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o Copyright Office Sets Webcasting Royalty Rates; $0.0007 Paid By All
o 'Net Gambling Bill Passes House Judiciary Committee Vote
o Online Ad Firm L90 Avoids Nasdaq Delisting
> Highlights From This Morning's "Digital Music" Panel | L.A.
> DMW 2nd Annual "Digital Music" Panel Series: DC | NYC
> Featured Event/Company: Jupiter Plug.IN, Directory of Homeland Security
o Briefly Noted: Netflix - distribution centers, Radio industry
consolidation - survey, Shaw Cable - video-on-demand, Nielsen/NetRatings -
media format statistics, Phatagram Interactive - "Crouching Tiger, Hidden
Dragon," Pinnacle Systems - PacketVideo, Audiogalaxy ruling - other
file-sharing litigation
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> Jobs: Vocalist- Marketing, New Media Producer, Circulation Planning
Director, Acct. Supervisor, Sr. Acct. Executive, Vice President, Product
Marketing Mgr., Search Engine Optimization Specialist, Sr. VP Sales

> Events: CEO-only Dinner, Mobile Messaging Summit, iHollywood Forum

> Marketplace: New Media Publicist, PowerPoint Designer, Bender/Helper
Impact, AlleyEvent

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o Copyright Office Sets Webcasting Royalty Rates; $0.0007 Paid By All

Washington -- The U.S. Copyright Office on Thursday made a final
determination of the official royalty rates that webcasters must pay
copyright holders to stream music on the Internet. The Librarian of
Congress, on the recommendation of the Register of Copyrights, rejected a
proposal submitted by a Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel (CARP) on May
20, and the Librarian issued final rates today. The most significant
difference between the CARP's determination and the Librarian's decision
is that the Librarian has abandoned the CARP's two-tiered rate structure
of $0.0014 per performance for "Internet-only" transmissions and $0.0007 for
each retransmission of a performance in an AM/FM radio broadcast, and has
decided that the rate of $0.0007 will apply to both types of transmission.
Other changes include: some other rates for noncommercial broadcasters
decreased, and the fee webcasters and broadcasters must pay for the making
of ephemeral recordings has been reduced from 9 percent of the performance
fees to 8.8 percent. The Librarian of Congress' ruling goes into detail
explaining why it made changes to the CARP's recommendation, and exactly
what the changes are. The rates will go into effect on Sept. 1, 2002, but
webcasters will be compelled to pay royalty rates retroactively for all
music they have streamed since October 28, 1998. All retroactive royalties
must be paid by Oct. 20, 2002.
http://www.copyright.gov/carp/webcasting_rates_final.html
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o 'Net Gambling Bill Passes House Judiciary Committee Vote

Washington -- A revised bill from Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R- Va.) that would
outlaw most forms of online gambling has passed muster by the House
Judiciary Committee, despite complaints from opponents that the bill was
too restrictive and contained too many loopholes, Reuters reported. The
bill must now be approved by the Financial Services Committee before going
before the entire U.S. House. If passed, the bill would outlaw U.S.
citizens' use of offshore gambling sites, enable law enforcement to go
after such sites and allow U.S. banks to refuse to pay U.S. gamblers'
debts.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/769010.asp?0dm=C14MT
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o Online Ad Firm L90 Avoids Nasdaq Delisting

Los Angeles -- L90, an online advertising firm, announced on Thursday that
the Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Panel has determined to continue listing
the company on the Nasdaq National Market. The company's stock price had
been trading below the $1 minimum requirement for continued listing for
some months. A recent investigation into L90's accounting practices
resulted in its restating of several earnings statements; the company also
recently restructured its management team.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/020620/lath056_1.html
http://www.l90.com
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> Highlights From This Morning's "Digital Music" Panel

Panelists at Digital Media Wire's 2nd Annual DIGITAL MUSIC event held
today in Los Angeles offered passionate and insightful perspectives on the
current state of the music industry. They concluded with what to expect
for the digital music business within the next 5 years:

* Stacey Herron (Jupiter Media Metrix): Subscription services will
continue to grow with companies like MTV, Amazon and Yahoo selling
subscription entertainment services to consumers.

* Jeff Liebenson (KMZ Rosenman): Piracy will be with us forever, so the
question is whether it can be reduced to manageable proportions. If so,
digital distribution is likely to thrive.

* Richard Conlon (BMI): In the next year subscription services will gain
market penetration and the ad market will rebound. This, combined with the
advent of next generation mobile services, will lay the foundation for
further growth.

* Ted Cohen (EMI): The next five years will be about wireless, mobile and
Bluetooth services. About having your music anytime, anywhere. This is
what people really want.

* Tony Conrad (Venture Strategy Partners & FullAudio): P2P services have
provided us with a valuable road map. These services have attracted
consumers and created a tremendous market. As legal protections improve
and government agencies turn up the heat on piracy, subscription music
services will thrive.

* Sean Ryan (Listen.com): The only way that subscription services can
thrive is through a combination of enforcement and experimentation with
new services and business models. As legal protections grow, services like
ours will become viable models for the future.

http://www.digitalmediawire.com/Acteva/LAmusic2.htm

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DIGITAL MEDIA WIRE PRESENTS -- 2nd Annual Digital Music Panel Series:
What's Next? -- Washington, DC (6/25) and NYC (6/26)

Premier Sponsors:
KMZ Rosenman | BMI | Plug.IN (7th Annual Jupiter Music Forum)

For more information and to register:
Washington, DC: http://www.digitalmediawire.com/Acteva/DCmusic2.htm
New York City: http://www.digitalmediawire.com/Acteva/NYmusic2.htm

> Washington, DC: Tuesday, June 25 | University Club

PANELISTS:
Michael Bracy, Director, Govt. Relations, Coalition for the Future of Music
John Coletta, Director, Operations & Business Affairs, New Media
Licensing, BMI
Philip Corwin, Partner, Butera & Andrews
Mitch Glazier, SVP, Govt. Relations & Legislative Counsel, RIAA
Lee Shubert, Partner, Entertainment & New Media, KMZ Rosenman
David Leibowitz, Partner, CH Boston, Co-Founder/Director, Verance

MODERATOR:
Paul Sherman, Co-Founder and Editor, Potomac Tech Wire

For more information and to register for the Washington, DC event:
http://www.digitalmediawire.com/Acteva/DCmusic2.htm

> New York City: Wednesday, June 26 | Jaymont Auditorium

PANELISTS:
John Perry Barlow, Co-Founder & Vice Chairman, Electronic Frontier
Foundation
Ted Cohen, VP, New Media, EMI Recorded Music
Richard Conlon, VP, Marketing and Business Development Media Licensing, BMI
Michael Dorf, CEO, Knit Media
Jeff Liebenson, Partner, Entertainment & New Media, KMZ Rosenman
Marc Schiller, CEO, Electric Artists
Jon Vlassopulos, Senior Director, Digital World Services (a Bertelsmann
Company)

MODERATOR:
Ken Rutkowski, Founder and CEO, KenRadio.com

Technology Demonstrations by Ecast Inc.

For more information and to register for the New York event:
http://www.digitalmediawire.com/Acteva/NYmusic2.htm

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30 Reasons to Attend Plug.IN -- July 8-9 - NYC

Reason #3: The CARP ruling is in, but the jury is still out.
Now that the Librarian of Congress has rejected the CARP proposal and
countered with its own rates and fees, there is still much debate to be
heard. The Libaraian based its decision largely on the terms of a deal
between Yahoo! and the RIAA, but how well to these terms translate to the
niche programmers the Internet is teeming with? How well does this
solution balance the labels' desire for royalty revenues with their need
to introduce new music? Forecast the ramifications - onstage at Plug.IN.
**To register or for more info: http://www.jmm.com/plugin
**For all 30 reasons and $200 off, email PluginReasons@jmm.com

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Now Available: The Directory of Homeland Security

Digital Media Wire presents The Directory of Homeland Security: a 160-page
book that lists all federal and state agencies involved in homeland
security. The directory will include names of over 1,500 homeland security
officials, profiles of 500 agencies involved in homeland security, and a
detailed list of technology companies in this sector. The directory is
sponsored by NETSEC and Greenberg Traurig. To purchase the directory, go
to: http://www.homeland-directory.com

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o Briefly Noted:

(Los Gatos, Calif.) Netflix, a provider of online DVD rentals, announced
on Thursday that it has opened ten regional distribution centers across
the U.S., aiming to bring faster delivery times to 90 percent of the
country. The centers are located in Atlanta, Boston, Denver, Detroit,
Houston, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York, Seattle and Washington, DC.
Los Gatos, Calif.-based Netflix, whose recent IPO raised $95 million,
claims 600,000 subscribers for its service.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/020620/sfth019_1.html
http://www.netflix.com

(Washington) The Future of Music Coalition, a non-profit group
representing the interests of artists in recording industry matters, has
released the results of a study it commissioned on consumer satisfaction
with commercial radio. The survey was conducted in partnership with Media
Access Project and the Rockefeller Foundation. Among the results found
were that radio consolidation is not popular among consumers, with eight
of ten favoring congressional action to protect or expand the number of
independently owned local stations.
http://www.futureofmusic.org/news/PRradiosurvey.cfm
http://www.futureofmusic.org/research/radiosurvey.cfm

(Calgary, Alberta) Canadian cable TV operator Shaw Cable announced on
Thursday the launch of video-on-demand services for its customers in
Calgary, Alberta. Content available on the service will initially be
provided through an agreement with Hallmark Interactive, with more diverse
film, TV and other properties to be added in the coming months. Shaw also
expects to roll out video-on-demand services for all of its subscribers in
the next six to eight months.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/020620/202279_1.html
http://www.shaw.ca
http://www.hallmarkent.com

(New York) Nielsen/NetRatings, a provider of Internet audience measurement
services, announced on Thursday that it will change the manner in which it
reports the amount of content available in the three leading digital media
formats -- Microsoft's Windows Media, RealNetworks' RealMedia and Apple's
QuickTime. The new methodology shows RealNetworks and Microsoft nearly
equal in terms of the percentage of homes they reach, with QuickTime in
last place but placing considerably higher than under the previous
measurement methods.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/020620/sfth040_1.html
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-937302.html
http://www.nielsen-netratings.com

(Glendale, Calif.) Korean game developer Phantagram Interactive announced
on Thursday that it will publish a massively multiplayer online game based
on the film, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in the fourth quarter of
2002. The company said it is currently developing a website dedicated to
the game, which will "focus on fast-paced, Kung-Fu-style fighting with a
deep storyline."
http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/f_headline.cgi?day0/221710188&ticker=
http://www.phantagraminteractive.com

(Singapore) Pinnacle Systems, a provider of digital video creation,
management and streaming technologies, announced on Thursday that it has
partnered with San Diego-based PacketVideo, a developer of wireless
streaming video technology. Under the agreement, the companies will
integrate PacketVideo's MPEG-4 encoding technology into Pinnacle's
StreamFactory product, enabling content producers to create live and
video-on-demand content for mobile devices.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/020619/sfw102_1.html
http://www.pinnaclesys.com
http://www.packetvideo.com

(San Francisco) Wired News reported on Thursday on the limited effect that
the recording industry's victory over file-sharing service Audiogalaxy
will have on its other court battles against the likes of Kazaa and
Morpheus. Unlike these, Audiogalaxy ran a type of centralized server, like
Napster, which the company is now using to filter in only content approved
for trading by copyright holders. "The RIAA just got Audiogalaxy to become
Centerspan. It's system stays empty until the music industry puts
something in it," the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Fred von Lohmann
told Wired News. Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)
president Cary Sherman noted the legal differences between Audiogalaxy and
de-centralized systems like Kazaa and Morpheus: "the case against Kazaa
remains important to establish the law with regards to different forms of
(peer-to-peer) systems."
http://www.wired.com/news/mp3/0,1285,53342,00.html
http://www.audiogalaxy.com
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Plug.IN: The Future of Music

Join keynote speaker Congressman Rick Boucher, speakers from EMI Music,
Zomba Recording Corp., pressplay, Listen.com, BMI, KaZaA.com, RioPort and
many others, along with hundreds of music executives from all sides of the
industry as they debate the impact of technology and policy on the music
industry.

For the complete agenda and other information: http://www.jmm.com/plugin

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Public Relations Account Supervisor - Young Company PR - Los Angeles, CA

Young Company, an integrated marketing communications B2B Agency, seeks a
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Access Communications, a full-service public relations firm that
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Search Engine Optimization Specialist - Specialty Merchandise -
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Specialty Merchandise Corporation is currently in looking for a SEO
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