To: Bert Zed who wrote (42039 ) 1/12/1999 9:11:00 AM From: Warner Buffett Respond to of 119973
AHWY...More News!!! "audiohighway.com Signs Content License Agreement With Uproar Entertainment; Uproar Entertainment to Provide Comedy Programming On audiohighway.com BusinessWire, Tuesday, January 12, 1999 at 06:21 CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 12, 1999--audiohighway.com (NASDAQ:AHWY), an Internet-based information and entertainment company, today announced it has signed a content license agreement with Uproar Entertainment to provide comedy programming on the audiohighway.com Web site. The agreement allows audiohighway.com to carry stand-up comedy routines from comedians George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Redd Foxx, Jim Carrey, Pauly Shore, Rich Little and Jonathan Winters, among others. Under terms of the agreement, audiohighway.com will be able to offer Uproar Entertainment's entire comedy catalog. "This alliance with Uproar Entertainment will make available a talented and diverse comedy line-up for our audiohighway.com customers to enjoy," said Jeffrey K. Wood, director of content at audiohighway.com. "David Drozen, Uproar Entertainment's CEO, has done an excellent job in assembling this stellar catalog and we look forward to the value it will add to our Web site." Drozen said working with audiohighway.com represents a unique market opportunity for his company. "Consumers are increasingly turning to the Internet as a viable option for entertainment," Drozen said. "By signing this agreement with audiohighway.com, we are able to offer new entertainment choices to these consumers while simultaneously broadening our audience." Founded in 1993, Uproar Entertainment scouts and signs leading comedy acts across the country to recording contracts and distributes their CDs through retail outlets and online stores nationwide. Uproar Entertainment's talent roster includes Rhonda Shear, Margaret Cho, John Pinette, Richard Belzer, Jonathan Winters and Rich Little, among others. For more information, call 818/889-3757. audiohighway.com is an Internet-based information and entertainment company which, through its AudioCast System, uses the capabilities of the World Wide Web to enable users to download from the Internet and play back selected audio content, such as audio books, music, timely news programs and other forms of information and entertainment. The company currently has available on its Web site audio content from such providers as National Public Radio, Newsweek On Air, Associated Press, Penguin Books USA, ESPN, and Compact Classics. For more information, contact the company at 408/255-5301 or 800/77LISTEN, or visit its Web site at audiohighway.com . The statements made in this release that are not historical facts contain forward-looking information that involves risks and uncertainties. Important factors that may cause actual results to differ include, but are not limited to, the impact of competitive products and services, the company's ability to manage growth and acquisitions of technology or businesses, the effect of economic and business conditions, and other risks detailed from time to time in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. audiohighway.com and AudioCast are trademarks of audiohighway.com. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners."