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DIGITAL MEDIA WIRE -- February 26, 2003
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o AOL Launches New Music Downloading Service
o RealNetworks Invests Undisclosed Amount in Listen.com
o Microsoft To Test Peer-to-Peer Applications in Windows XP
o SportsLine.com Exits Gaming Information Business, Signs NCAA Deal
o LIPSinc Founder Acquires Technology Rights, Launches New Business
> DMW Digital Music Forum | March 3 | NYC
> DMW Publications: January Law and Policy Report
o Briefly Noted: Digeo - DreamWorks, Overture Services,
Marshall School of Business - Digital Music
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> Events: Games & Mobile Forum: April 28 | NYC, Global Entertainment &
Media Summit
> Marketplace: Entertainment & Corporate Legal Services, Game Industry
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o AOL Launches Music Downloading Service
Dulles, Va. -- In the latest bid to get Internet users to pay for
downloaded music, Virginia-based America Online said on Wednesday that it
has launched a new online music subscription service that will let users
legally download, listen to and burn digital music. The service -- called
MusicNet -- ranges in price from $3.95 to $17.95 per month, and is
available to both broadband and dial-up members. The move is part of AOL's
strategy to offer enhanced revenue-producing services to its 25 million
members. Subscribers to the service will have access to more than 250,000
songs, with titles from all five major record labels and major
independents.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/030226/265288_1.html
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o RealNetworks Invests Undisclosed Amount in Listen.com
San Francisco -- Seattle-based RealNetworks, one of the largest providers
of digital media software, said on Wednesday that it has made an
investment in San Francisco-based Listen.com, an online music company
whose Rhapsody service is one of the country's largest online
pay-for-music services. The amount of the investment was not disclosed.
RealNetworks owns a 40% stake in MusicNet, another online service that
competes against Rhapsody. Reuters reported that Listen.com, which
recently laid off about 20 employees, is widely viewed as a possible
takeover candidate.
http://biz.yahoo.com/rc/030226/media_listen_com_2.html
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o Microsoft To Test Peer-to-Peer Applications in Windows XP
Redmond, Wash.-- In a significant development for the peer-to-peer market,
Redmond-based Microsoft is testing additions to its Windows XP system
designed to make the operating system better tuned to peer-to-peer
applications. Microsoft unveiled on Wednesday a test version of its
Windows XP Peer-to-Peer Software Development Kit. The programming tools
are designed to allow software developers to more easily build
peer-to-peer applications for Windows XP. Peer-to-peer applications, which
have included Napster and KaZaA, allow individual computer users to share
information directly with one another without going through a centralized
computer.
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-986127.html
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o SportsLine.com Exits Gaming Information Business, Signs NCAA Deal
Fort Lauderdale, Fla. -- Fort Lauderdale-based SportsLine.com, a provider
of online sports content, said on Wednesday that it has divested its two
gaming information operations -- VegasInsider.com and Las Vegas Sports
Consultants. Separately, the company said that it has sublicensed the
rights from CBS Sports to offer the official NCAA Championship web site
through 2006. As part of the deal with CBS, SportsLine.com will handle
site production, hosting and advertising sales for NCAASports.com. The
company also will hold exclusive rights to provide Internet broadcasts of
certain NCAA championship games including the Division 1 men's basketball
championship.
http://www.newsalert.com/bin/story?StoryId=CpLXj0bWbrKXxmdeW
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o LIPSinc Founder Acquires Technology Rights, Launches New Business
Research Triangle Park, N.C. -- Donovan Moxey, the founder of the
now-defunct LIPSinc, a developer of software for creating interactive
animated talking characters, has acquired licensing rights to his previous
company's technology and launched a new firm built around the software.
LIPSinc shut down last August, after raising more than $11 million from
investors including Mellon Ventures Inc. and Flanders Language Valley
Fund. While LIPSinc targeted the entertainment and gaming industries,
Moxey's new company, called Interactive Multimedia Solutions, is targeting
the corporate presentation and multimedia developer markets.
http://www.ims3d.com/
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DMW Presents. DIGITAL MUSIC FORUM
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March 3, 2003 | New York City | 9:00AM - 7:00 PM
Full list of speakers and agenda:
http://www.digitalmediawire.com/events/MusicForum_030303.htm
A full-day forum focusing on business & legal issues impacting the music
industry today. The agenda includes 2 keynote addresses, 4 moderated
panels and breakout sessions.
Featuring: An Interview & Jam Session with the Legendary Les Paul
Confirmed Keynote Speakers:
Lyor Cohen | Chairman & CEO, The Island Def Jam Music Group
Chris Gorog | CEO, Roxio "Why We Purchased Napster"
Steve Rennie | REN Management (Artist Manager for Platinum-selling
Incubus)
And panelists from: Sony Music, MTV/VH1, Roxio, Listen.com, FullAudio,
Moviso, Columbia Records, United Musicians, LAUNCHcast/Yahoo!, pressplay,
Astralwerks/EMI, Morpheus/Streamcast Networks, U.S. Copyright Office,
Electric Artists, Audible, Music Choice, Terra Lycos, AT&T Wireless
February registrations: $200 until February 28
At the door: $250
Pre-Register at: http://kb.digitalmediawire.com/register.php?eventid=1024
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Briefly Noted:
(Kirkland, Washington) Digeo, a provider of interactive television
services, announced on Monday an agreement with DreamWorks to promote 10
upcoming releases on the Digeo Basic iTV service. The agreement follows
three successful trial campaigns conducted by both companies during 2002.
Under the agreement, Digeo Basic iTV will provide DreamWorks with a
four-week "always on" advertising presence for 10 movie campaigns.
http://www.digeo.com/newsroom/pressreleases/press_20030224a.jsp
(New York) Reuters reported on Wednesday that Internet search provider
Overture Services Inc. has agreed to buy the web search unit of
Norway-based Fast Search and Transfer for as much as $100 million. The
move is Overture's second acquisition in a week. Overture's moves are
aimed at competing more directly with its chief rival, Google.
http://biz.yahoo.com/rc/030225/tech_fastsearch_3.html
(Los Angeles, Calif.) Recording and movie publishers cannot defeat
Internet intellectual property theft by peer-to-peer networks such as
KaZaA and other Napster successors, but they can beat them at their own
game, according to the results of a contest for business students from
around the world. Eighty business undergraduates representing schools from
13 countries and four continents competed at the University of Southern
California (USC) Marshall School of Business as part of the sixth annual
Marshall International Case Competition, which was held February 19-22.
Nearly every team concluded that media publishers needed to break with
traditional business models and embrace new technologies.
http://www.newsalert.com/bin/story?StoryId=CpLR4ueSbmdmWnte0nJi
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