1999 News Releases

The press releases on this website are provided for historical reference purposes only.
Please note that certain information may have changed since the date of release.

December 1999

December 27, 1999 NOTICE OF STOCK SPLIT

November 1999

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

October 1999

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

September 1999

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

July 1999

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with Sony's and Time Warner's Columbia House to Create World's Leading Music and Video E-commerce Company *this link is no longer active and a revised page does not exist.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 7, 1999 Sony Reorganizes Wireless Phone Business
July 1, 1999 Sony Celebrates Walkman(R) 20th Anniversary