ZDTV To Hold Sneak Preview Week For New Interactive Show, "You Made It"
SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- ZDTV announced today that it will air a special preview episode of its new interactive show, "You Made It," the first television show in which the creative content is supplied by viewers over the Internet. It will air on March 15 at 10:00 p.m. ET (7:00 p.m. PT) as part of a week of programming and promotion to preview the show and help encourage audience participation in future specials. [MORE]

Music Newswire

MP3.com Announces Dedicated Music Service Provider (MSP) Group
SAN DIEGO, CA -- MP3.com, Inc. announced the formation of a business group dedicated to rapidly expanding the company's MSP strategy in order to capitalize on the growing demand for more ubiquitous access to music content and services. As part of its new MSP strategy, MP3.com plans to provide music services to leading web sites, application developers, device manufacturers, wireless carriers and connectivity providers.

eatsleepmusic.com Launches Internet's Biggest Music Download Contest
OTTAWA, CANADA -- For a ten-day period beginning at 9am EST on Monday March 6, visitors to eatsleepmusic.com will be able to download a different Karaoke song every half-hour, for 250 consecutive hours. The fifty people that download the most songs will win prizes valued at $10,000.

Madonna Bizarre Aussie Romp
MELBOURNE VIC AUSTRALIA -- Australian Composer Rico is ready to break his silence following his steamy three way encounter with Madonna and a Japanese Airline stewardess named Sashimi. The revealing red hot kiss and tell biography, featuring compelling photographic evidence, is set to hit bookstores and newsagents across Australia on May 17, and also contains startling new evidence that Carlos Leon may not in fact be Lourdes Biological Father.

MP3 Missionaries To Visit 75 Cities And Spread The Word About Internet Music
WASHINGTON, DC -- Authors Bruce Fries and Marty Fries will visit 75 cities this spring and to teach people about the benefits of MP3 audio compression and downloadable music on the Internet.

General Announcements

Showtime Networks Teams Up With Cybergrrl And Fancifull In Honor Of Its Red Shoe Diaries Interactive Site Launch
NEW YORK, NY -- Showtime Networks Inc. announced deals with Cybergrrl, on-line community for women, and with FanciFull, a premier gift basket company, in honor of the Red Shoe Diaries Web site launch. MyRedShoeDiaries.com creates an on-line community, where viewers of the SHOWTIME exclusive series can interact with fellow fans via personals, story-telling forums and chat rooms about their intimate secrets.

The First Handwritten And Illuminated Bible In 500 Years
COLLEGEVILLE, MN -- Saint John's Abbey and Saint John's University announced a celebration of the writing of the first word in The Saint John's Bible with a webcast of the historic moment, available at saintjohnsbible.org beginning Ash Wednesday (March 8), the commencement of Lent leading to the Easter season.

eBrain Market Research: DVD Wows Consumers
ARLINGTON, VA -- DVD players experienced a tremendous year in 1999, becoming the "fastest selling consumer electronics product in history," and achieving a household penetration level of approximately 5 percent after only three years in the market.

Movie Newswire

New Line Home Video Presents The Edgy Crime Thriller "Face"
LOS ANGELES, CA -- In the tradition of Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, comes a motley group of East-End London armed robbers who betray one another following a big heist in the new dark action thriller Face. New Line Home Video released this direct-to-video feature film for rental nationwide March 7.

Game Newswire

Hydro Thunder Speeds Onto Playstation® Game Sonsole And Nintendo® 64
CORSICANA, TX -- Midway Home Entertainment Inc. announced that Hydro Thunder for the PlayStation game console and Nintendo 64 are now available at retail. Fresh on the heels of the hit arcade and the strong-selling Sega Dreamcast versions, Hydro Thunder is the first in Midway's Thunder series. Since their respective launches in March and September, Hydro Thunder has been the dominant racing game in the arcade and on the Sega Dreamcast.

Quakefiles.com Launches Enhanced Site For Computer Game Players
FORT WORTH, TX -- Tomorrow is here for serious computer gamers. Quakefiles.com has announced the launch of a greatly enhanced site including long-awaited customized features for the new Quake III: Arena release. These latest features offer easier navigation tools for both the novice Quake player as well as advanced search tools for the experienced gamer.

Xtreme Games LLC Refutes Hasbro Suit
SAN JOSE, CA -- Xtreme Games LLC is one of the defendants that Hasbro Interactive, Inc. has filed suit against in the U.S. District Court in Boston, Massachusetts on Feb. 7, 2000. Hasbro is alleging that Xtreme Games LLC along with the other parties have infringed upon Hasbro's copyrights and trademarks in the production of certain video games.