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To: Lynn who wrote (9488)	3/1/1999 11:38:00 PM
From: Ming Wu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27722

Net radio is hot! from Marketwatch 3/2/99 JamTV beats MTV to music portal Last week's announcement by Viacom (VIA) of its intent to launch a comprehensive online music portal site was less a threat than confirmation to Chicago-based JamTV Corp. Its version of a one-stop Web music site went live on the Net Monday at tunes.com. JamTV chairman Howard Tullman said the site aggregates the text, audio, and video resources of several other Web properties including Rolling Stone, the Source and Downbeat magazines. One million sound clips -- many produced by JamTV itself -- music videos, artists' profiles, album reviews and Webcasts are accessible on demand and at no cost. "As the 70 percent of the people who aren't now on the Web get on the Web, they are going to gravitate toward the brands and the talent they have always relied on," Tullman told CBS.MarketWatch.com. The site also includes a dozen music channels from RealNetworks Inc. (RNWK), access to MP3 files, and e-commerce to facilitate users' purchase of music they preview and want to buy. In a related item, TCI Music Inc. (TUNE) and Comcast Corp. (CMSK) said they will develop content for Comcast's broadband and local Internet services. TCI's properties include cable TV pay-per-view channel The Box, and the Internet music site, Sonic.net. Sonic.net will offer daily music news, cybercasts, album and concert reviews, artist chats, interviews and special music features.