Spinner.com Gives Listeners a Stock Market Soundtrack and the Power to Predict; Leading Internet Music Broadcaster Launches BullMarket and BearMarket Channels

Business Wire, Sept 9, 1998

BURLINGAME, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 9, 1998--Spinner.com, the premier Internet music service, today launched two new channels -BullMarket and BearMarket - to give listeners a soundtrack to the current stock market drama. It will also give music listeners, and stock watchers, a chance to cast their musical votes on how the market will play out.

"We've all had a weary couple of weeks watching the market spin," said Jim Van Huysse, director of content at Spinner.com. "We're inviting listeners to take a breather and tune into a diverse collection of money-loving or money losing -- songs on Spinner.com's BullMarket and BearMarket Channels."

Spinner.com, which ranks within the top 20 of the Web's Most Popular Sites (www.100hot.com) currently broadcasts more than one million songs a day on more than 100unique channels. Spinner has created these two new channels with songs that fall under the stock market's Bull and Bear Market categories. The BullMarket Channel provides songs like "Money, Money, Money," "Easy Money," "Two Tickets to Paradise" with upbeat momentum for listeners who believe the market is on the rise. For those predicting a market downfall, Spinner's BearMarket Channel offers a selection of tunes of cash flow woes, including "Take the Money and Run," "Can't Buy Me Love," "That's the Way the Money Goes.". (Editor's Note: see below for partial play list).

Spinner.com will post updated daily totals of songs played from both channels on the home page of Spinner.com, which in effect could serve as the next day's indicator of how investors will choose to play the market.

ABOUT SPINNER.COM

Spinner.com (formerly TheDJ.com) is the premier Internet music service, delivering more than 100,000 digitized songs in more than 100 highly specialized music channels. Covering the genres of Rock, Oldies, Themes, TopHits, MoodFood, Classical, Jazz & Blues, Urban & Dance, Country & Folk and World & New Age, Spinner.com reaches more than 2 million listeners worldwide, broadcasting one million songs per day. Based in Silicon Valley, Spinner.com couples the power of the Internet with advanced digital audio technology to raise entertainment to a new octave. The Spinner.com music players -- the Web-based Spinner and the stand-alone Internet application Spinner Plus -- display song information as music is played, while providing dynamic links that enable online purchases and real-time listener feedback. The strength of these features has fostered partnerships with industry leaders, including Real Networks, Amazon.com, @Home Network, GameSpot, LAUNCH Media, and The Ultimate Band List (UBL), as well as more than 100 record labels. Visit Spinner.com at www.spinner.com.

The Bull Market Partial Play List:

Money Talks, AC/DC Money in the Bank, John Anderson Rags to Riches, Tony Bennett My Money Never Runs Out, Gus Cannon What People Do for Money, Divine Sounds Easy Money, Waylon Jennings For The Love of Money, The O'Jays Money, Pink Floyd The Big Money, Rush We're In the Money, Harry Warren

Celebration, Kool & The Gang Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is, Sue Foley All the Money in the World, Black Lab Money for Nothing, Dire Straits Money Rules, Fury in the Slaughterhouse Money Changes Everything, Cyndi Lauper Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money), Pet Shop Boys Millionaires, The Pretenders Big Fat Money, Van Halen Man With the Money, The Who

The Bear Market Partial Play List:

You Never Give Me Your Money, The Beatles Where's My Money, Billy Branch Crash, The Dave Matthews Band Hold Onto Your Money, Howlin'Wolf The Money's All Spent, Liz Mandeville Greeson That's The Way The Money Goes Money Blues, Buddy Montgomery Back on the Chain Gang, The Pretenders Money Don't Matter, Prince She Works Hard for the Money, Donna Summer

Help!, The Beatles What People Do For Money, Divine Sounds Take the Money and Run, The Hoax It Takes A Whole Lot of Money, Jimmy King Where's My Money, Billy Branch I Need Money, Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch It's Only Money, Ben Neil Stop Your Sobbing, The Pretenders Black Friday, Steely Dan Judgement Day, Van Halen

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