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To: B. A. Marlow who wrote (816)	3/18/1999 12:01:00 AM
From: Pruguy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1260

BAM I like your confidence but we look at this different. Industry changing rapidly like you see....lots of companies inking deals, bcst just promising them i see a lot of my tech holdings up a lot resently and I see bcst trending down. I understand the markets move on news but i also feel the market is pretty smart. no news out of bcst that means anything and no new investors...unfortunately it has meant a lagging share price rescently. I hope you are right and cuban is more than hot air and begins to deliver on his q4 promises. Frankly, I prefer the style of aol and rnwk who walk quietly and carry a large stick

To: B. A. Marlow who wrote (816)	3/18/1999 11:43:00 AM
From: Sam Citron	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1260

Nasdaq-100 CCs should commence next month Actually, they have already begun. Oracle was one of the first. I was very disappointed there was no on-demand availability; it was only available live. I e-mailed BCST my disappointment and received this reply: "Thank you for writing in. Unfortunately, NASDAQ decides which broadcasts will be available on demand. At this time, they have requested that the Oracle Conference call not be available. We apologize for this inconvenience. Thank you" I would have hoped that BCST would have enough bargaining power to get NASDAQ and the 100 companies to agree that the content would remain archived on BCST servers for on-demand broadcast. The exchanges and SEC Chief Levitt have been paying lip service to the idea of ending the clubby selective dissemination of material information (which is, of course, a violation of the Securities Act of 1933) which is standard practice at most conference calls. Part of such an initiative is to obtain as wide an audience as possible for such releases. On-demand availability of direct earnings releases is an important part of this effort. I'm extremely disappointed it is not yet available. To be perfectly fair to the parties concerned, this thing is brand new (although some companies have been streaming their earnings releases for awhile) , and it is a first step for most of these companies toward a sunshine policy. Perhaps they are still haggling over the rights as to who owns the material. Addendum: I now see that the replay has been made available at nasdaq.com Don't know why it took them so long to get it on line. Maybe the lawyers wanted to have a look at it first!