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1999 News Releases

The following information is true and accurate at the time of publication.

1999 December

December 27, 1999
NOTICE OF STOCK SPLIT

1999 November

November 30, 1999
Sony Collaborates with Chinese Authorities and the Exploratorium to Establish Sony ExploraScience in Beijing
November 15, 1999
IBM and Sony Show First Results of Collaboration with Electronic Music Distribution
November 15, 1999
Microsoft and Sony Enable High-Quality Music Files to be Downloaded on PCS and Portable Devices
November 15, 1999
Sony Gains Support from Leading IT Companies to Realize Interoperable and Secure Electronic Music Distribution
November 15, 1999
Sony Seeks to Create New Business Position for the Network Era
November 15, 1999
Sony and Palm Computing to Collaborate on the Joint Development of a Next Generation Palm Computing Platform
November 11, 1999
Support Grows for "Memory StickTM
November 10, 1999
Sony and Sun Join Forces To Link Digital Consumer Electronic Appliances Directly To Internet Content and Services

1999 October

October 26, 1999
Sony Launches Special Edition "AIBO" Entertainment Robot
October 11, 1999
Sony Celebrates EMMY AWARD for Development of DVD

1999 September

September 30, 1999
Sony Merges B&P Company with DNS to Establish New Network Company
September 30, 1999
Sony to License Memory StickTM
September 22, 1999
Sony Announces "Memory StickTM WalkmanR"
September 22, 1999
Sony Announces "MagicGate Memory StickTM"
September 22, 1999
Sony Announces Memory StickTM for Audio Application

1999 July

July 13, 1999
CDNOW to Merge with Sony's and Time Warner's Columbia House to Create World's Leading Music and Video E-commerce Company*this link is no longer active and a revised page does not exist.
July 07, 1999
Sony Reorganizes Wireless Phone Business
July 01, 1999
Sony Celebrates Walkman(R) 20th Anniversary

1999 June

June 29, 1999
Sony Appoints New Members to the Board and New Corporate Executive Officers
June 29, 1999
Sony Appoints Nobuyuki Idei as CEO of Sony Corporation
June 18, 1999
Sony Enters Telecommunications Business
June 17, 1999
Sony Chairman Norio Ohga Receives Honorary Doctorate from McGill University in Canada

1999 May

May 11, 1999
Sony Launches Four-Legged Entertainment Robot "AIBO" Creates a New Market for Robot-Based Entertainment

1999 April

April 06, 1999
Sony Launches High Fidelity Audio Hardware Designed to Unlock the Full Potential of the Super Audio CD
April 06, 1999
Sony Launches Super Audio CD
April 06, 1999
Sony Launches the First Super Audio CD Player

1999 March

March 29, 1999
Sony Announces Executive-Level Changes in Management
March 29, 1999
Sony Announces Organizational Structure For New Network Companies
March 29, 1999
Sony and JVC Announce Joint Development of a D-VHS System for the Network Age
March 25, 1999
Sony Announces New CS Digital Broadcast Receiver System for SkyPerfecTV!
March 25, 1999
Sony Launches New MiniDisc Recorder for Downloading Music From New SkyPerfecTV! Channel
March 09, 1999
Notice on Going Private of Three Listed Subsidiaries of Sony Corporation
March 09, 1999
Sony Announces New Group Architecture for Network-Centric Erato seize further growth opportunities in the 21st century and enhance shareholder value

1999 February

February 17, 1999
Apple, Compaq, Matsushita (Panasonic), Philips, Sony and Toshiba Announce Support for IEEE1394 and Plans To Form Patent Pool
February 17, 1999
Digital Video Watermarking Technologies United

1999 January

January 20, 1999
Philips, Sony, Sun Collaborate to Bridge HAViTM and JiniTM Network Architectures
January 07, 1999
Sony Announces Digital8 Video Format
January 07, 1999
Sony Launches Two New Digital8 Format Camcorders

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