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o Report: Streaming Media Users Buy More CDs; Broadband Adoption Doubles
o AOL In Talks to Buy Time Warner Entertainment from AT&T
o New RealOne Player Software Supports CD Burning, Competing Formats
o Apple Gets Emmy Award for Final Cut Pro Editing Software
o Shareholders Approve $100 Million Wink Acquisition by Liberty Media Unit

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- Xbox - Dolby Digital 5.1, Streampipe - Line56, RollingStone.com - Eminem
"White America" video
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o Report: Streaming Media Users Buy More CDs; Broadband Adoption Doubles

New York -- According to a new study by Arbitron and Edison Media
Research, people who reported having watched or listened to streaming
media in the past week bought more than one and a half times the number of
CDs in the past year than the average American. The study found that this
streaming media audience ("streamies") bought 21 CDs in the past year,
compared to the average American, who purchased 13 CDs. "While some in the
record industry have viewed streaming as a threat, this research indicates
that Streamies are a very lucrative group of record buyers," said Bill
Rose, vice president and general manager, Arbitron Webcast Services. The
same consumer study also found that residential broadband adoption has
doubled in just under 18 months. Those with a cable modem or DSL Internet
connection at home jumped from 12 percent in January 2001 to 28 percent in
July 2002.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/020819/192458_1.html
http://www.arbitron.com
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o AOL In Talks to Buy Time Warner Entertainment from AT&T

New York -- AOL Time Warner is in negotiations to purchase AT&T's stake in
Time Warner Entertainment, giving the company complete ownership of the
Warner Bros. film studio and other assets like cable networks HBO and
Comedy Central, according to published reports. Reuters quoted "people
familiar with the matter" as saying that the two companies were still
discussing AOL's access to AT&T's cable networks, but that terms called
for AOL to pay $9 billion in cash, AOL stock and shares in a new, publicly
traded cable business. Cable operator Comcast is also reportedly
participating in the discussions, as the company has offered to buy AT&T's
cable business, which includes the Time Warner Entertainment unit in
question.
http://biz.yahoo.com/djus/020820/1233000567_2.html
http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=search&StoryID=1266426
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o New RealOne Player Software Supports CD Burning, Competing Formats

Seattle -- RealNetworks, a provider of media delivery technology,
announced on Tuesday the release of version 2.0 of its RealOne Player
software. The new release features support for DVD playback, Windows
Media, QuickTime MPEG-4 and 50 other media formats in addition to the
ability to burn CDs at speeds up to 52x real-time. Irvine, Calif.-based
NewTech Infosystems provided the CD-burning application included in the
new software. A premium version of the new RealOne software, RealOne
Player Plus, will also be offered for a one-time fee of $19.95. Later this
week, the company also plans to introduce a new streaming radio
subscription service -- RealOne RadioPass -- that will offer 50
commercial-free channels streamed at 64kbps to subscribers for $5.95 per
month. Separately, Seattle-based RealNetworks announced that it has
partnered with the Official College Sports Network to launch a new
subscription service that will offer live streaming audio coverage of
college football, basketball, baseball and other sports for $6.95 per
month.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/020820/sftu064_1.html
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/020820/latu003_1.html
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/020820/sftu065_1.html
http://www.ntius.com
http://www.collegesports.com
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o Apple Gets Emmy Award for Final Cut Pro Editing Software

Cupertino, Calif. -- Apple Computer announced on Tuesday that its
professional video and film editing software, Final Cut Pro, has been
awarded a 2002 Primetime Emmy Engineering Award by the Academy of
Television Arts & Sciences. "Final Cut Pro has democratized professional
video editing by bringing the capabilities of a $50,000 editing bay to
everyone for under $1,000," said Apple CEO Steve Jobs. "We are honored and
excited to be receiving Apple's second Emmy Award." The company's first
Emmy was awarded in 2001 for its FireWire high-speed interface, used
widely in the film and video production industries.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/020820/sftu063_1.html
http://www.emmys.com
http://www.apple.com/finalcutpro
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o Shareholders Approve $100 Million Wink Acquisition by Liberty Media Unit

Alameda, Calif. -- Wink Communications, a developer of interactive TV
advertising software, announced on Tuesday that its shareholders have
approved its previously announced acquisition by Liberty Broadband
Interactive Television (LBIT) for about $100 million in cash. "I am
pleased that the shareholders have approved the merger," said Wink CEO
Maggie Wilderotter. "The complementary strengths of LBIT assets will
provide a unique opportunity to accelerate the ITV business domestically
and globally." LBIT is a division of Liberty Media, which of late has also
acquired interactive TV software provider OpenTV for $185 million, as well
as the stake it didn't already own in interactive ad software firm ACTV.
Alameda, Calif.-based Wink's technology allows owners of Wink-enabled
set-top boxes to interact with ads and other TV content using their
television's remote control.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/020819/sfm096_1.html
http://www.libertymedia.com
http://www.wink.com
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Briefly Noted:

(Atlanta) Cable TV operator Cox Communications announced that it has
launched the first-ever video-on-demand cable TV channel using an
advertising-based revenue model. The new channel -- called FreeZone -- is
available to Cox subscribers in San Diego. The content can be viewed
on-demand with VCR-like functionality, while the channel's advertising
platform allows permission-based, follow-up interaction between viewers
and advertisers. Duluth, Georgia-based N2 Broadband is providing the
content packager and the ad server for the service, while Georgia-based
Concurrent Computer Corp. is providing its MediaHawk video-on-demand
servers.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/020820/200196_1.html
http://www.cox.com

(New York) Billboard.com, the online edition of the music industry trade
publication, announced that it has partnered with Wisconsin-based
Broadjam, a provider of software and services for the music publishing
industry, to launch Billboard SongSearch -- an online music licensing
service. "The Billboard SongSearch will help facilitate music searches for
media and entertainment professionals worldwide who need to acquire
copyrighted works for a wide variety of commercial purposes, whether for
film, television, advertising, or corporate productions," said Ken
Schlager, vice president of business development for Billboard Music
Group. The portal, due to launch in early 2003, will be searchable by
genre, beats per minute, publisher, lyric content and similar artists, and
will include relevant Billboard chart information.
http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/f_headline.cgi?bw.081902/222312354
http://www.broadjam.com
http://www.billboard.com

(San Diego) EMusic, a digital music subscription service and part of
Vivendi Universal Net USA, announced on Tuesday that two new albums from
Frank Black & The Catholics, both released today on spinART Records, are
also being made available for download in their entirety in the MP3 format
on EMusic.com. In addition, an album of early recordings from Black's
former band the Pixies, known as "The Purple Tape," will also be available
for download on the service, which offers over 230,000 tracks from mainly
independent label artists.
http://www.emusic.com
http://www.spinartrecords.com

(Port Washington, N.Y.) E-data Corporation, holder of a patent covering a
method of distributing content over electronic and wireless networks,
announced on Tuesday that MediaBay, a distributor of spoken-word audio
content, has been given the "worldwide exclusive license" for E-data's
technology in the spoken word audio, print-on-demand and e-book markets.
Under the terms, New York-based E-data will receive shares of MediaBay and
a revenue sharing agreement, and MediaBay will become responsible for
identifying and prosecuting any patent infringers.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/020820/202249_1.html
http://www.mediabay.com
http://www.e-data.com

(London) MTV UK & Ireland announced that it will launch a live,
interactive TV game show called "Blingo" on Aug. 27. Viewers who wish to
play the game can use their mobile phones to text-message MTV for a fee,
receiving in return "blingo" numbers that correspond to a particular music
video. They then match their numbers to videos played on the program for
the chance to win prizes like Sony's PlayStation 2. Blingo was developed
by MTV UK & Ireland in conjunction with Switzerland-based interactive
solutions company Minick AG. MTV UK & Ireland has also created SMS-based
interactive TV games including "Videoclash," "TXT Conference" and "TXT
Week."
http://www.mtv.co.uk/mtv.co.uk/en/dynamo/features.jhtml;jsessionid=YCSBNBZ
GHBRTXQFIAIISFE4AVABQKIV0?id=30015920
http://www.minick.net

(Redwood City, Calif.) Liquid Audio, a provider of digital music
distribution services, announced on Tuesday an agreement with independent
label Sanctuary Records. Under the terms, Sanctuary will make both new
releases and catalog titles available to consumers as full ownership, a la
carte digital downloads and through a monthly subscription service. New
York-based Sanctuary's catalog includes albums recorded by The Kinks,
Megadeth and Rollins Band.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/020820/sftu001b_1.html
http://www.liquidaudio.com
http://www.sanctuaryrecordsgroup.com

(Los Angeles) Readerville.com, an online community of avid book readers
and authors, announced that it will launch a print magazine, The
Readerville Journal, on Sept. 25 with an initial circulation of 35,000.
The print edition will feature interviews, book and author lore, advice,
recommendations, essays, short fiction, commentary, and reviews -- as well
as a digest of content submitted online to the Readerville Forum.
http://readerville.com/WebX?98@212.WPe9aeAdf6m.0@magazine.html
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,54624,00.html

(San Francisco) Sega of America said on Tuesday that all of its upcoming
holiday game titles for Microsoft's Xbox video game console will be
compatible with the Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound audio standard.
Titles including "ToeJam & Earl III: Mission to Earth," "Panzer Dragoon
ORTA," "Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller," "The House of the Dead III" and "SEGA
GT 2002" will be optimized for gamers whose Xbox consoles are hooked up to
a home theater system with surround sound speakers.
http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/f_headline.cgi?day0/222320266&ticker=
http://www.sega.com
http://www.dolby.com

(New York) Streampipe, a provider of corporate webcasting services, said
on Tuesday that e-business news organization Line56 will use its
customized webcasting services. New York-based Streampipe will offer
services like real-time online polling, live broadcast of panel speakers
and their slides, and on-demand archiving of Line56 events for several of
its publications, including CRM Magazine.
http://www.streampipe.com
http://www.line56.com

(New York) Vivendi Universal Net USA's RollingStone.com said on Tuesday
that it will host an exclusive, Web-only 24-hour preview of rapper
Eminem's new fully-animated music video for the song "White America."
Following the RollingStone.com exclusive, "White America" will also be
available for a limited time on Vivendi's MP4.com and GetMusic.com sites.
http://www.rollingstone.com/whiteamerica
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Advertising Account Executive - Zimmerman & Partners Advertising - San
Francisco Bay

A division of Omnicom, has immediate need for an Account Executive with 2+
yrs real estate experience. Qualified candidates will be detail-oriented
professionals w/ great attitude & ability to work with deadlines, pressure
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Vice President, Product Development - Warner Bros. - Burbank, CA

VP to oversees all aspects of customer management, project management,
creative development, and technical development for the delivery of Web
sites and on-line collateral for WBOL clients. Set Product development
organization strategy and priorities. Build Customer relationships. BA
from an accredited university and preferably an MBA or MA in a field
related to the production of on-line marketing services, including a
strong understanding of creative and technology issues. 5-10 years
experience in creative customer service businesses (e.g., advertising),
with 2-3 years of web experience. If you are interested in this position,
please submit your resume to: wbjobs@alexus.com. Also, please use
reference #: WWHJ_VPProdDev in the text of your resume.
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Director, Communications - Warner Bros. - Burbank, CA

WB seeks a Director of Communications for the Online Marketing & Promotion
department. Position responsible for creating, managing, and executing B2B
marketing online services. Develop strategic initiatives to promote WB
Online as a business communication service and PR strategies and campaigns
for B2B marketing online services, targeting broadcast, print, and online
media outlets. Produces all press kit contents. BA degree required. Proven
success in pitching stories required. Must have existing relationships
with press contacts. 5 yrs. general PR and 2 yrs. Internet PR experience
required. Please visit www.wbjobs.com, go to the Job Search page and enter
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A briefing on the legal, regulatory and operational risks of e-mail
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