Whois & Analysis for emusic.com

MTV (originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable and satellite television channel owned by Viacom Media Networks (a division of Viacom) and headquartered in New York City.

Launched on August 1, 1981, the channel originally aired music videos as guided by television personalities known as "video jockeys" (VJs).

In its early years, MTV's main target demographic was young adults, but today it is primarily towards teenagers, particularly high school and college students.

MTV has toned down its music video programming significantly in recent years, and its programming now consists mainly of original reality, comedy and drama programming and some off-network syndicated programs and films, with limited music video programming in off-peak time periods.

It has received criticism towards this change of focus, both by certain segments of its audience and musicians.

MTV's influence on its audience, including issues involving censorship and social activism, has also been a subject of debate for several years.

eMusic is an online music and audiobook store that operates by subscription.

In exchange for a monthly subscription eMusic users can download a fixed number of tracks to their MP3 players per month.

eMusic was established in 1998, is headquartered in New York City with an office in London, and is owned by Dimensional Associates.

Music is an art form and cultural activity whose medium is sound organized in time.

The common elements of music are pitch (which governs melody and harmony), rhythm (and its associated concepts tempo, meter, and articulation), dynamics (loudness and softness), and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture (which are sometimes termed the "color" of a musical sound).

Different styles or types of music may emphasize, de-emphasize or omit some of these elements.

Music is performed with a vast range of instruments and vocal techniques ranging from singing to rapping; there are solely instrumental pieces, solely vocal pieces (such as songs without instrumental accompaniment) and pieces that combine singing and instruments.

The word derives from Greek (mousike; "art of the Muses").

In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion, or sample, of one sound recording and reusing it as an instrument or a sound recording in a different song or piece.