Since October of 2000, CDNow Inc. has operated as a division of the Bertelsmann eCommerce Group, a unit of German media behemoth Bertels-mann AG. A leading online music retailer, CDNow sells more than 50,000 items including CDs, VHS and DVD movies, and digital music downloads. Along with making purchases, the site's roughly 700,000 daily visitors can download free music from a database of 650,000 samples; peruse album reviews, music industry news, and related content; and view video clips of interviews with various musicians. CDNow had approximately 4 million customers in the early 2000s.
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