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To: Randy Ellingson who wrote (1207)	4/16/1999 6:20:00 AM
From: Sam Citron	Respond to of 1260

Randy, I think you may be overstating the significance of the announcement. In any case, the content of the page you cited earlier has changed somewhat. It now simply says: Windows Media 4.0 Programming Broadcast.com now supports Microsoft's new Windows Media 4.0 Technologies. Below is some of the programming we now offer using Windows Media 4.0. Check back soon for more content. Click here to download the Microsoft Windows Media Player from broadcast.com (for Windows 95/98/NT only) and enjoy high quality audio and video content. broadcast.com I do not know whether BCST received money from MSFT for this promotion. If so, I certainly have reservations about the propriety of such disguised ads, recounting the recent Amazon fiasco. As you say, "Anything for money". You also raise the question of exclusivity. Yes, it is possible that MSFT might pay a sufficient sum to make a webcaster concentrate exclusively on its platform. In fact, I think it is probably the wave of the future. However, I have no knowledge that this was done in this case. Sam