August, 1999

• MP3.com, Cox planning Net radio venture -August 30, 1999 -CNET
  The two firms will announce plans to form a new company to create a network
  of music portal sites.
• David Bowie To Release Album On Internet First
  -August 31, 1999 -Yahoo!
  Rock star David Bowie and his Virgin Records America label said Monday
  they will let fans download his new album from the Internet two weeks before
  it reaches stores, a move that ventures into a politically sticky area for the music business.
• MTV steps up Net music initiative -August 30, 1999 -CNET
  Further cementing its strategy for attracting online music lovers, MTV Networks
  Online details plans for its online music division, MTV Interactive, formerly dubbed
  the "Buggles Project."
• Diamond pumps up MP3 volume -August 30, 1999 -ZDNet
  MP3 maker releases its answer to RealJukebox -- an all-in-one audio
  entertainment app.
• Cell Phone for Calling Up Tunes -August 25, 1999 -Wired
  Samsung launches a cell phone in Korea that can store up to 15 minutes of music
  files. A US version will be ready for people to rock in the New Year with MP3s.
• Liquid Audio Launched New Internet Music Software -August 25, 1999 -Reuters
  Internet music company Liquid Audio Inc. Wednesday launched a new version
  of its software to deliver music online, beefing it up with support for the popular
  MP3 format and that of RealNetworks Inc.
• MP3.com Ungagged -August 24, 1999 -Industry Standard
  With the gag of his company's mandatory quiet period removed, MP3.com's CEO
  Michael Robertson chatted it up recently with The Standard. Robertson sounded off
  about his company's public offering, public misperceptions and the future of MP3.com.
• DOJ Cracks Down on MP3 Pirate -August 23, 1999 -Wired
  Oregon U.S. Attorneys successfully prosecute a college student under the 1997 NET
  copyright act for distributing illegal MP3 files. More busts could be on the way.
• Music Biz Making Peace With Net -August 23, 1999 -Industry Standard
  While the recording industry is still nervous about MP3, the labels have
  gradually come to see the Web as an effective way to market their wares.
• Yahoo launches digital music endeavor -August 23, 1999 -CNET
  In an effort to get its hat in the online music ring, Yahoo today launched a
  service called Yahoo Digital that allows consumers to listen to and download
  music.
• Emusic Inks Yahoo Deal -August 23, 1999 -Wired
  The online MP3 seller signs a distribution agreement with the biggest Net
  portal, its second big deal in recent weeks. Also: Sanyo is developing
  a digital music player.
• Microsoft Faces the Music -August 21, 1999 -Wired
  Redmond rolls out its WMA format for downloadable music, claiming high
  quality and features found nowhere else. Will content show up?
• Tunes.com pushes pause on IPO -August 19, 1999 -CNET
  NEW YORK--Tunes.com, an online music network, has postponed its
  initial public offering because of market conditions after the slump of several
  related Internet music IPOs, the lead underwriter for the deal said yesterday.
• Alexa closes Eiger Labs deal to become a player in the Internet's booming MP3 market. -August, 19, 1999 -Yahoo
  Alexa Ventures Inc. announced today that it has now concluded an agreement
  to purchase 64% of Eiger Labs Group Inc. of Silicon Valley, California and
  64% of Eiger's manufacturing company, Point Multimedia Systems Inc. of South Korea.
• Big Music rocked, rolled -August 18, 1999 -The Montreal Gazette
  People who think of Dean Martin and Sarah Vaughn as
  modern singers rarely glimpse music's cutting edge.
• Cracked: MS' New Music Format -August 18, 1999 -Wired
  Microsoft unveiled its long-awaited alternative to MP3, and a cracker quickly
  unleashed his program to get around MS' copyright restrictions.
• MP3.com: Hype vs. Reality -August 17, 1999 -CBC.ca
  The way you buy and listen to music is changing radically –that's a certainty.
  But with all the hype and naysaying going on, what's a poor consumer to do?
• AOL Going MP3-Crazy -August 16, 1999 -Wired
  America Online is hooking up with pioneering MP3 record label Emusic.com
  to sell downloadable tunes on three sites.
• Music on the Move on the Cheap -August 16, 1999 -Wired
  Vertical Horizon uses CD-audio chips, instead of CD-ROM technology,
  to bring down the price -- and the size -- of hybrid CD and MP3 players.
• DOD Hooks Up with Wherehouse -August 16, 1999 -Wired
  Coming soon to a Wherehouse near you: burn-your-own CDs at in-store
  Digital On Demand kiosks.
• Sony To Start Selling Music On Internet -August 13, 1999 -Yahoo
  Sony Corp's music unit announced plans Friday to start selling music via
  the Internet by the end of this year.
• Millions of Eardrums Go Digital -August 10, 1999 -Wired
  A Media Metrix report shows a big jump in the use of digital music -- from a few hundred thousand users last year to four million this year.
• MusicMatch Jukebox version 4.1 released -August 12, 1999 -musicmatch.com
• Rosen: SDMI is Your Friend -August 10, 1999 -Wired
  Digital music toys go big time this week at their trade show in New York.
  The Recording Industry Association of America is on hand to warn pirates,
  "We will get you." Arik Hesseldahl reports from the Interactive Music Xpo
  in New York. ( lol, they'll never get with the program I guess )
• Bands Speak Out on MP3.com -August 10, 1999 -Wired
  Format, schmormat. It's all about the music, right? Just how are unsigned
  bands faring on the site? Hint: The No. 3 CD sold 600 copies.
• Netdrives Introduces the First MP3/CD Player for Home Stereo Systems -August 09, 1999 -BusinessWire
  netDrives introduced today the world's first MP3/CD player for a home stereo system at the Interactive Music Xpo in New York City. The player, called the Brujo, is the first on the market that can directly connect to a home stereo's receiver or amplified stereo speakers.
• Philips to Enter MP3 Market -August 09, 1999 -BusinessWire
  Philips Electronics today announced its plans to enter the solid state audio player marketplace with products capable of - among others - downloading MP3 files. The global consumer electronics company said it would introduce a personal solid state audio player product by the first quarter of 2000 to meet growing consumer demand to download music from the Internet onto portable devices.
• Lycos buys Sonique? -August 5, 1999 -Yahoo (Reuters)
  The popular Internet service Lycos Inc Friday said it purchased Internet
  Music Distribution Inc, which makes an audio player for people to listen
  to music downloaded from the Internet.
• InterTrust files for IPO -August 5, 1999 -CNET
  InterTrust Technologies, a supplier of software to deliver and
  protect digital information, filed for an $85 million initial stock sale.
• RIAA, Diamond Sweep Away Suit -August 04, 1999 -Wired
  The recording industry makes peace with the MP3 maker, but questionsover a new standard raises a new question: Will it last?
• Sad Song for Net Music Start-Ups -August 04, 1999 -Wired
  Once, investors couldn't get enough of the sector. Now they're looking
  at the bottom line and fleeing. The result: stock prices for MP3.com and
  others are taking a big tumble.
• Analysts Sing Praises of Online Music Trend -August 03, 1999 -Washington Post
  Online shoppers are dreaming about the day when they'll be able to easily
  purchase any song by downloading and then copying it onto a compact
  disc. No postage. No waiting. No going to the record store. It's instant
  listening gratification.
• Paul Bard of Renaissance Capital Discusses MP3.com -August 03, 1999 -MultexInvestor.com
  Paul Bard, an analyst at Renaissance Capital, recently spoke to the
  Multex Investor Network about MP3.com's prospects as a long-term
  player in the downloadable music space.

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