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Wherehouse Online, Launch.com to Team

By KAREN KAPLAN
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Two other Tech Coast online music firms are expected to announce a partnership today. CheckOut.com’s Wherehouse Online Stores will become the exclusive e-commerce retailer for CDs, cassettes, videos and video games for Launch Media’s music-oriented Web site.

The Wherehouse Online Stores will be integrated into Launch.com, allowing Launch’s 2 million members to purchase music directly from the site, said David Goldberg, chief executive of Santa Monica-based Launch Media.

Beverly Hills-based CheckOut.com, an e-commerce site focusing on music, movies and video games, will also unveil a new design for its Web site today that folds in the Wherehouse brand. Wherehouse Music, the Torrance operator of 600 retail music stores, invested $20 million in CheckOut.com in November.

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Karen Kaplan

Karen Kaplan covers science and medical research for the Los Angeles Times. She has been a member of the science team since 2005, including 13 years as an editor. Her first decade at The Times was spent covering technology in the Business section as both a reporter and editor. She grew up in San Diego and is a graduate of MIT and Columbia University.

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