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=> ONLINE MUSIC SALES WILL GROW 520% TO $6.2 BILLION IN
2006, REPORTS JUPITER MEDIA METRIX; Online Music Sales Will
Represent Seven Percent Of Total Music Sales In 2001 And 32
Percent In 2006
http://mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=25330
=> MEGADETH - PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER ONE! BANNED FROM
PERFORMING IN MALAYSIA BY GOVERNMENT; Band's Imagery Deemed
"Unsuitable" For Youth; Records Confiscated Off Store Shelves
http://mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=25316
=> AOL MUSIC ANNOUNCES NEW INITIATIVES IN ONLINE MUSIC;
Artist Discovery Network, Radio@AOL, And Other Advances To
Create New Opportunities For Consumers To Conveniently
Discover And Experience Music
http://mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=25319
=> AMPEX CORPORATION TO DISCONTINUE INTERNET
VIDEO OPERATIONS; Ampex Corporation (Amex:AXC) Today
Announced That It Is Discontinuing The Operations Of INEXTV,
Its Internet Video Subsidiary.
http://mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=25313
=> LABEL-BACKED DIGITAL MUSIC SUBSCRIPTION MODELS COME
CLOSER TO MEETING CONSUMERS' EXPECTATIONS; But Still Don't
Offer Most Wanted Features, Reports Jupiter Media Metrix
http://mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=25331
=> LIQUID AUDIO PREVIEWS DIGITAL MUSIC SUBSCRIPTION
SERVICE AT JUPITER PLUG-IN; The New Subscription Service
Enables Record Labels, Consumer Device Companies And Online
Retailers To Offer Consumers A Subscription Based Payment
System
http://mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=25323
=> LIQUID AUDIO INTRODUCES LIQUID PLAYER SIX; New Digital
Music Player Raises The Bar For Consumer Ease-of-Use
http://mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=25322
=> RADIO FREE VIRGIN INKS PARTNERSHIP WITH RIOPORT,
ENABLING CONSUMERS TO LISTEN TO RFV AND PURCHASE DIGITAL
MUSIC FROM MAJOR LABELS ARTISTS; RFV Provides A Fully
Integrated Online Music Experience By Offering Physical CDs
And RioPort's Vast Selection Of Digital Music Downloads
http://mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=25352
=> MUCHMUSIC USA LAUNCHES DIGITAL RADIO CHANNELS THROUGH
RADIO FREE VIRGIN; Online Channels To Broadcast Music From
New Interactive Television Shows
http://mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=25351
=> SONIC FOUNDRY LAUNCHES VIDEOFACTORY 2.0;
Features Include: New Transitions And Filters, Improved Text
Animation, VideoCD And Data CD Burning, Interactive
Tutorials And More
http://mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=25350
=> OPTICAL STORAGE INDUSTRY APPROVES NEW MULTIAUDIO
SPECIFICATION FOR FASTER ACCESS TO COMPRESSED AUDIO FILES ON
CD; MultiAudio Logical Disc Format Provides Faster Disc
Initialization And Improved User Experience
http://mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=25349
=> CIRRUS LOGIC REPORTS PRO FORMA EPS OF $0.10,
REVENUE OF $179.7 MILLION COMPANY TAKES $36.6 MILLION CHARGE
FOR MAGNETIC STORAGE EXIT RESULTING IN GAAP LOSS; Cirrus
Logic Inc. (Nasdaq: CRUS) Today Announced Financial Results
For Its First Quarter Of Fiscal 2002, Ended June 30, 2001
http://mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=25343
=> COLUMBIA HOUSE SELECTS COREMETRICS TO PROVIDE
INTELLIGENT ANALYSIS OF ONLINE CUSTOMER BEHAVIOR;
Coremetrics Business Intelligence Solutions Enable Home
Entertainment Giant And Top-5 Retail Web Site1 To Improve
Customer Acquisition And Enhance Customer Loyalty
http://mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=25340
=> INTERTRUST LAUNCHES NEW MULTI-DEVICE DRM PLATFORM FOR
SECURE CONTENT PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT; Adobe,
Bertelsmann-DWS, Nokia And Others Among First To Endorse New
InterTrust Rights|System Platform To Provide User-Friendly
Digital Trust And Flexible Electronic Businesses Models
http://mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=25337
=> MUSICMATCH PROVES CONSUMERS ARE READY FOR DIGITAL
MUSIC SUBSCRIPTIONS WITH NEW RADIO MX SERVICE; Eighteen
Thousand Subscribers Help Establish MUSICMATCH Radio MX As
The Benchmark For Digital Music Subscriptions
http://mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=25314
=> BMG SELECTS CONTEXT MEDIA AS PLATFORM FOR
MANAGING AND SYNDICATING DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CONTENT;
Interchange Platform Will Power Media Giant's Distributed
Content Infrastructure
http://mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=25336
=> VIEWCAST NIAGARAMAX DELIVERS GO-ANYWHERE
STREAMING SOLUTION; Sleek, Briefcase-size Streaming System
Travels To The Content Source
http://mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=25335
=> MEDIA 100 TECHNOLOGY DRIVES SUCCESS BEHIND THE SCENES
OF BMWFILMS.COM WITH MEDIA 100 I AND CLEANER 5; High-Impact
Short Streaming Films Behind BMW's High-Profile Internet
Venture Spark New Trend In Online Advertising
http://mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=25327
=> IQUEST NETWORKS INC. BEGINS TRADING ON BERLIN
UNOFFICIAL REGULATED MARKET STOCK EXCHANGE; The Company
Trades Under The Symbol IQ4, With Berliner Freiverkehr
(Aktien) AG, One Of The Largest German Brokerage Firms, As
The Lead Market Maker
http://mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=25324
=> RANDY GERSTON NAMED PRESIDENT OF GOLD CIRCLE SOUNDTRAX
DIVISION; Randy Gerston Named President Of Gold Circle
Sountrax Division
http://mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=25311
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