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o Senate Judiciary Hears Testimony on Online Entertainment and Copyrights
o AtomShockwave Sells Short Films to Showtime Networks
o Concurrent to Provide Video On-Demand Servers to Comcast Cable
> Digital Media Wire: D.C. -- "Interactive Games on the Internet"
o Briefly Noted: FirstLook - Microsoft - InfoSpace - Tribune, Napster -
Prince, MLB.com, David Copperfield's "Dream Portal," RioPort - Warner
Music - Artemis Records, EverQuest, MoodLogic - Muze, MP3.com, Tonos
Entertainment - Net4Music, Versaly Games - Picturetown
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> Job Postings: Acct. Executive, Acct. Executive, Content Writer,
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> Events/Services: "Call for Entries: Short Attention Span Festival"

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o Senate Judiciary Hears Testimony on Online Entertainment and Copyrights

Washington, D.C. -- The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday heard
testimony from representatives of the major record labels and movie
studios, as well as from music retailers, artists and Web companies like
Napster. The topic was "Online Entertainment… Coming Soon to a Digital
Device Near You?" Many participants gave testimony from written
statements, a good number of which are available at links below:

- Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Committee Chairman: opening comments
http://www.senate.gov/~judiciary/ogh040301h.htm

- Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D-VT), Ranking Democrat: statement
http://www.senate.gov/~judiciary/pjl040301h.htm

- Hank Barry, CEO, Napster, Inc.
http://www.napster.com/pressroom/pr/010403.html

- Hilary Rosen, President and CEO, RIAA
http://www.riaa.org/PR_story.cfm?id=396#rosen

- Jack Valenti, President and CEO, MPAA
http://www.mpaa.org/jack/2001/2001_04_03b.htm

- Edward P. Murphy, President and CEO, National Music Publishers Assoc.
http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/f_headline.cgi?day0/210932084&ticker=

- Ken Berry, President and CEO, EMI Recorded Music
http://www.riaa.org/PR_story.cfm?id=396#berry

- Victor Shear, founder and CEO, Intertrust Technologies Corp.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/010403/sftu078_2.html

- Gerry Kearby, President and CEO, Liquid Audio
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/010402/sfm148.html

- Mike Farrace, Tower Records Digital
http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/f_headline.cgi?day0/210932427&ticker=

- Steve Gottlieb, founder and President, TVT Records
http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/f_headline.cgi?day0/210932485&ticker=

CNET provided coverage of the hearing that includes the testimony of
artists including Alanis Morrisette and former Eagles drummer and vocalist
Don Henely.
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-5463148.html?tag=tp_pr
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o AtomShockwave Sells Short Films to Showtime Networks

New York -- Cable TV's Showtime Networks announced on Tuesday that it has
licensed a package of up to 100 short films from AtomShockwave, the
company created by the merger between Atom Films and Shockwave.com.
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Showtime said the films
will debut on their recently-launched, youth-oriented channel Showtime
Next, later appearing on other Showtime channels. San Francisco-based
AtomShockwave will also provide 50 short films from its catalogue to
Showtime Next's website.
http://www.atomfilms.com/about/press/01-04-01b.asp
http://www.shonext.com
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o Concurrent to Provide Video On-Demand Servers to Comcast Cable

Atlanta -- Concurrent Computer Corporation, a provider of digital video
servers, announced on Tuesday that Comcast Cable will purchase 79 of its
video servers to deploy video on-demand (VOD) services to portions of its
8.4 million subscribers. Eight VOD deployments will be launched this year
by Comcast, which will be available to its subscribers equipped with
Motorola DCT-2000 and Scientific Atlanta Explorer set-top systems, among
others.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/010403/2467.html
http://www.ccur.com
http://www.comcast.com
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> Digital Media Wire: D.C. -- "Interactive Games on the Internet"

MODERATOR:
-Paul Sherman, Executive Editor, Digital Media Wire

PANELISTS:
-Peter Baldwin, Managing Director (U.S.), Quantic Dream
-Larry Cotter, President and CEO, Sandbox.com
-Mark Jacobs, President, Mythic Entertainment
-David Levine, President and CEO, Butterfly.net
-Doug Lowenstein, President, Interactive Digital Software Association

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

(Sherman Oaks, Calif.) FirstLook, a streaming media content provider,
announced on Tuesday that it will syndicate its library of 3.5 million
previews of movies, TV shows, songs and video games to Microsoft's
WindowsMedia.com, broadband provider InfoSpace and Tribune media company's websites. Financial terms of the deals were not disclosed. Sherman
Oaks-based FirstLook's content includes exclusive celebrity interviews,
"behind-the-scenes" footage and text-based information on each
entertainment release including ratings, reviews, synopses and links to
official websites.
http://www.firstlook.com

(Redwood City, Calif.) Napster announced that musician Prince will promote
his upcoming album "The Rainbow Children" by making a song from the album,
"The Work - Pt. 1," available for download on the music file-sharing
service. "What record companies don't really understand is that Napster is
just one illustration of the growing frustration over how much the record
companies control what music people get 2 hear -- over how the air waves,
record labels and record stores, which r now all part of this 'system'
that recording companies have pretty much succeeded in establishing, r
becoming increasingly dominated by musical 'products' 2 the detriment of
real music," said Prince.
http://www.napster.com/pressroom/pr/010402.html

(San Francisco) The website for Major League Baseball shut down
temporarily on Monday due to the large number of visitors wanting to hear
audio streams of opening day games, CNET reported. MLB.com recently
announced a deal with Seattle-based RealNetworks to stream audio
broadcasts of every game for a $4.95 monthly fee.
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-5421968.html?tag=ch_mh
http://www.mlb.com

(New York) CBS on Tuesday announced the launch of David Copperfield's
"Dream Portal" to coincide with the airing of the illusionist's "Tornado
of Fire" special on the network. The site was designed by New York-based
design studio Integral Pictures. A press release for the site describes it
by saying, "for the first time in Internet history, a major celebrity
breaks down perceived online limitations and goes all the way in his
production of captivating web entertainment."
http://www.tornadooffire.com/cbs/default.htm

(San Jose, Calif.) RioPort, a business-to-business provider of solutions
for selling music downloads, announced on Tuesday that it has partnered
with Warner Music Group and Artemis Records to distribute digital
downloads to its online network of retailers. Warner said it will begin by
offering about 100 singles on the network, which includes sites like
MTV.com, VH1.com, SonicNet.com and HOB.com.
http://www.rioport.com/RioCorpPressReleases/1,3614,,00.html?article_id=1000481
http://www.rioport.com/RioCorpPressReleases/1,3614,,00.html?article_id=1000482

(San Diego) Sony Online Entertainment announced on Tuesday that it is now
offering the CD-ROM necessary to play EverQuest, its massively multiplayer
online roleplaying game, for $9.99. Users must pay a monthly subscription
fee of $9.89 once they install the game to participate in the
constantly-updated online version. San Diego-based Sony Online
Entertainment said that it has sold over one million EverQuest units to
date.
http://everquest.station.sony.com/

(San Francisco) MoodLogic, a provider of "metadata" for the digital music
industry, announced on Tuesday that its database of music information will
be used by Muze, a provider of entertainment product information for
music, books, video and games. Under the terms of the agreement, Muze will
give its service providers the ability to match data based on users'
perceptions of songs from San Francisco-based MoodLogic with their own
information in the Muze database.
http://www.moodlogic.com
http://www.muze.com

(San Diego) MP3.com announced a new feature on Tuesday that lets artists
who post music on its site monitor how and when users are downloading
their music. The Artist Activity Logs for every MP3.com artist are
available to anyone who visits the site.
http://pr.mp3.com/pr/304.html
http://www.mp3.com/payback/activity_xml.html

(Culver City, Calif.) Musicians' resource site Tonos.com announced on
Tuesday that New York-based Net4Music will become the exclusive provider
of downloadable sheet music on its site. In exchange, Net4Music will
promote Tonos.com's TC8, an online music recording and mixing software.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/010403/0073.html
http://www.tonos.com
http://www.net4music.com

(Seattle) Versaly Games, a Seattle-based publisher and distributor of
interactive games and entertainment software to mobile phones, said on
Tuesday that it has partnered with New York-based Picturetown, Inc., a
creator of editorial comics, to deliver political cartoons and other
editorial illustrations to Versaly's subscribers. The content will be sent
over a 3G wireless network, and will be viewable with devices like
Microsoft's PocketPC.
http://www.versaly.com

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> Artisan, Account Executive - New York City

Creative services talent agency looking for self-motivated salespeople to
sell graphic arts and multimedia talent to adver., design, web and corp.
clients in NY. Required: excellent telemarketing and presentation skills.
Sales/design background a must. Fun company, great earning potential. Send
resumes to adrienne@artisan-inc.com
http://www.etalentagency.com
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> Corbis Stock Market, Account Executive - New York City

Seeking sales rep. to grow & service business selling stock photography to
creatives at advertising & design firms. Candidate will possess a minimum
of 2 years business-to-business sales experience, is Internet savvy &
service driven. Excellent phone presence, computer friendly and a team
player. Negotiating and listening skills are very important. Send resume
w/ salary history to: bridget@corbisstockmarket.com
http://www.corbisstockmarket.com
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> Vendaria, Inc., Content Writer - Seattle

The Content Writer will be part of our Media Services Group who is in
charge of the content related to our clients' products. Research & write
scripts for short-form product video clips for streaming applications.
2-years of professional copywriting experience in direct-response
advertising or E-retail web sites. Knowledge of the streaming media
production cycle is preferred. Send resume to jobs@vendaria.com
http://www.vendaria.com
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> Account Manager - Great Plains/West Coast (California)

The Account Manager will develop and maintain a sales account plan in
conjunction with management goals and strategies. Qualified candidates
will have 4-5 years technology sales related experience or knowledge of
financial or business management. Strong communication abilities,
professional attitude, executive presence, and customer management skills
are required. Send resumes to ptw2@careerrewards.com
OR REFER A FRIEND AND EARN $1000
http://www.careerrewards.com/cr/search/jpd.jsp?jobId=2006

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> Call for Entries: Short Attention Span Festival

The Ninth Annual Short Attention Span Film and Video Festival will travel
to 30 cities in the U.S. and Canada. Entries up to 2 minutes TRT will be
accepted. This year there is NO ENTRY FEE! Cash prizes and all kinds of
other good stuff will be awarded
to the lucky winners.
Official Entry Form: http://www.shortspan.com/submit_work/index.cfm
ACT NOW! DEADLINE IS APRIL 15TH!!!
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