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Yahoo
strikes deal with RIAA
Yahoo
signed an agreement with the RIAA last week in which the
Web portal has agreed to pay the recording industry for
music streamed over the Internet. The agreement makes Yahoo,
which offers broadcasts over sites such as Yahoo Radio (http://radio.yahoo.com),
the largest online broadcaster to comply with the Digital
Millenium Copyright Act of 1998.
The
company did not disclose how much it will pay the for the
use of RIAA musicians' works. The agreement does not address
downloadable music files, the issue at the center of recent
court battles waged by Napster and MP3.com.
Source:
Washington Post
For
real fans, the 'Real' deal
Terry
O'Neil spent two years with the New Orleans Saints as the
team's cap expert and contract negotiator, and before that
had more than 20 years as a major player in network TV sports,
once serving as executive producer for NBC Sports.
Fired
by the Saints in a massive shake-up after the 1999 season,
O'Neil is putting his passion for media and pro football
into "RealNFL," a new Web site that will cover the game
from a former insider's perspective. He also enlisted former
Rams coach Dick Vermeil and former Saints special teams
coach Bobby April and former Saints defensive coordinator
Zaven Yaralian to write for the site.
San
Francisco General Manager Bill Walsh has promised to contribute
when he leaves the 49ers, which could happen after this
season.
"We
all got fired on merit," O'Neil said of his Saints tenure.
"We lost 23 of our last 29 games, so it wasn't that surprising.
I was in withdrawal, playing a lot of golf. I wanted to
stay current with the league, but I really couldn't find
anything I thought was that well done, so I started talking
to Vermeil, Bill Walsh, people like that, and we decided
to get into it.
"The
requirement (for writing for the site) is that you must
have worked in the game as a coach, an executive or a consultant.
We're only looking to attract the serious fans. I've asked
casual fans not to log on. This is really for strictly hard-core
enthusiasts."
O'Neil
has had some interesting pieces, including a thoughtful
examination of the Washington Redskins in relation to the
salary cap. "As a thrifty former NFL club contract negotiator,
you probably think I hate the Redskins' moves this year,"
O'Neil wrote recently.
"Actually,
it's the opposite. I love their attacking mentality." O'Neil
even took a shot at himself in his preseason review of the
Saints, his old team. "Let's be fair to the new Saints general
manager, Randy Mueller," he wrote. "The mess he inherited
in New Orleans was the NFL's version of the apocalypse."
Source: Washington Post
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