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o Webnoize: As Filters Put in Place, Napster Usage Drops By Half
o Listen.com Enters Wireless Market with Purchase of Japan's Noel
o Artisan Entertainment Withdraws Proposed IPO, Seeks Merger Partners
o Sony to Link Games to Cell Phones Rather than Compete with Game Boy
> Digital Media Wire: NYC & DC Interactive Games Panels
o Briefly Noted: Yahoo - The Backstreet Boys, Walt Disney Internet Group -
Academy Awards, Crispus Attucks, Pamela Anderson - Beer.com, iClips -
Snowball, room33 - Digital Avenue
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> Job Postings: Account Executive, Asst. Marketing Mgr./Internet, Music Titler

> Events/Services: "Jones Day: Pitch Like Pros / Intensive Professional
Coaching," "Digital Media Revolution in the Americas,"
"Artesia Digital Asset Management Seminar"

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o Webnoize: As Filters Put in Place, Napster Usage Drops By Half

Cambridge, Mass. -- Since music file-sharing service Napster implemented
blocking of the 135,000 songs sent by the Recording Industry Association
of America last night, downloads by Napster users have dropped by 50
percent, according to research from Massachusetts-based analyst firm
Webnoize. Additionally, the average number of files that each user is
sharing has dropped 59 percent, as blocked songs continue to be filtered
from showing up when a user performs a search. The data indicates that
Napster's filter is working; however, files from artists like Eminem and
Elvis that the RIAA asked Napster to block are still available on the
service. A Napster spokeswoman told Webnoize that an undisclosed number of
song titles and filenames were submitted by the RIAA on Monday and
Tuesday. "Further titles will be blocked in the coming days, pushing
content available through Napster down further," said Webnoize analyst
Matt Bailey. "Users will quickly migrate to alternative systems."
http://news.webnoize.com/item.rs?eID=20010315&ID=12303
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o Listen.com Enters Wireless Market with Purchase of Japan's Noel

San Francisco -- Listen.com, a creator and distributor of online music
services, announced on Thursday that its Listen Japan subsidiary -- a
joint venture with TransCosmos, Inc. -- has acquired Japanese mobile phone
content company Noel. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Noel
provides music and entertainment content to all of Japan's major mobile
phone Internet operators, including NTT DoCoMo's i-mode.
"Listen.com plans to watch closely and learn from Listen Japan's wireless
activities and build off them when the time is right in the U.S. market,"
said Ranah Edelin, Listen.com's vice president of corporate development.
http://www.listen.com
http://www.listen.co.jp
http://www.trans-cosmos.co.jp/
http://www.noel.co.jp/index_e.html
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o Artisan Entertainment Withdraws Proposed IPO, Seeks Merger Partners

New York -- Movie studio Artisan Entertainment has withdrawn its proposed
initial public offering, citing current market conditions, Inside.com
reported on Thursday. The company also issued a statement in which it said
that it has retained investment banks Merrill Lynch and Allen & Company to
"identify qualified purchasers and merger partners and to assist in the
evaluation of proposals." Inside said the speculation has been that Lion's
Gate Entertainment is seeking to acquire the company for its video assets,
which include films like "Dirty Dancing" and "Terminator 2: Judgment Day."
http://www.inside.com/jcs/InsideDope?pod_id=12
http://www.artisanent.com
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o Sony to Link Games to Cell Phones Rather than Compete with Game Boy

Tokyo -- Sony Computer Entertainment said on Thursday that it will not
develop a portable device to compete with Nintendo's Game Boy, instead
choosing to develop cell phone technology that would add portability to
its PlayStation 2 game console, Reuters reported. The company recently
announced that it would implement PlayStation 2 game features that will
allow interaction with Web-enabled i-mode phones from Japan's NTT DoCoMo.
Nintendo is scheduled to release its updated version of the popular Game
Boy -- the Game Boy Advance -- on March 21.
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-5140958.html?tag=mn_hd
http://www.scea.sony.com
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> Digital Media Wire: NYC & DC Interactive Games Panels

New York City -- "Interactive Games on the Internet"
MODERATOR:
-Billy Pidgeon, Analyst, Jupiter Research

FEATURED SPEAKERS:
-Greg Costikyan, Founder & Chief Design Officer, Unplugged Games
-Frank Lantz, Sr. Game Designer, gameLab
-Joseph Varet, VP BizDev & Strategy, The Groove Alliance
*Additional panelists TBA.

Date: Wednesday, March 28th, 2001
For more information and to register:
http://www.digitalmediawire.com/NYCgames.html

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Washington, D.C. -- "Interactive Games on the Internet"
FEATURED SPEAKERS:
-Phillip Campbell, Chief Creative Director, Quantic Dream
-Larry Cotter, CEO, Sandbox.com
-David Levine, CEO, Butterfly.net
-Doug Lowenstein, President, Interactive Digital Software Association
*Additional panelists TBA.

Date: Thursday, April 5th, 2001
For more information and to register:
http://www.digitalmediawire.com/DCgames.html
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o Briefly Noted:

(Santa Clara, Calif.) Yahoo announced on Thursday that it will host a free
live webcast of a concert by The Backstreet Boys from Mexico City on March
23. Yahoo Broadcast will produce the webcast, which will only be available
live as the concert is occurring.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/010315/0063.html
http://backstreetboys.yahoo.com

(New York) Walt Disney Internet Group said on Thursday that it will offer
an enhanced TV version of ABC's Academy Awards telecast on March 25. A
complementary website will offer a winner prediction game, polls and
trivia that correspond with the sequence of the telecast.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/010315/2305.html
http://www.oscar.com

(New York) Inside.com is currently featuring an online version of an
article written by UrbanExpose.com founder Crispus Attucks that appears in
its print magazine. Attucks -- aka John Lee -- long maintained his
anonymity while running the site that reported on and posted anonymous
reports from employees at urban entertainment websites such as the
now-defunct Urban Box Office and Russel Simmons' 360hiphop.com.
http://www.inside.com/jcs/Story?article_id=24466&pod_id=13
http://www.urbanexpose.com/

(Toronto) Former "Baywatch" lifeguard Pamela Anderson's Internet company
PamTV said on Thursday that it has partnered with Beer.com on a contest
for unsigned musicians. The winner will receive a professionally produced
CD and a gig at The Rolling Rock Town Fair concert. Unsigned bands of
legal drinking age can upload MP3s for consideration at JamwithPam.com.
http://www.jamwithpam.com
http://www.pamtv.com
http://www.beer.com

(New York) iClips, a provider of free streaming video messaging, said on
Thursday that it has partnered with teen entertainment site network
Snowball, to offer its video service to Snowball's 18 million users. Users
with webcams can create videos and share them with other users using New
York-based iClips' technology and 20MB of free storage.
http://www.iclipsinc.com
http://www.snowball.com

(New York) Swedish wireless Internet services provider room33 said on
Thursday that it will integrate video games from Norway-based Digital
Avenue into its offerings. Under the agreement, room33 will be granted a
worldwide license to distribute and resell the games as part of its suite
of wireless Internet applications.
http://room33.com/portal/country.po
http://www.digitalavenue.8m.com/

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> World Wrestling Federation, Account Executive - New York City

Internet advertising sales candidates will possess strong entrepreneurial
work habits, at least two plus years media sales experience (including at
least one year selling ".com" advertising), and have established
advertising contacts at both the advertiser direct and agency level. Send
resumes to:
resume@wwfent.com
http://www.wwf.com
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> Forbes Magazine, Asst. Marketing Mgr./Internet - New York City

Opportunity to work on Forbes Magazine¹s Internet subscription programs.
You'll have reporting & analysis responsibilities and assist in creating
internet promotions. Proficiency in Excel required. Strong analytical,
organizational and planning skills, plus 6+ months consumer marketing
preferred. Send resumes to:
jobs@forbes.com
http://www.forbes.com
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> BuzzHits, Inc., Music Titler - San Francisco

BuzzHits is a technology & services provider that delivers mobile impulse
response solutions for advertising purposes. Quickly & accurately identify
title and artist of songs played on Country or R&B/Oldies format. Ability
to "Name the Tune" in 5 notes or less - 100% accuracy. 2 years radio, DJ
and/or music background preferred. Send resumes to jobs@buzzhits.com
http://www.buzzhits.com

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> Pitch Like Pros / Intensive Professional Coaching, March 26 - D.C.

Have your pitch honed by VCs and professional coaches! VCs Linda Powers of
Toucan Capital and Jonathan Silver of Core Capital, and professional
coaches from PowerSpeak of Philadelphia, hosted by Jones Day lawyers Doug
Whipple and Thomas Beck, work with 15-20 entrepreneurs in a three-hour
highly interactive, highly intensive pitch coaching session. No cost for
this high-value event if your executive summary is accepted. More
information:
http://www1.jonesday.com/html/what_s_new_at_jones_day.asp
To apply, submit your executive summary to dwhipple@jonesday.com
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> Digital Media Revolution in the Americas, Nov. 29-30, 2001 - Pasadena

Institute of the Americas and the Annenberg School for Communication
Conference will focus on all aspects of digital media content production,
delivery and protection of digital property rights in the Americas.
Features CEO track at the Huntington Museum and high-level Latin American
speakers.
Send inquiries to cmorton@iamericas.org
For more information: http://www.iamericas.org
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> Artesia, Digital Asset Management Seminar -- SF, LA, Atlanta, NY, DC

Did you know that the average ROI for an enterprise Digital Asset
Management solution is between 9 and 18 months? Artesia Technologies
invites you to a free seminar on digital asset management. Our discussion
will include up-to-the-minute analysis presented for the first time and
speakers from The GartnerGroup, analyst Frank Gilbane and PwC. San Fran
on 3/8, LA on 3/9, Atlanta on 3/13, New York City on 3/14, and DC on 3/16.
Send inquiries to personalseminar@artesia.com
To register go to http://www.artesia.com/seminar/index1.html
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