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APRIL 2001

• Island Spoof Kicks Off Online Looney Tunes - (USA Today, April 30th, 2001)
• Bizarre Web Game Pops Up to Promote Spielberg's A.I. - (MSNBC, April 30th, 2001)
• BMW Gives Green Light to Net Films - (CNET News.com, April 26th, 2001)
• MS Releases Thumbs-Up Streaming Media Report - (internet.com, April 26th, 2001)
• Net Profit: Real Music - (USA Today, April 26th, 2001)
• All Hail Web-Animator Neil Cicierega - (Salon.com, April 26th, 2001)
• U.S. Networks Retool Web Strategies - (Excite News, April 25th, 2001)
• Cartoons Aint Just for Boys - (Wired News, April 25th, 2001)
• Compaq to Wed PCs, TV - (CNET News.com, April 25th, 2001)
• Potter is Still the Muggles' Domain - (USA Today, April 24th, 2001)
• Colombine Survivors Claim $5 Billion Damages from Entertainment Companies - (Newsbytes, April 24th, 2001)
• Vivendi Looks to Expand Pact with Yahoo to Match AOL - (MSNBC, April 24th, 2001)
• WebTV Creator Wants It All - (TheStandard, April 24th, 2001)
• TV Deregulation Will Promote Diversity of Programming - (Film-Makers.com, April 23rd, 2001)
• Apple Ramps Up QuickTime 5, Streaming Server - (internet.com, April 23rd, 2001)
• AOL Time Warner, Court TV in Cross-Promotion - (Excite News, April 23rd, 2001)
• Yahoo to Unveil New Broadcast Site - (InfoWorld.com, April 23rd, 2001)
• Start-up Adds Locks to Media Files - (ZDNet, April 23rd, 2001)
• Deadheads May Not Be Grateful - (Wired News, April 23rd, 2001)
• Napster to Use Audio Fingerprinting - (internet.com, April 20th, 2001)
• RealNetworks in Big Time With Executive on Wheels - (Seattle P-I, April 20th, 2001)
• Flick Portrays Paranoid Future for MP3s - (CNET News.com, April 19th, 2001)
• Latest RealNetworks Deal Provides Entertainment Online - (The Seattle Times, April 19th, 2001)
• RealNetworks Remains Strong Buyout Candidate - (Internet Stock Report, April 18th, 2001)
• Judge Denies Request to Webcast McVeigh Execution - (The Nando Times, April 18th, 2001)
• Cyberspace Mourns Mahler Legend - (Electronic Telegraph, April 18th, 2001)
• Laid Off? See a Dot-umentary - (Wired News, April 18th, 2001)
• RecordTV Loses Lawsuit, Shuts Down Virtual VCR - (internet.com, April 17th, 2001)
• Broadband Fans Busted Over Gnutella - (CNET News.com, April 17th, 2001)
• Internet Television Station Riding Out Downturn - (The Miami Herald, April 16th, 2001)
• A.I. Web of Sites Uses Artifice Intelligently - (USA Today, April 16th, 2001)
• Hollywood Closed Online VCR Site - (The Standard, April 16th, 2001)
• New Technologies Promise Streaming Rebirth - (CNET News.com, April 16th, 2001)
• Inventive Spoofs Rule Wide-Open Web - (USA Today, April 16th, 2001)
• Digital Fountain Hardware Could Unsnarl Slow Internet Broadcasts - (MSNBC, April 16th, 2001)
• Where NBC and Disney Went Wrong Online - (BW Online, April 16th, 2001)
• Bertelsmann Sold on Digital Music Dream - (BW Online, April 16th, 2001)
• Big Media Bites Back - (RedHerring, April 16th, 2001)
• No Expense Spared With Outrageous Promotion of AI - (MY Post, April 13th, 2001)
• Scour's Back - Lively, Legal, Limited - (MSNBC, April 12th, 2001)
• IceBox Leaps Back into the Fire - (internet.com, April 12th, 2001)
• Monitor Trustees to Make Sure AOL Time Warner Play by the Rules - (Washington Post, April 12th, 2001)
• AI is Alive on the Internet - (BBC News, April 12th, 2001)
• Flick's Website Porn to be Wild - (NY Daily News, April 12th, 2001)
• Coming Soon to the Web - Living Fossils - (CNN.com, April 12th, 2001)
• Technology Industry Aims to Render MP3 Obsolete - (MSNBC, April 12th, 2001)
• Flood of Spending Due for Streaming Video - (CNET News.com, April 12th, 2001)
• How to Make Streaming Media Work for You - (internet.com, April 11th, 2001)
• Web 3D-Firm Cycore Teams up With Disney - (internet.com, April 11th, 2001)
• Webcasters, RIAA File for Internet Royalty Rates - (Excite News, April 11th, 2001)
• MediaSite Seeks New Distribution Channels - (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, April 11th, 2001)
• Hobbit Lovers Explore Film Site - (CNET News.com, April 10th, 2001)
• Judge Steams; Napster Cooked? - (Wired News, April 10th, 2001)
• 'Reciprocal' to Power (and Protect) Black Crowes Web Promotion - (internet.com, April 10th, 2001)
• Film Archives on the Net - (Washingtom Post, April 10th, 2001)
• EU Approves Digital Copyright Directive - (InfoWorld.com, April 10th, 2001)
• Subscribing to Convergence Theory - (Wired News, April 10th, 2001)
• EMusic Indies Lose Independence - (Wired News, April 10th, 2001)
• NBC Internet Buyback is Deja Vu for Media Firms - (Excite News, April 10th, 2001)
• Will Downloaders Stop Freeloading? - (USA Today, April 9th, 2001)
• After a Brief Chilling Out, Icebox is Back - (TheStandard, April 9th, 2001)
• RealNetworks and the NBA Shoot Some Hoops - (internet.com, April 9th, 2001)
• InternetStudios Gives Troubling Signs - (MSNBC, April 9th, 2001)
• Aiming to Net the TV Market - (Montreal Gazette, April 9th, 2001)
• Off Your Chops? Tune in to TV's Pig Brother - (Excite News, April 6th, 2001)
• Internet Contest Giving Away NBC Airtime - (internet.com, April 6th, 2001)
• More Star-Studded Ads Hit Small Screen - (USA Today, April 6th, 2001)
• We Wanna Be Next Napster - (NY Post, April 6th, 2001)
• How Hollywood Portrays Hackers - (CNN.com, April 5th, 2001)
• AOLTV Using Blow to Spur Impulse Buying - (CNET News.com, April 5th, 2001)
• Sony CEO: Yahoo-Duet Deal Marks 'Birth of Convergence' - (Newsbytes, April 5th, 2001)
• Reports of Gates' Death Greatly E-xaggerated in Online Film Promotion - (USA Today, April 5th, 2001)
• How to Keep the Digital Music Playing - (BW Online, April 5th, 2001)
• Musicians to Congress: What About Us? - (BW Online, April 4th, 2001)
• WB to Promote Shows With Gizmoz - (internet.com, April 4th, 2001)
• Web Starlet Makes Waves in TV Land - (Electronic Telegraph, April 4th, 2001)
• Napster Beats Licensing Drum - (USA Today, April 3rd, 2001)
• AOL Time Warner in Expanded Pact With Oxygen Media - (Excite News, April 3rd, 2001)
• Digital Music Debate: Turning the Tables - (The Standard, April 3rd, 2001)
• What's Happening Behind the Scenes at AOL Time Warner? - (USA Today, April 3rd, 2001)
• Copyright.net Targets Song Sharers - (USA Today, April 2nd, 2001)
• Music Industry Stuck in Age of Victrola - (TheStar.com, April 2nd, 2001)
• Interactive TV: Changing Channels - (ZDNet, April 2nd, 2001)
• Ads Fuel Broadband's Unmet Promise - (MSNBC, April 2nd, 2001)
• Free Streaming Strikes Out - (Wired News, April 2nd, 2001)