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o Hundreds of UK, European Indie Labels License Tracks to Napster
o New York Times, Other Publishers Deleting Archives After Ruling
o Streaming Audio Developer AudioBase Lays Off 50% of Staff
o Yahoo Adds Video to Instant Messaging Service
o Film Site Hypnotic, Sundance Channel Collaborate on Short Films
o FLIPR File-Sharing Service Gets Publishing Licenses for 1 Million Songs
o Streaming Firm Interactive Video Technologies Raises $10 Million
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o Briefly Noted: EarthLink rate hike, Speedera Networks - Amazon.com,
Sonic Solutions - Hewlett-Packard, XM Satellite Radio - MTV Networks,
OpenTV - Tencent, mp3PRO, BMWfilms.com
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o Hundreds of UK, European Indie Labels License Tracks to Napster

Redwood City, Calif. -- Napster announced on Tuesday that hundreds of
thousands of songs from artists on U.K.-based and other European
independent record labels have been licensed for trading on its
file-sharing service. Financial terms of the agreements were not
disclosed. The London-based Association of Independent Music (AIM) and the
Independent Music Companies Association (IMPALA), which together consist
of hundreds of independent record labels, have agreed to license songs to
Napster, "help[ing] ensure the future of Napster's file sharing community
when its membership-based service launches this summer," Napster said in a
statement. The deal does not include third party publishing rights, which
Napster said it will negotiate separately. Some of the artists' whose
music will soon be available on Napster include Moby, Tom Jones, Muse,
Paul Oakenfold, Mogwai, Tricky and Belle and Sebastian. "Independent
artists and labels have always been the trendsetters in music and the
music business," said Napster founder Shawn Fanning. "I'm grateful that
they are now showing that leadership when it comes to using technology to
make music more accessible."
http://www.napster.com
http://www.musicindie.org
http://www.impalasite.org
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o New York Times, Other Publishers Deleting Archives After Ruling

New York -- The New York Times said it will remove 115,000 articles from
its archives as a result of yesterday's Supreme Court ruling that said
that it and other publishers must have permission from freelance writers
to offer the works in their archives. The deleted articles account for
about eight percent of the total amount published by the paper between
1980 and 1995, when freelance contracts were updated to include digital
rights, CNET reported. Time, Inc. said it will remove somewhere under ten
percent of the articles in its public database. "We are extremely
disappointed with the Supreme Court’s decision," said New York Times
publisher Arthur Sulzberger, Jr. "The Times has lost this case and will
now undertake the difficult and sad process of removing significant
portions from its electronic historical archive."
http://www.nytco.com/pressroom/freelance/index.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/26/technology/26COPY.html
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-6369904.html?tag=cd_mh
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o Streaming Audio Developer AudioBase Lays Off 50% of Staff

Sausalito, Calif. -- AudioBase, a developer of streaming audio technology,
has laid off 50 percent of its staff, VentureWire reported on Tuesday.
Although the company would not comment on how many employees were laid
off, its website states the current amount of employees to be 45. The
layoffs affected Sausalito-based AudioBase's hosting and streaming network
employees. The company recently announced closing a funding round of $5
million from individual investors that included Charles Schwab. AudioBase
develops technology that adds audio content to websites without launching
a media player.
http://www.audiobase.com
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o Yahoo Adds Video to Instant Messaging Service

Santa Clara, Calif. -- Yahoo announced on Tuesday that users of its
instant messaging service now have the ability to send each other video.
Users with webcams can send live video stills while chatting on the system
at a rate of about one still per second, for users with fast connections.
The service also lets users know when a friend on their contact list has a
webcam and when they are transmitting images, as well as allowing them to
choose which users can view their own images. Fremont, Calif.-based
Logitech will include Yahoo's messaging software with all future webcams
that it ships worldwide.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/010626/2087.html
http://www.logitech.com
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o Film Site Hypnotic, Sundance Channel Collaborate on Short Films

New York -- Cable TV movie network Sundance Channel and Vivendi
Universal-backed film website Hypnotic announced on Tuesday that they will
jointly produce and distribute a series of thematic short films, called
"Sundance Channel and Hypnotic Present Shorts Stop." The films will be
culled from Hypnotic's library of shorts and edited together by Sundance's
staff to form one-hour programs centered on themes like women, student
filmmakers and animation. In addition to airing on Sundance Channel, the
films will be sold to other outlets such as international cable networks,
airlines, broadband providers, and hotels. Sundance Channel also announced
Tuesday that it has acquired the
U.S. pay television rights to three short films through Hypnotic: Anthony
Dominici's "Peter Rabbit and the Crucifix," Greg Durbin's "Boundaries" and
Ari Gold's "Culture."
http://www.sundancechannel.com
http://www.hypnotic.com
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o FLIPR File-Sharing Service Gets Publishing Licenses for 1 Million Songs

Montreal -- FLIPR (Future License of Intellectual Properties Registry), a
file-sharing service for digital music, announced on Tuesday that it has
secured a license to share songs published by SODRAC, a Canada-based
reproduction rights society that owns the publishing rights to thousands
of music catalogs. The one-year agreement puts over one million songs onto
the file-sharing service -- currently being beta tested -- that will
compensate both publishers and recording copyright owners through
subscription fees and advertising. SODRAC holds publishing rights to
catalogs that include independent labels like Cherry Lane, as well as two
partial catalogs owned by Sony and Universal. Montreal-based FLIPR also
announced that the catalogs of indie labels Touch and Go, Moonshine and
Smells Like Records have been licensed for its service. New artists whose
music will be newly available on FLIPR include Air, Edith Piaf, Cat Power,
Calexico and Sonic Youth.
http://www.flipr.com/press/index.php
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o Streaming Firm Interactive Video Technologies Raises $10 Million

New York -- Interactive Video Technologies, a developer of technology that
integrates interactivity into streaming video, announced on Tuesday that
it has raised $10 million in its third round of venture capital financing.
Tudor Ventures led the investment round; PS Capital Ventures, Sun
Microsystems, the University of North Carolina Endowment Fund and
individual investors also contributed. New York-based Interactive Video
Technologies' software lets businesses integrate elements such as chat,
games and e-commerce directly into streaming video content. The company
will use the funds for product development, and plans to release new
software in the fall.
http://www.ivtweb.com
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o Briefly Noted:

(Atlanta, Ga.) Just weeks after AOL announced it would raise its monthly
subscription price to $23.90 from $21.90, Atlanta-based EarthLink, the
second largest Internet service provider, said on Tuesday that it will
raise its rates from $19.95 to $21.95. EarthLink provides Internet access
to 4.8 million subscribers. On Monday, AOL announced that it had surpassed
the 30-million-subscriber mark. Both companies have made bets that
increased revenue from higher rates will offset any cancellations from
price-sensitive customers.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/010626/2078.html

(Santa Clara, Calif.) Streaming media services provider Speedera Networks
announced on Tuesday that retailer Amazon.com will use its services to
improve the quality of streaming samples of music, movies and video games
it provides to customers. Santa Clara-based Speedera operates servers
worldwide that house digital media content, which is then streamed to
users from the server located closest to them.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/010626/sftu057.html
http://www.speedera.com 

(Novato, Calif.) Sonic Solutions announced on Tuesday that Hewlett-Packard
will include its MyDVD software along with all of the DVD-writer drives it
sells. Novato-based Sonic Solutions' deal with H-P makes it the exclusive
provider of DVD authoring software to the company. MyDVD lets users create
videos on their PCs that are capable of being played in regular DVD
players.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/010626/2029.html
http://www.mydvd.sonic.com

(Washington, D.C.) XM Satellite Radio, a provider of subscription-based,
satellite-delivered digital radio, said on Tuesday that it has partnered
with MTV Networks to create two 24-hour radio channels for MTV and VH1. In
addition to music, MTV will provide news and interviews, as well as
features based on its other programming. As part of the agreement,
D.C.-based XM will receive promotional opportunities on MTV and VH1.
http://www.xmradio.com

(Shenzhen, China) OpenTV, a developer of software used to run set-top
boxes that enable interactive TV, announced on Tuesday that it has
partnered with China-based Tencent, a provider of instant messaging
software. The companies will develop instant messaging software based on
Tencen't "QQ" -- which claims 18 million active users --that can be used
along with the software OpenTV provides to TV operators and their
subscribers in China.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/010626/0200.html
http://www.opentv.com
http://www.tencent.com/intro/e-about.shtml

(Paris) Thomson multimedia said on Tuesday that it has tracked over
600,000 downloads of a demonstration version of its new digital audio
format, mp3PRO, since it was initially offered on June 14. The codec was
developed by engineers at Nuremberg-based Coding Technologies and based on
technology from Fraunhofer Institut -- the German firm that created the
original MP3 format. Thomson claims mp3PRO can create files that are
CD-quality yet half the size of regular MP3 files.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/010626/2128.html
http://www.thomson-multimedia.com
http://www.codingtechnologies.com

(New York) Both The New York Times and online magazine Slate featured
articles on Tuesday discussing the merits of BMW's current advertising
campaign that features short films -- created by acclaimed directors like
Ang Lee and Guy Ritchie -- offered only on its website, BMWfilms.com.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/26/arts/26NOTE.html
http://slate.msn.com/moneybox/entries/01-06-25_110969.asp
http://www.bmwfilms.com

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> RealNetworks, Group Program Mgr. (Consumer/E-Commerce) - Seattle

Direct & manage activities of a team of program managers, QA, Build &
Globalization engineers in amendment/development of product components &
web-related materials. Also responsible for strategic planning, vendor
selection & budget management. BA in Computer Science, Business
Administration plus 7 yrs. exp. or master's degree & 5 yrs. exp. Send
resumes with job title in subject line to: recruiter55@real.com
http://www.real.com
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> Venture Technologies Group, Account Executive - Los Angeles

Low power television station seeks Account Executive for broadcast sales
selling Spanish language stations in L.A. and other markets. Salary plus
commission, great benefits and advancement in a growing company. Requires
previous broadcast or cable sales experience. Must be computer literate
(MS Office, ACT and the internet).
Send resumes to: bholton@loop.com
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> AGENCY.COM, Senior Business Development Director - Boston

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servicessales, successful sales track record and understanding of
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> NextCard, Director of Internet Advertising - San Francisco

Internet advertiser & direct marketing firm seeks candidate w/ strong
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market-place & the credit card business to research & acquire NextCard’s
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favorable cost-per-action contracts. 5+ yrs. BizDev or Internet
advertising exp. MBA preferred. Send resumes to: jobs@nextcard.com
http://www.nextcard.com
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> Bluewave, Project Manager - New York City

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