This is a simple scenario building excercise for a Telecommunications & Information Technology which I thought of conducting online. This is just an experimnent and the results of this could lead us to opportunities and warn us about coming Threats. I invite one and all, related with it to participate in it. The book "The Art of Long View" by Peter Schwartz the master scenario-builder said that in such an excercise, it is important to learn the opinion of everyone related to the focus of the scenario...and so here we go....
WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- Rob Glaser, the founder and chief executive officer of RealNetworks Inc., has been elected chairman of Air America Radio.
The liberal talk show network, heard on 40 stations, also announced it received $13 million in new investments. A spokeswoman said Glaser has been an investor in AAR and is one of the lead investors in this latest round of funding.
Air America also said it renewed contracts with Al Franken and Randi Rhodes, two show hosts. Franken, a comedian and author, said, "I have re-signed with Air America in order to spend less time with my family."
There was no announcement of Glaser's new role by RealNetworks . A company spokesman said his involvement was "personal." RealNetworks provides Webcasting services for Air America's audio streaming.
"Air America has created the hottest new brand on radio, offering some of the most dynamic personalities and programming found anywhere on the radio dial," Glaser said in a statement.
U.S. Supreme Court justices quizzing attorneys in Tuesday's hearing about wine shipments from out-of-state vineyards showed some sympathy for the winemakers, according to the Los Angeles Times. Its report of the arguments included the observation that most of the justices sounded surprisingly skeptical of the states' argument to prohibit shipping. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was quoted as saying New York's law against the practice seemed less about protecting minors than protecting "local farmers" from out-of-state competition, the paper wrote.
Henry Copeland, founder of an Internet company that sells advertising across hundreds of Weblogs, said business is good. BlogAds is placing ads on as many as 100 blogs a day, he told Business Week Online. Six months ago, he placed ads for only 10 companies on 20 blogs. "More money (will flow to) more (blog) authors as smart advertisers bypass publishers and pay authors directly for their audiences," Copeland told the news service. He said current advertisers include Sharp Electronics Corp. and the Walt Disney Co. .
EBay has begun offering a free service for people who want to buy items. "Want It Now is a new format enabling buyers to let sellers know what they are looking for and allowing sellers to respond to buyers with eBay listings," the company said on the site. Here's the Want It Now page .
About 30,000 would-be buyers have signed up to use the service, according to InternetRetailer.com. Sellers are allowed to browse the want ads and then send the buyer a link to an item for sale on Ebay. They cannot contact buyers and try to merchandise goods directly.
Another tidbit about America Online's plans to launch a free e-mail service next year was passed along Wednesday morning by the Washington Post. An article reported that the new service will give users e-mail addresses that end with "@aim.com" related to the company's AIM service (AOL Instant Messenger). There was no start date reported for the service.
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