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Wed 7/5
Thu 7/6
Fri 7/7

Analyst predicts that 2001 will be "remarkable" for radio
Will CBS's "Big Brother" be streaming's watershed event?
PD John Duncan takes gig in Clear Channel Web division

Mon 7/10
Tue 7/11
Wed 7/12
Thu 7/13
Fri 7/14 Sun 7/16

Major League Baseball & Sirius launches MLB Radio
Should YOU make the move from radio to the dotcom world?
Napster interim CEO to testify before Congress today
Arbitron releases February InfoStream using new statistics
Top-rated InfoStream webcast had AQH of 339 listeners!
RAIN readers respond to Friday's InfoStream story (8 pieces)
Mon 7/17
Tue 7/18
Wed 7/19

Thu 7/20 Fri 7/21

Napster-like web piracy now hitting the movie industry
RAIN gave you Arbitron's AQH statistic months ago!
Arbitron partners with Lariat for future InfoStream reports
CBS "Survivor" website suffers either screw-up or hack
Magnitude Network
to be sold, Chicago office to be shut down?

Mon 7/24 Tue 7/25 Wed 7/26
Thu 7/27
Fri 7/28
Australian government decides streaming is not broadcasting
Channel 103.1
debuts new site in preparation for move to web

Katz
signs NetRadio for ad sales representation

Napster shut down!

Napster
gets reprieve!

Mon 7/31

Threatened Napster shutdown increased site visits

. Wednesday 7/5
Analyst predicts
that 2001 will be "remarkable" for radio
AMFM's Steve Hicks
joins Mall.com Board of Directors
Sirius Satellite Radio
launches first of three satellites
Public radio shopping portal will have 70,000 stores represented

Thursday 7/6
Will CBS's "Big Brother" be streaming's watershed event?
Cincinnati Enquirer
runs obligatory feature on Internet radio
Broker Todd Hepburn joins website design firm SiteShell

Friday 7/7
Rock PD John Duncan takes gig in Clear Channel Web division
Reader feedback
on "Analyst predicts that 2001 will be 'remarkable'"
Reader feedback on "Big Brother"

Monday 7/10
Major League
Baseball
launches
MLB Radio from Sirius studios
Feed The Monster
financials: $21.9M loss on revenues of $109K

Tuesday 7/11
Should you make the move from radio to the dotcom world?
XM Radio raises another $235M, opens Washing DC studios

Wednesday 7/12
Napster
interim CEO to testify before Congress today
Feed The Monster launches its first news website: KCBS/San Francisco
Citadel inks web deal with Ubrandit.com
Dotcoms creep up on 800 numbers in radio ads

Thursday 7/13
Arbitron
releases
February InfoStream using new statistics
Slipping report
release dates hurt Arbitron InfoStream results

Friday 7/14
Top-rated InfoStream webcast had AQH of 339 listeners!
Converting ATH to AQH reveals the true size of webcast audiences
Webcasts' audience size numbers don't compare favorably to broadcasts'
Comparatively-small webcast audiences could still translate to decent dollars

Sunday 7/16
RAIN readers respond
to Friday's InfoStream story (8 pieces)

Monday 7/17
Napster-like web piracy now hitting the movie industry
Katz
exec Gerryann Agovino leaves to join Everstream

Reader feedback on Arbitron InfoStream

Tuesday 7/18
RAIN gave you Arbitron's AQH statistic months ago!
Senate hearings on Napster reach "Hands off!" conclusion

Wednesday 7/19
Arbitron
partners with Lariat for future InfoStream reports
EMI Selling music downloads in Windows Media format
Did bonehead CBS webmaster give away "Survivor" winner?
RealNetworks revenues double

Arbitron council miffed at 'Net decision

Thursday 7/20
CBS "Survivor"
website suffers either screw-up or hack
Radio Industry has its first $2,000,000,000 month!
Analyst predicts that 2000 will be a $21.2 billion year for radio
New York Times runs big story on portable MP3 devices today
Bertelsmann agrees to buy CDNow
Entercom partners with Innuity for six markets
WebRadio issues revenue-sharing checks
Microsoft unveils Windows Media Player 7
BroadcastAmerica launches BroadcastBible.com

Friday 7/21
Magnitude Network to be sold, Chicago office to be shut down?
Global Media expected to buy Magnitude Network, says iStreet
Arbitron uses Web to allow stations to check Station Information Profiles
Jupiter Plug-In music conference opens in New York on Monday
Radio Business Report launches its own "RBR Radio" webcast

Monday 7/24
Australian government decides streaming is not broadcasting
Reader feedback on EMI Selling music downloads
My life in Hell, or How I tried to download Pink Floyd, legally

Tuesday 7/25
Channel 103.1 debuts new site in preparation for move to web
Sonicbox officially launches via website at $99 price point
Fax-based trade publication Inside Radio debuts website
Broadcast.com's Cuban planning to launch online record label
Bedford to pull duty as VP/Sales for Arbitron Asian Marketing & InfoStream
WOR Radio Networks’ new launches
Broadcast Programming debuts complimentary formats
Global Media to buy Magnitude, says RBR
Reader feedback on The MOBE Fall 2000 in Chicago

Wednesday 7/26
Katz signs NetRadio for ad sales representation
Reader feedback: Sonicboxes ARE shipping
RAIN interns experiment: New content every hour
Citidel signs groupwide streaming deal with Coollink Network
Los Angeles Daily News on WorldClassRock.com
Website Design Clinic: WXCD/Chicago
U2 puts a webcam into their studio
RAIN adds "Search" capability to site
Reader feedback (Yates, St. James, Eubanks)
*CD launches 30-market trial

Thursday 7/27
Napster shut down!
Interesting press coverage of Napster controversy is here
Reader feedback on Napster shut down

Friday 7/28
Napster gets reprieve!
Future of the music industry hangs in the balance
Lots of action today anticipating midnight shutdown of Napster
Scour Exchange more popular than all InfoStream Stations combined

Monday 7/31
Threatened Napster shutdown increased site visits



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