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Tue 8/1
Wed 8/2
Thu 8/3
Fri 8/4

XM Satellite Radio announces first set of PD hires
Policast
working Republican convention
Advertisers
, not consumers, may pay for music downloads
Glocal Media
buys Magnitude in all-stock deal

Mon 8/7
Tues 8/8
Wed 8/9
Thu 8/10
Fri 8/11

Advertisers, not consumers, may pay for music downloads
Broadcastspots.com merges print-oriented Mediapassage Veronis Suhler: Net ad spending close to radio by 2004
GlobalMedia CEO Mandelbaum explains business model
RAIN Internet Site of the Week - London's VirginRadio.co.uk
Mon 8/14
Tue 8/15
Wed 8/16
Thu 8/17
Fri 8/18

Streaming audio sent through avoids traffic jams
Onion "Infographic" outlines labels' Napster response plans Internet A/V component combines audio, video and Web
MeasureCast to compete with Arbitron's InfoStream
Cleveland's HitsNetwork puts up 81 placeholder websites

Mon 8/21
Tue 8/22
Wed 8/23
Thu 8/24
Fri 8/25
Radio Veteran Mark McClure developing new radio portal
Arbitron's Bill Rose reveals InfoStream catch-up plans
WWW.com quietly launching commercial-free pay radio
Internet appliance roll-out continues with launch of Kima
Star Wars: Episode II trailer available to download online?

Mon 8/28
Tue 8/29
Wed 8/30
Thu 8/31

Clear Channel's L.A. AAA station moves to Web at 9AM PDT
Bob Bellin:
Customized players hurt user experience
WWW.com
to change its name, let URL be used for new portal
Era of profitable Webcasting begins: Targeted spots served!

. Tuesday 8/1
XM Satellite Radio announces first set of PD hires
WorldClassRadio.com gets Los Angeles FM signal
Radio, research execs form ‘Net In Focus

Wednesday 8/2

Internet radio pioneer Policast working Republican convention

Thursday 8/3
MSNBC:
Internet radio providers having trouble gaining traction
Interep to rep MusicBooth's AdAcoustics network

Friday 8/4
Glocal Media buys Magnitude in all-stock deal
Over-dependence on the PC may be holding the U.S. back
Is a career in online music right for you? Here is a guide

SBS/LaMusica.com signs promotional alliance deal with AOL
Reader feedback
on "
Internet webcasting"

Monday 8/7
Advertisers
, not consumers, may pay for music downloads
More details revealed on Motorola and Clarion car radios
Citadel signs Bro-Net for website design

Tuesday 8/8
Broadcastspots.com
merges print-oriented Mediapassage
Greater Media names Joly as Director of Internet Strategies
Reader feedback on Global Media's acquisition of Magnitude Network

Wednesday 8/9
Veronis Suhler
Forecast: Net ad spending close to radio by 2004

Major-label CD prices don't add up, note columnist
Reader feedback on the Glocal Media's purchase (John Sutton, WarpRadio.com)

Thursday 8/10
GlobalMedia CEO Mandelbaum explains business model to RAIN
UMG, Excite@Home to test "bluematter" format
Reader feedback on John Sutton's comments on Wednesday 8/9

Friday 8/11
RAIN Internet Site of the Week -
London's VirginRadio.co.uk

Monday 8/14

Streaming audio sent through avoids traffic jams on the ground
In Japan, broadband sputters, but wireless Internet soars
Video-on-demand widely available on the Internet by year's end

Tuesday 8/15
Onion "Infographic" outlines labels' Napster response plans

Wednesday 8/16
New Internet A/V Component combines audio, video and Web
RAIN Internet Site of the Day - WUMB/Boston offers listeners non-com folk and roots music
VMail offers free audio web ads to small businesses

Thursday 8/17
MeasureCast to compete with Arbitron's InfoStream
Rush Limbaugh gets his own website (with streaming!)

Friday 8/18
Cleveland's HitsNetwork puts up 81 placeholder websites
RAIN Internet Site of the Day -- LA webcaster "Dublab"

Monday 8/21
Radio veteran Mark McClure developing new radio portal
RCS Teams With nTunes.com
Streamedia reports revenues (and losses)
American Communications Readies 'Influentia'

Tuesday 8/22
Arbitron
's Bill Rose reveals InfoStream catch-up plans
RAIN Internet Site of the Day - WOR's GlobalMedia nice but where's the rest of the site?

Wednesday 8/23
WWW.com
quietly launching commercial-free pay radio
CDNow Radio
casts 14 formats, 8 theme channels
Reader feedback on
Internet-only CHR broadcaster ClevelandHits.com
Reader feedback: "Lay off the AQH comparisons!"
(Gerry Boehme,
Katz Interactive Marketing)

Thursday 8/24
Internet appliance
roll-out continues with launch of Kima
Internet appliances
may simplify streaming audio on the Internet (Part I)
Sopranos/Napster
spoof yanked from CampChaos by Warner
Reader feedback on Katz Interactive's Gerry Boehme comment on 8/23
Reader feedback
on WWW.com's plans to begin pay radio subscriptions

Friday 8/25

Star Wars: Episode II
trailer available to download online?
CampChaos Sopranos episodes available online at other sites
Steve Dahl
hopes to be first Infinity personality to webcast
Soundbreak
to pay RIAA fees to webcast songs
Internet appliances
may simplify streaming audio on the Internet (Part II)

Monday 8/28
Clear Channel's L.A.
AAA station moves to Web at 9AM PDT today
RAIN Guest Essay: Customized audio players
hurt "the user experience" by Bob Bellin
Publishers team for new entertainment/tech magazine
Reader feedback
on
RAIN interview with Arbitron

Tuesday 8/29
RAIN Guest Essay: Customized audio players
hurt "the user experience" by Bob Bellin
Reader feedback on Bob Bellin's guest essay

Wednesday 8/30
WWW.com to change its name, let URL be used for new portal
Ex-WBBM-AM News Director joins Clear Channel Web division

RAIN Internet Site of the Day -- Morfeo.com opens a door to Latin music and culture
Partnership enables stations to offer listeners free DSL
Reader feedback on
Arbitron's initial InfoStream weekly ratings

Thursday 8/31
Era of profitable Webcasting begins: Targeted spots served
!



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