, Web Development. (6/1/99)

Posted 7/12/10 at 12:07pm
MP3.com added Sander van Zoest as High Geek, Founders Group. (6/1/98)

Posted 2/24/10 at 10:27pm
MP3.com added Michael Robertson as Founder.

Posted 8/7/09 at 2:31pm
MP3.com added Chester Ng as Marketing.

Posted 6/5/09 at 3:44pm
MP3.com was acquired by Vivendi Universal for $372M. (5/1/01)

Posted 6/17/10 at 12:40am via go.com
MP3.com — Vivendi had difficulties growing the service and eventually dismantled the original site, selling off all of its assets including the URL and logo to CNET in 2003. (12/2/03)

Posted 6/16/10 at 6:11pm via billboard.com