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To: Reseller who wrote (1204)	6/29/1999 8:31:00 AM
From: jackson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5023

Here's one from WSJ: Iomega Corp and MP3 to be Discussed On "Facts From the Other Side of the Tracks" RadioWallStreet Internet Broadcast PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 29, 1999--Iomega Corporation (NYSE: IOM), SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK), Liquid Audio Inc., Diamond Multimedia System (NASDAQ: DIMD), and the implications of the MP3 Internet music phenomenon on the storage industry will be topics of discussion on RadioWallStreet's "Facts From The Other Side Of The Tracks" today, Tuesday, June 29, 1999, at 4:15 PM EDT, Investor Broadcast Network f/k/a Vcall Corporation announced. Marc Cohodes, General Partner of Rocker Partners, Ltd., will be joined by guest Bruce Seltzer, President of B.S.S. Associates. Also the broadcast will include "The Accounting Corner" with Mark Montgomery. "Facts From The Other Side Of The Tracks" is broadcast every Tuesday after the close of the market at 4:15 PM EDT. To listen to the interview, investors should go to the RadioWallStreet website located at vcall.com and click on the RadioWallStreet event. RadioWallStreet is an Investor Broadcast Network service that broadcasts senior executive interviews, analyst roundtable discussions, seminars and other events of interest to the investment community. RadioWallStreet events are open to the investing public and may be heard over the Internet.

To: Reseller who wrote (1204)	6/29/1999 9:04:00 AM
From: Rocky Reid	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 5023

CD-RW Drives and Disks Crashing Down In Price the following article touches on the dramatic price drops in CD-RW drives and disks, as well as Iomega's entry into the field. nikkeibp.asiabiztech.com Japan's CD-RW Price Plunges ... CD-RW discs, with a sharp price cut to 400 yen, hold a significant lead in terms of price over Zip media (US$10 or so). Even in terms of the price for devices, the CD-RW device is getting closer to the Zip. The price of the embedded CD-RW device has come to as low as US$150, while the Zip is priced at US$80. The price for CD-RW drives has been cut in half the past 6 months, and CD-RW disks have come down 70%-80% in the same timeframe. Iomega ZipCD will eat into that would have gone to higher margin Zip and Jaz drive and especially disk sales. Iomega, welcome to the wonderful world of pure-commodity pricing. Margins? What Margins?