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Aerican Public Media(TM) and Chicago Public Radio(R) to Produce and Distribute 'The World's Only Rock 'n' Roll Talk Show'

Compuware DevPartner Studio Wins Best of Tech*Ed 2006 Award Windows IT Media Names Compuware DevPartner Studio the Best of Tech*Ed 2006 Developer Tool

McDonald's Spices Up the Already Hot Celebrity Line-Up at the Essence Music Festival With Idris Elba and Michael Baisden

GSN Features Baseball Hall of Famers on the Classic Game Show WHAT'S MY LINE

TV Land & Nick At Nite's Family Table Again Partners With The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) At Columbia University to Celebrate Family Day Crystal Media Networks Adds Inventory to RADAR(R) 89

GUBA Launches Online Video Store With Warner Bros. Entertainment's Industry Leading Content

Young Italian Tenor Vittorio Takes America By Storm With His Self-Titled Debut CD Released September 12th on Decca Disc Showcases Powerful Love Songs With a Classical Flair

Paris Hilton's "Stars Are Blind" Has Been Added to More Than 125 Pop Stations Nationwide

SIRIUS will provide the most comprehensive live radio coverage in the U.S., airing 10 hours daily from the All-England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club

Sony Pictures Television Wants You to Share Your Relationship Story With 'THE GREG BEHRENDT SHOW'

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American Public Media(TM) and Chicago Public Radio(R) to Produce and Distribute 'The World's Only Rock 'n' Roll Talk Show'

American Public Media(TM) and Chicago Public Radio(R) today announced the production and planned September nationwide distribution of Sound Opinions(SM), a new program about contemporary music and its place in American culture. The program is produced in Chicago by Chicago Public Radio and co-produced and distributed by American Public Media. Sound Opinions airs now on Chicago Public Radio and on Minnesota Public Radio's The Current.

Billed as "the world's only rock 'n' roll talk show," Sound Opinions was created and is hosted by two of the nation's most influential music critics, Jim DeRogatis of the Chicago Sun-Times and Greg Kot of the Chicago Tribune. Each week, DeRogatis and Kot debate the latest music, talk to artists, air live performances and deliver pop culture insights.

An earlier version of the program aired in Chicago for more than seven years at Infinity's adult rock station, commercial WXRT-FM.

"We're thrilled that a long-successful commercial radio show has made the big leap to public radio," said Torey Malatia, Chicago Public Radio's president and general manager. "Chicago is a creative capital known for its eclectic and innovative musicians and artists who work in a broad range of genres. Sound Opinions is steeped in this tradition and offers it all up in a sensibility that is unmistakably 'Chicago.' This is what makes the show so irresistible and so engaging for audiences."

"The program's audience is very broad and includes any and all who look to music as a major ingredient of our evolving culture," said Jim Russell, American Public Media's senior vice president and general manager of new program development.

"In a word, Sound Opinions rocks," said Sarah Lutman, American Public Media's senior vice president of content and media. "Chicago Public Radio launched a show with so much spunk and intelligence. We couldn't be happier for this opportunity to co-produce and distribute Sound Opinions."

For Chicago Public Radio, the managing producer of Sound Opinions is Todd Bachman, producer is Matt Spiegel and the executive producer is Torey Malatia. For American Public Media, the executive in charge is Jim Russell. Creative consultant is Steve Nelson, program director for The Current.

About the hosts

Jim DeRogatis has been the pop music critic at the Chicago Sun-Times since 1997. He has also worked as an editor at several music magazines, including Rolling Stone, and is the author of five books about rock 'n' roll, including Let It Blurt: The Life and Times of Lester Bangs, America's Greatest Rock Critic and Staring at Sound: The True Story of Oklahoma's Fabulous Flaming Lips. People living in the Twin Cities will also remember DeRogatis as a former critic for the alternative weeklies Twin Cities Reader and City Pages.

Greg Kot is the pop music critic at the Chicago Tribune and the author of the acclaimed biography, Wilco: Learning How to Die. He has also contributed music criticism to numerous books and magazines, including the Encyclopedia Britannica, Rolling Stone and a dozen other national publications.

American Public Media(TM) is the nation's second-biggest producer of public radio programs, reaching 14.2 million listeners nationwide each week. National programs include A Prairie Home Companion(R), Weekend America(R), Saint Paul Sunday(R), Marketplace(R), Marketplace Money(R), The Splendid Table(R), Speaking of Faith(R) and special reports produced by its national documentary unit, American RadioWorks(R). American Public Media is the national production and distribution division of Minnesota Public Radio(R). Minnesota Public Radio, along with its sister company Southern California Public Radio, belongs to a larger family of companies within American Public Media Group, a national nonprofit organization whose purpose is to develop resources, services and systems to support public media for public service. A complete list of stations, programs and additional services can be obtained at http://www.americanpublicmedia.org/ .

Source: Data are copyright Arbitron, Inc. Arbitron data are estimates only. Spring 2005/Fall 2005 average

Chicago Public Radio is a community-supported, non-commercial public service broadcasting institution, broadcasting throughout Chicago and surrounding regions at WBEZ 91.5 FM Chicago, WBEQ 90.7 FM Morris and WBEW 89.5 FM Chesterton, Indiana. Each week, more than 600,000 listeners tune in to the station for eclectic and innovative programming, including Chicago Public Radio's original productions like This American Life, the Third Coast International Audio Festival, Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me!(R), among others. From news and public affairs to music and arts, the station's distinctive selection of internationally, nationally and locally produced programs reflects the diversity of the community it serves. Chicago Public Radio is on the web at http://chicagopublicradio.org/ , streaming live webcasts and offering podcasts.

Source: American Public Media

Web site: http://www.americanpublicmedia.org/
http://chicagopublicradio.org/

-- Compuware Corporation (NASDAQ:CPWR) today announced that Compuware DevPartner Studio has won the Best of Tech*Ed 2006 Award in the "Developer Tools" category. Winners were announced at the Windows IT Media awards ceremony during the Microsoft Tech*Ed Conference in Boston.

"The winners at Tech*Ed 2006 each represent best-in-class technology products. After closely evaluating all entries, our team of editors chose winners based on the products' strategic importance to the market, competitive advantages, value to the customer, and value in the marketplace," said Mike Otey, Technical Director for Windows IT Media.

"DevPartner enhances the capabilities of the Visual Studio Team System by adding software quality and code analysis capabilities for both .NET and unmanaged applications," noted Otey. "Built-in expert coding advice, standards, and best practices guide the developer, ultimately resulting in higher quality code throughout the software development lifecycle. DevPartner can review source code against predefined rules and standards as well as track and optimize system resource usage and identify application performance problem areas."

"This is an extraordinary honor for Compuware," said Larry Angeli, Vice President of Marketing at Compuware Corporation. "This award underscores the innovative leadership our application delivery solutions like DevPartner Studio deliver to enterprises, enabling them to build, test and manage high- quality applications using Microsoft technologies and other technologies as well."

DevPartner Studio includes an award-winning suite of software development and testing features that help Windows application teams build reliable, high- performance applications, components and Web services for Microsoft .NET and native Windows platforms. DevPartner Studio enhances Visual Studio and Visual Studio Team System with advanced capabilities that help development organizations improve software quality, adopt coding standards and best practices, and maximize developer productivity.

Compuware's application delivery solutions help IT organizations consistently deliver high-quality applications to the business. Compuware's approach to application delivery builds quality and performance into the application from the earliest phases of the development life cycle. Using these powerful solutions, IT organizations can more efficiently and effectively deliver outstanding application quality to drive maximum business value.

For more information on Compuware DevPartner Studio, please visit: http://www.compuware.com/products/devpartner/studio.htm

Compuware Corporation

Compuware Corporation (NASDAQ:CPWR) maximizes the value IT brings to the business by helping CIOs more effectively manage the business of IT. Compuware solutions accelerate the development, improve the quality and enhance the performance of critical business systems while enabling CIOs to align and govern the entire IT portfolio, increasing efficiency, cost control and employee productivity throughout the IT organization. Founded in 1973, Compuware serves the world's leading IT organizations, including more than 90 percent of the Fortune 100 companies. Learn more about Compuware at http://www.compuware.com/.

About Windows IT Media

Penton's Windows IT Media, the largest independent Windows IT community in the world, includes flagship print publication Windows IT Pro, three monthly paid subscription print newsletters, 12 direct-request email newsletters, and a Web-site resource for more than 2.5 million IT professionals each month. First published in 1995, Windows IT Pro is the editorial leader in its field and has a paid subscription base of 105,000. The magazine is published in 13 languages and has an international reach into 160 countries. Windows IT Pro UPDATE, the group's flagship email newsletter, is the only e-newsletter to make BtoB Magazine's Media Power 50 list.

Windows IT Media also includes SQL Server Magazine and MSD2D. SQL Server Magazine has 30,000 paid subscribers, more than 250,000 web site visitors monthly, and three email newsletters sent to more than 130,000 opt-in subscribers. MSD2D is a rich online information resource for IT professionals, with a focus on the software developer community. MSD2D has 200,000 email newsletter subscribers. The three publications' Web sites generate more than nine million page impressions. Their email newsletters have more than one million opt-in subscribers. Windows IT Media is the world's leading producer of custom roadshows, paid conferences and paid workshops for Windows and SQL Server IT professionals.

For Compuware Sales or Marketing Information

Compuware Corporation, One Campus Martius, Detroit, MI 48226, 800-521-9353, http://www.compuware.com/

Compuware Press Contact

Source: Compuware Corporation

Web site: http://www.compuware.com/

Chefs Bite Back hit a true high note with one of the outstanding auction items for the June 4th event founded by Diane Rose, Chef and owner of Crimson Restaurant. "The Guitar was what I really wanted," said high bidder, Blair Susan Bittner. "I was so excited to get the Rolling Stone Guitar and to be a part of this event to stamp out hunger." Famous local Chefs and Wineries served over 100 guests who came to help in the fight to feed the hungry in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties. "All the food and wine was donated," said Diane Rose. "The weather was beautiful and thanks to the donation from our emcee News Reporter of NBC 11, Susan Siravo, the tour of NBC 11 with lunch from Chef Gary Messick of Tapestry and wine from Burrell School was also a big success."

The Patio of Crimson was lively from 2pm until 6pm with signature dishes served by "celebrity Chefs" of Silicon Valley which included Julio Garcia of Picasso's and James Cargill of Rio Adobe in Cupertino. Not surprisingly, there was a constant crowd around the Manrea's station to taste the restaurant's famed dishes. It was a rare opportunity for most to sample the fare of Deanie Fox's award winning pastries. Even Chef Martha Duke of Siena Bistro left her station long enough to bid on and win local winemaker, Marilyn Dorsa's one of a kind Murano glass bracelet which was a hot item on the Silent Auction.

Wines from the local area were served at stations with actual Winemakers there to discuss the wines. Jeff Alexander of Alexander Cellars was on hand to discuss his award winning Zinfandel as well as his new product, Sarticious Gin under the SARTICIOUS SPIRITS label. Diana Jensen of Testaroosa Vineyards brought her award winning wines and said, "We are excited to donate 2003 Garys' Vineyard Syrah for the Silent Auction and this is our third year to participate in this first class event."

Steve and Leanne Troy, locals of Los Gatos, were watching the Silent Auction area to "protect" their bids. They have attended the last three years, "but we never get tired of it and love the exceptional wines." It was Rita Boren's second year. Boren, a local realtor, bid on the hand made necklace from Blue Moon Antiques and stayed close to watch as the Silent Auction results came in so that she wouldn't lose the wine tours she wanted. The surprise of the day, was the Bentley from Silicon Valley Auto Group. The high bidder, Steve Mangold was thrilled to have such a weekend ride, saying, "I am really glad to have the Classic Car washes. I can keep the Bentley clean and shining and maybe talk them into letting me also try an Astin Martin DB9."

The wineries donating tours and tastings, as well as "sold out" bottles of wine included Alexander Cellars, Byington Vineyard & Winery, Clos La Chance Winery, Cooper-Garrod Estate Vineyards, Silver Mountain Vineyard, Delmuth Vineyards, Ridge Vineyards, Los Gatos Brewery, Sarah's Vineyards, Steven Kent, Thomas Fogarty, and Zayante Vineyard. It was truly a luxurious day with the San Jose Jazz Society providing the music.

The Vice Mayor of Los Gatos, Joe Pirzynski, presented Diane Rose with a Commendation for her outstanding service to the Los Gatos community and thanked the sponsors, Adrian Liu and Friends of Chefs Bite Back and all the chefs and wineries who participated this year. Vice Mayor Pirzynski said, "This event is a signature event in Los Gatos, and we are very thankful for the support of all the local residents and many vendors who make this event such a success year after year, especially Chef and owner of Crimson Restaurant, Diane Rose for hosting it."

About Crimson

Crimson is a restaurant where the California menu is eclectic and imaginative, with a fusion of global flavors. Located just outside charming downtown Los Gatos and pouring the top varietals of the Santa Cruz Mountains, Crimson menus are the creation of Chef Diane Rose. The dining room is adorned properly in drapes of crimson and contrasts of tapestry gold. Romantic and intimate, welcoming and fun. www.crimsonrestaurant.com Reservations 408-358- 0175.

About Second Harvest Food Bank

Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties is a private non-profit organization that collects and distributes more than 27 million pounds of food each year to low-income children, adults and seniors. The Food Bank currently serves an average of 163,500 individuals each month; nearly 60% are families with dependent children. www.2ndharvest.net or phone: (408) 694-0041.

Source: Crimson Restaurant

Web site: http://www.crimsonrestaurant.com/
http://www.2ndharvest.net/

WHAT: Like McDonald's, the Essence Music Festival, is a

multigenerational destination of choice for families. As such,

McDonald's is proud to continue its sponsorship of the Essence

Music Festival. In celebration of the African American woman,

McDonald's is bringing Idris Elba and Michael Baisden to the

Essence Music Festival as a special treat for those who visit

the McDonald's booth.

Although known for his acting abilities, Elba will be spinning

tracks during his "Ladies Only Show", while Baisden will hold a

book signing session and host his "Michael Baisden Live" show.

Other booth activities include Laurie Ann Gibson demonstrating

the latest dance moves while encouraging fun physical activity,

performances by Algebra as well as NeoSoul recording artist

Raheem DeVaughn and Essence's Angela Burt-Murray and Mikki

Taylor commentate a special fashion show unveiling the latest

looks.

WHO: Idris Elba is more commonly known for his acclaimed performance

as "Stringer Bell" on the HBO hit drama series The Wire and his

leading character role on the HBO special Sometimes in April.

Other film credits include The Gospel and Tyler Perry's Daddy's

Little Girl.

Michael Baisden does it all. As a best-selling author,

motivational speaker, former television talk show host and now

host of one of America's most popular nationally syndicated

radio programs, Baisden keeps it real mixing relationship talk

with the best of old school and today's R&B music.

Laurie Ann Gibson is one of the most sought after choreographers

in the entertainment industry, routinely doing choreography for

the biggest music superstars, including Diddy, Alicia Keys and

Usher. Her credentials also include features in the film Honey

and MTV's Making the Band 3.

Raheem DeVaughn is a true NeoSoul veteran of live performances.

His recurrent appearances in the DC area gave him celebrity

status amongst the local soul community as he made his national

debut with his new album, The Love Experience, in 2005.

Algebra is an up-and-coming NeoSoul artist whose melodic,

enchanting vocals are only trumped by the fact that she

seamlessly orchestrates her own phenomenally talented band,

creating one beautifully harmonic blend of music.

WHERE: Essence Music Festival

Reliant Park (McDonald's Booth)

One Reliant Park

Houston, Texas

July 1 - 3, 2006

Source: McDonald's

There was a time when baseball's bests used to regularly appear on game shows and more specifically on the classic game show, WHAT'S MY LINE. GSN, the network for games, hits a home run with fans as it replays some of the most memorable guest appearances by baseball legends in July and August.

The Hall of Fame line up begins with a special two-hour block of WHAT'S MY LINE prior to the All-Star break on Saturday, July 8 at 9 AM ET. A half-hour episode with Ted Williams as a guest, leads off followed by Joe DiMaggio at 9:30 AM, Jackie Robinson at 10 AM and Willie Mays at 10:30 AM.

"What a line up, Robinson, Mays, Mantle, Musial, DiMaggio, Berra, and Snider are just a few of the Hall of Famers who are going to be featured on GSN's game show tribute to baseball," said Lou Fazio, Vice President of Scheduling and Acquisitions. "Baseball fans love seeing their heroes of the past appear on WHAT'S MY LINE and we are giving them a chance to see them again this summer."

GSN has unveiled its roster of special WHAT'S MY LINE episodes, featuring appearances by players and managers who are in the Hall of Fame. The following are just a few of the players who appeared usually as "mystery guests" on the classic game show beginning during the 1950's and transitioning to the color episodes in the 1970's. These include Mickey Mantle, Duke Snider, Yogi Berra, Stan Musial, Satchel Paige, Phil Rizzuto (the first "mystery guest" ever on the show), Leo Durocher, Branch Rickey and Casey Stengel. In addition, the episodes include other important figures in baseball and many more former baseball stars. The complete schedule is attached.

The classic editions of WHAT'S MY LINE following the Saturday, July 8 premiere will be aired nightly throughout the month of July and in to August during the black and white overnight time slot at 3:30 AM ET.

The original versions of WHAT'S MY LINE premiered in 1950 and ran for 25 years ending in 1975. John Daly was the original host who was later replaced in 1968 by Wally Bruner. Bruner was followed by Larry Blyden in 1975.

GSN, the Network for Games, is the only U.S. television network dedicated to game-related programming and interactive game playing. The network features game shows, reality series, documentaries and casino games. As the industry leader in interactivity, GSN features over 133 hours per week of interactive programming, which allows viewers a chance to win prizes by playing along with GSN's televised games via GSN.com. Now reaching more than 60 million Nielsen homes, GSN is distributed in the U.S. through all major cable systems and satellite providers. The network is jointly owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment and Liberty Media Corporation. For further media information, visit GSN's press website at corp.gsn.com.

Classic WHAT'S MY LINE Episode On GSN Schedule

Saturday, July 8th Featured Guest Original

Air Date

9:00 AM Ted Williams*/Boston Red Sox 5/23/54

9:30 AM Joe DiMaggio*/New York Yankees 9/18/55

10:00 AM Jackie Robinson*/Brooklyn Dodgers 11/20/69 (C)

10:30 AM Willie Mays*/NY-San Francisco Giants 8/20/68 (C)

Date Featured Guest Original

Air Date

Saturday, July 8 Mickey Mantle*/Yankees 5/17/53

Sunday, July 9 Duke Snider*/Dodgers & 9/5/54

Sal Maglie/Giants

Monday, July 10 Yogi Berra*/Yankees 7/2/61

Tuesday, July 11 Roy Campanella*/Dodgers 9/6/53

Wednesday, July 12 Joe Garagiola*/Announcer 10/15/68 (C)

Thursday, July 13 Phil Rizzuto*/Yankees 2/2/50

Friday, July 14 Stan Musial*/Cardinals 3/8/64

Saturday, July 15 Willie Mays*/Giants 7/15/62

Sunday, July 16 Satchel Paige*/Indians 2/11/71 (C)

Monday, July 17 Casey Stengel*/Yankees Manager 4/15/62

Tuesday, July 18 Emmett Ashford/first black umpire 5/29/66

Wednesday, July 19 Vida Blue/A's 5/31/73 (C)

Thursday, July 20 Leo Durocher*/Manager 5/31/53

Friday, July 21 Joe DiMaggio*/Yankees 9/18/55

Saturday, July 22 Cincinnati Reds Team 6/24/56

Sunday, July 23 Terry Tata/umpire 6/11/61

Monday, July 24 Jim Bouton/Yankees 10/22/70 (C)

Tuesday, July 25 Ralph Houk/Yankees 10/23/60

Wednesday, July 26 Russ Hodges/Giants announcer 10/7/62

Thursday, July 27 Jim Piersall/Red Sox 4/28/57

Friday, July 28 Ted Williams*/Red Sox 5/23/54

Saturday, July 29 Willie Mays*/Giants 7/11/54

Sunday, July 30 Jackie Robinson*/Dodgers 11/20/69 (C)

Monday, July 31 Yogi Berra*/Yankees 4/26/64

Tuesday, August 1 Phil Rizutto*/Yankees 2/5/70 (C)

Wednesday, August 2 Denny McLain/Tigers 11/13/68 (C)

Thursday, August 3 Chuck Dressen/Reds 9/28/52

Friday, August 4 Clete Boyer/Yankees & 10/11/64

Ken Boyer/Cardinals

Saturday, August 5 Bobby Murcer/Yankees 8/12/71 (C)

Sunday, August 6 Branch Rickey*/Dodgers owner 9/13/59

Monday, August 7 Al Summers/umpire 3/6/69 (C)

Tuesday, August 8 Gil Hodges/Dodgers 5/26/63

Wed., August 9 Del Webb & Dan Topping/Yankees owners 8/26/56

Thursday, August 10 Ed Hurley/umpire 10/4/53

Friday, August 11 Joe Garagiola*/announcer 6/11/70 (C)

Saturday, August 12 Sal Maglie/Giants 10/7/56

Sunday, August 13 Duke Snider*/Dodgers 1/12/58

Notes: Members of the Hall of Fame appear with an asterisk(*). All episodes Black and White unless noted by (C) which denotes color episodes.

-GSN-

Source: GSN

Web site: http://corp.gsn.com/

Web site: http://www.gsn.com/

TV Land and Nick at Nite's Family Table: Share More Than Meals has teamed up with The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University to once again celebrate Family Day - A Day to Eat Dinner with Your Children on Monday, September 25, 2006. Beginning today, people committed to eating together on Family Day can go to FamilyTable.info to register participation for their family, friends and loved ones. Additionally, FamilyTable.info was recognized last week with a Gold Award - the highest honor in its class - in the education category at The Broadcast Designers Association Awards as well as the Silver Promax Award. The BDA Awards are widely recognized as the ultimate accolade for outstanding design contributions in electronic media and the Promax Awards are the industry's top honors for outstanding marketing and promotion in the broadcast and electronic media industries.

CASA's Family Day - A Day to Eat Dinner with Your Children, which was created in 2001, is a national effort designed to promote the benefits that come from the parental engagement fostered in families who dine together regularly. A decade of CASA research has consistently shown that the more often children eat dinner with their families, the less likely they are to smoke, drink or use illegal drugs. Together, CASA and The Family Table have set a goal of registering millions of Americans to pledge to have dinner as a family on September 25th and, hopefully, use Family Day as a catalyst to make family dinners a regular part of their lives.

TV Land & Nick at Nite's Family Table: Share More Than Meals was created by the two networks in 2003 and seeks to remind its viewers about the emotional and social benefits that come from taking the time to sit down and share with one another. Through a series of promotional spots - which both networks air in regular rotation daily - the networks encourage viewers to experience the benefits of dining together.

"We are so honored to work with CASA again in supporting its efforts to make Family Day a national priority," states Larry W. Jones, President, TV Land & Nick at Nite. "TV Land and Nick at Nite's Family Table is committed to encouraging people to share meals together and our hope is that everyone will register at FamilyTable.info to eat dinner together on Family Day and then use that day as a reminder of the many benefits that come from family dining."

"There is no better media partner for Family Day than Nick at Nite and TV Land," said Joseph A. Califano, Jr., Chairman and President of The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University and former U.S. Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare. "Working with the Family Table initiative to encourage Americans to share more than just meals and asking them to pledge their commitment to doing so, proves that TV Land and Nick at Nite really understand that America's drug problem is not going to be solved in courtrooms or legislative hearing rooms by judges and politicians, but rather in living rooms, dining rooms and across kitchen tables -- by parents and families."

TV Land, Nick at Nite and all related logos and titles are trademarks of Viacom International, Inc.

Now seen in over 85 million U.S. homes, TV Land's program mix features popular dramas, sitcoms, westerns, Retromercials and a TV-referential interstitial environment, all programmed with a specific audience in mind - the first generation of Americans to grow up watching television and features all-time Classic hits like All in the Family, I Love Lucy, The Andy Griffith Show, and Bonanza.

MTV Networks, a division of Viacom International Inc. (NYSE:VIA) (NYSE:VIA.B) , owns and operates the following television programming services -- MTV: MUSIC TELEVISION, MTV2, mtvU, VHI, NICKELODEON, NICK at NITE, COMEDY CENTRAL, TV LAND, SPIKE TV, CMT, NOGGIN, MTV INTERNATIONAL and THE DIGITAL SUITE FROM MTV NETWORKS, a package of 12 digital services, all of which are trademarks of MTV Networks. MTV Networks also has licensing agreements, joint ventures, and syndication deals whereby all of its programming services can be seen worldwide.

About Viacom

Viacom is a leading global entertainment content company, with prominent and respected brands in focused demographics. Offering programming and content for television, motion pictures and digital platforms, Viacom's world- class brands include MTV Networks (MTV, VH1, Nickelodeon, Nick at Nite, Comedy Central, CMT: Country Music Television, Spike TV, TV Land, Logo and more than 120 networks around the world), BET Networks, Paramount Pictures, Paramount Home Entertainment, DreamWorks and Famous Music. More information about Viacom and its businesses is available at www.viacom.com.

CASA is the only national organization that brings together under one roof all the professional disciplines needed to study and combat all types of substance abuse as they affect all aspects of society. CASA has issued 61 reports and white papers, published one book, conducted demonstration projects focused on children, families and schools at 155 sites in 63 cities and counties in 26 states plus Washington, DC and a Native American tribal reservation, and has been testing the effectiveness of drug and alcohol treatment, in a variety of programs and drug courts. CASA is the creator of the nationwide initiative Family Day - A Day to Eat Dinner with Your Children -- the fourth Monday in September -- that promotes parental engagement as a simple and effective way to reduce children's risk of smoking, drinking and using illegal drugs. To become a CASA member, please visit www.casacolumbia.org and click "Become a Member" or send an e-mail to membership@casacolumbia.org for more information.

Source: TV Land/Nick at Nite

Web site: http://www.nick-at-nite.com/
http://www.viacom.com/
http://www.casacolumbia.org/
http://familytable.info/
http://tvland.com/

Crystal Media Networks continues with its highly successful CMN Prestige RADAR(R) ("Radio's All Dimension Audience Research") Network in the RADAR 89 network audience report. With the release of RADAR 89, CMN Prestige has increased inventory to 10 Minutes per week.

Out of the 56 RADAR rated Networks for RADAR 89, audience to all commercials, Monday-Sunday 6a-12m, CMN Prestige ranks #13 for Adults 25-54. In the Top 10 and Top 25 DMA's CMN Prestige ranks #1 for Adults, Men and Women 25-54 and 18-49 AQH.

In a compositional analysis of RADAR 89, audience to all commercials, Monday-Sunday 6a-12m, Crystal Media Networks' CMN Prestige ranks #1 in the Top 10, Top 25, and Top 50 markets for Adults, Men and Women 25-54 and 18-49; and ranks #1 or #2 for virtually all other demographic breaks.

"We're very pleased to continue to provide advertisers and agencies strong top market audiences on top ranked stations with a female skewing network," stated Pamela Foster, VP/Director of Research.

About Crystal Media Networks

Crystal Media Networks is a multi-media production, sales, and syndication company. Its corporate headquarters are located in Washington D.C., and the company has support offices in New York and Chicago.

About RADAR

RADAR (Radio's All Dimension Audience Research) is a national radio ratings service that measures audiences to radio commercials aired on 56 radio networks operated by ABC Radio Networks, American Urban Radio Networks, Crystal Media Networks, Dial Communications - Global Media, Inc., Jones MediaAmerica, Inc., Premiere Radio Networks, and Westwood One Radio Networks.

Source: Crystal Media Networks

GUBA (www.guba.com), a leading online multimedia entertainment site, today announced its new video service featuring Warner Bros. Entertainment content. This premium offering allows users to rent and buy, on a download basis, movies and television shows online. With the launch today, GUBA becomes the first US video sharing community to distribute licensed Warner Bros. Entertainment's content online.

GUBA enables its users to search, upload and share video posted to GUBA and Usenet. GUBA transcodes video so that users can view content on a wide range of video formats and portable devices. Now, GUBA enables users to download DRM-protected films and TV shows from Warner Bros. Entertainment.

More than two hundred of Warner Bros. Entertainment's latest movie releases are currently available from GUBA, including Syriana, Good Night and Good Luck, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, and Everything is Illuminated, as well as catalog titles such as The Matrix, Batman Forever, and Best in Show. TV programming includes Babylon 5, Dukes of Hazzard, The Flintstones and The Jetsons. All video content can be downloaded and played on compatible home computers, streamed to the TV, and loaded onto portable devices.

"GUBA, has been working directly with the Motion Picture Association and has instituted filtering and security measures to ensure the protection of copyrighted films and television content," stated Darcy Antonellis, Executive Vice President, Distribution Technology and Operations, Warner Bros. Technical Operations.

Rental prices start at $1.99 per movie for unlimited views during a 24- hour period. Viewers can buy extra viewing days for reduced fees without the need to download the film again.

GUBA also allows users to buy movies and television shows. Catalog films will retail for $9.99 and new releases, available on the same date that DVDs are released in stores, will retail for $19.99. Television shows will retail starting at $1.79 per episode. Users may keep permanent copies of purchased titles, load purchased titles onto portable devices, and stream purchased and rented content through their home network.

"This new service brings premium studio content to an Internet audience in an easy-to-use and intuitive way, without the necessity of downloading additional software. For years we've been making access to online video easy -- now we're bringing that experience to Warner Bros.'s catalog of films and TV shows," said Tom McInerney, CEO and co-founder of GUBA. "Warner Bros. is a pioneer in Internet distribution and is creating a new online video rental market. Warner has great content that I know our millions of monthly visitors will enjoy."

"We're pleased to open our movie and TV content to GUBA's community through the launch of this service. GUBA's platform is user-friendly and easily accessible which is critical for the emerging online digital distribution market," said Jim Wuthrich, Senior Vice President, Digital Distribution, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group. "With GUBA, more Internet users will be able to legally and securely buy and rent our films and TV series. Warner is committed to providing our programming to fans when, where and how they want it, and this deal is another example of our commitment to do that."

Technical requirements -- GUBA's service uses Digital Rights Management (DRM) copyright protection software developed by Microsoft. Only devices with current Windows Media technology can play Warner Bros. content. This includes most Windows PCs and Windows Media compatible portable devices.

About Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group

The Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group was founded in 2005 to bring together all of the Warner Bros. Entertainment businesses involved in the digital delivery of entertainment content to consumers, including home video, online, wireless, games and anti-piracy and emerging technologies operations. WBHEG is a strategic recognition of the ongoing changes in the way consumers view entertainment product and seeks to maximize current and next-generation distribution scenarios to make the Studio's content available to audiences through as many channels, platforms and devices as possible.

About GUBA

GUBA is a leading online entertainment destination helping you find digital content that will entertain and captivate you. On www.guba.com you can easily browse, download and share video, and buy feature films and TV shows from quality producers. GUBA has an intuitive search interface that enables rapid download to the PC, iPod, PlayStation Portable, and other portable devices. Users can watch video in Flash, QuickTime, and Windows Media formats, and can stream video in their home network using Windows Media Center and Apple's Front Row.

GUBA accepts video submissions from users in all commonly available formats, indexes video from parts of the Internet that major search engines do not search, and licenses feature films and TV shows from major studios and independent producers.

With GUBA, content producers can publish premium titles using the latest DRM technology, and easily reach Internet viewers on one of the fastest growing online audiences. Content producers can visit http://producers.guba.com/ for more information.

Founded in 1998, GUBA is privately held and is located in San Francisco, California. For more information, please visit www.guba.com.

NOTE: GUBA is a registered trademark of GUBA, LLC. All other trademarks and registered trademarks previously cited are the property of their respective owners.

Source: GUBA, LLC

CONTACT: Adriana Gascoigne of LEWIS PR, +1-415-992-4424, or
GUBA@lewispr.com, for GUBA; or Anna Vrechek of Edelman Public Relations,
+1-323-202-1908, or anna.vrechek@edelman.com, for Warner Bros. Home
Entertainment Group

Web site: http://www.guba.com/

Superb Muzic Productions is proud to announce the debut release from Bay Area R&B artist Bigg Chaly titled "Missin' U."

Bringing it straight from the streets of San Francisco, this artist/writer/arranger delivers a diverse collection of hits on his debut CD on the Superb Muzic label. Laying down tracks since he was a young fella, Charles Baxter, Jr. has always wanted the opportunity to let the world hear his music. And now he expresses himself with a collection of Urban/R&B songs with elements of hip-hop, neo-soul and jazz added to the mix to create the soulful "Missin' U" CD.

The CD catches you from the start with the hard driving, yet radio friendly "Do U" which features the Bay Area's own Young Thugg (YT) on the mic. The title track, "Missin' U," is a soulful track that really showcases the writing and arranging skills that Bigg Chaly possesses. "Let It Go" is another standout track that promises to generate great commercial appeal and tells an intricate story about being unfaithful, but in the end, trying to be true to your wife and family first and foremost.

His calling is music and he embraces his songs with a passion only comparable to the sounds heard from some of the most impressive R&B artists in the business. With inspirations from the likes of the late, great Luther Vandross, Lionel Ritchie, Brian McKnight and Will Downing, Bigg Chaly is ready to take the music world by storm.

Track listing will be announced shortly

About Superb Muzic

Superb Muzic Productions is a full-service music production company and label that was established in 1998. The company is located in the San Francisco Bay Area and specializes in Hip-Hop/Rap, R&B, Pop and Contemporary Jazz music genres. For additional info on the Superb Muzic label and its roster of artists, please visit: www.superbmuzic.com

SOURCE: Superb Muzic Productions

"The DaVinci Code" taps into people's deeply-held suspicion of authorities. This echoes the real-life controversy described in "Black Athena": has bias led authorities to conceal the actual origin of Greek society and Western civilization? This widely-debated issue may finally have been resolved by the landmark paper presented to the World History Association on June 24, 2006 by Sanford Holst, the world's leading expert on the Phoenicians. Our view of race and diversity may never be the same.

(www.phoenician.org/black_athena.htm)

Almost twenty years ago Martin Bernal's "Black Athena" stunned the academic world by presenting clear proof of racial and cultural bias in that community against Black and Semitic people. It suggested this bias had buried those peoples' valuable contributions to the rise of what has been called Greek civilization. That excluded the Phoenicians and Egyptians from many parts of history.

The presentation by Holst was met with energetic applause from a standing-room-only audience. He revealed in detail how Minoan architecture, arts, commerce and government were strongly shaped by the Phoenicians from the Near East (Asia) and the Egyptians from Africa. Some of our most cherished institutions today, including democracy and the ability to read and write with a simple alphabet, can be traced to these non-European sources.

The line of proof discussed by Holst at WHA was foreshadowed by his earlier book "Phoenicians: Lebanon's Epic Heritage." While written as a popular work for the general public, it nevertheless revealed the rise of the beautiful Minoan society on Crete which has been widely acknowledged as the fore-runner of classical Greek society. His current paper showed the clear debt of Minoans to the Phoenician people who preceded them, supported by evidence drawn from over 30 sources. The wealth of archaeological and historical information he added to this discussion clearly ended the pure-European view of Western civilization.

Holst concluded, "Diversity was present at the beginning of our civilization, and should be a natural part of our society today."

The complete paper and sources are available at www.phoenician.org/black_athena.htm. "The DaVinci Code" is by Dan Brown.

Neotrope(R). http://www.send2press.com/

Source: Sanford Holst

Web site: http://www.phoenician.org/black_athena.htm

International recording artist, Vittorio Grigolo, arrives in the U.S. this fall with a stunning self-titled debut album, VITTORIO. Slated for release on September 12th (Decca), the album was one of the highest classical chart debuts ever for a new artist in the UK, landing him in the Top 10 alongside the likes of Andrea Bocelli. Now, this astounding collection of stirring ballads and powerful love songs establishes the 28-year-old as the next male crossover singer poised for stateside success.

Born in Rome but raised in Arezzo, near Florence, Vittorio has developed a reputation as one of the most talented young singers of his generation. Dubbed "Il Pavarottino" ("Little Pavarotti") by the press after Vittorio and Pavarotti appeared together in a performance of Tosca in Rome, Vittorio was well on his way with the kind of career most artists only dream about. At the age of 23, he was the youngest Italian tenor ever to sing at La Scala (Bernstein's West Side Story), and was soon performing Mozart, Verdi and Rossini throughout Europe, Japan, and America.

Word about Vittorio's talents quickly reached Simon Cowell, who was so impressed by Vittorio that he wanted him to be a member of IL DIVO. Vittorio declined Cowell's offer in order to establish himself as a solo artist, while still pursuing his passion for opera. While "popera" artists proliferate left and right, Vittorio has been recognized as uniquely motivated whose ambition is matched only by his talent.

Vittorio and Thirteen/WNET New York's GREAT PERFORMANCES have teamed together for an exciting special taped in Rome for broadcast in August on PBS (check your local listings). VITTORIO: DREAMS OF ROME was shot on location at the Roman ruins of Hadrian's Villa in Tivoli, capturing Vittorio in peak concert performance, featuring selections from his debut album along with other opera favorites. Highlights of both the disc and the special include "Maria" from West Side Story, Brit pop music group Keane's "Bedshaped (Cosi), and Stevie Wonder's "All In Love Is Fair."

"He has a voice to die for, very mellow despite all that Italian emotion and expression," says Nicole Scherzinger of the Pussycat Dolls, who recorded "Il Mio Miracolo (You Are My Miracle)" with Vittorio for the new album. "He's very young to be a working tenor but you can tell immediately he is the real thing." Adds the music journal Hitsheet, "If the buzz surrounding (him) is anything to go by then 2006 is going to be Vittorio's year."

Source: Universal Music Classics Group

Hollywood Records' artists Aly & AJ are putting the finishing touches on the deluxe edition of their gold selling debut album "Into The Rush" to be released August 8. The deluxe package includes three new tracks, "Chemicals React," "Shine," and "Never Far Behind"; as well as two remixed tracks, "Something More" and "Collapsed." The artwork is completely new and the package includes an exclusive fold out autographed poster. A bonus DVD with videos of "Rush," "Chemicals React," and the "Simlish" version of "Chemicals React" is also included. "Simlish" is the language of the beloved EA video game family "The Sims." Aly & AJ recently shot the video for "Chemicals React" with renowned director Chris Applebaum. The video world premieres Thursday, June 29, on MTV.

"Chemicals React" will also be featured in Wal-Mart's Back to School commercial for TV, radio and online. The spots will begin running July 10 for 6 months in the United States.

Aly & AJ are currently on a sold out US tour, garnering reviews like, "Move over, Lindsay and Hilary. Here come Aly & AJ. The sister act is the latest teen sensation to break out of Hollywood" -- The Asbury Park Press. Aly & AJ's complete itinerary is on www.alyandaj.com.

The following is a complete track listing of Aly & AJ's Into The Rush Deluxe Edition:

1. Chemicals React* 10. Speak For Myself

2. Shine* 11. Out Of The Blue

3. Never Far Behind* 12. I Am One Of Them

4. Something More** 13. Sticks And Stones

5. Collapsed** 14. Protecting Me

6. Rush 15. Slow Down

7. No One 16. Do You Believe In Magic

8. On The Ride 17. Walking On Sunshine

9. In A Second

* New tracks

** Remixed tracks

Source: Hollywood Records

Web site: http://www.alyandaj.com/

Belo Corp. (NYSE:BLC) announced today that Belo television stations have won five national Edward R. Murrow Awards for 2006, leading all other station groups nationwide in the total number of awards received. The awards recognize KING-TV in Seattle/Tacoma for Overall Excellence, KHOU-TV in Houston for Investigative Reporting and Feature-Hard News, WWL-TV in New Orleans for Continuing Coverage, and KVUE-TV in Austin for Videography. The Radio-Television News Directors Association (RTNDA) presents the Murrow Awards annually to honor outstanding achievements in electronic journalism and recognize news organizations that set the standard in the broadcast news profession.

"We are extremely proud that Belo stations have been recognized by the RTNDA with more national Murrow Awards than any other station group in the nation this year," said Dunia Shive, Belo president/Media Operations. "This leadership performance reflects the exceptional commitment of our journalists to delivering outstanding content to their local communities."

This year's awards bring the total number of national Murrow Awards Belo stations have won to 15 since 2000 and 27 since 1976. Belo's wins at the national level this year follow an impressive showing in regional competitions where 10 Belo stations garnered 33 regional Murrow Awards and led all station groups nationwide. Belo stations competed in seven of 13 Murrow regions this year. Regional award recipients automatically compete for the national awards.

Details follow about the national awards given to Belo stations:

* In the large-market television category, KING in Seattle/Tacoma

received an award for Overall Excellence by consistently demonstrating

significant depth, scope and quality in its news coverage, writing and

videography.

* Also in the large-market category, KHOU in Houston was recognized with

two awards. The series of reports entitled, "Playing with Fire,"

compiled by investigative reporter Mark Greenblatt, investigative

executive producer David Raziq, investigative photojournalist Chris

Henao and photojournalist Lynn Roder, won an Investigative Reporting

award for uncovering widespread public safety failures by the Harris

County Fire Marshal's Office at Houston-area schools. The Fire

Marshal's Office had not conducted fire code inspections at hundreds

of public schools in more than 30 years. The investigation uncovered

immediate, life-threatening conditions at many of these schools,

including fire alarms or smoke detectors that were not installed and

other serious violations. This series of reports prompted widespread

reform within the Fire Marshal's Office.

* A second award was given to KHOU in the new Feature-Hard News category

for "Firefighters: Cancer." This feature by reporter Jeremy Desel and

photojournalist Thomas Empey documented the increased cancer risks

Houston Fire Department firefighters face when entering burning

buildings. Within three weeks after this story reported death rates

for firefighters that are four to 30 times higher than the general

public for some types of cancers, the Texas legislature passed a law

giving firefighters line-of-duty death benefits for cancer.

* Also in the large-market television category, WWL in New Orleans was

honored with a Continuing Coverage award for its extraordinary

coverage of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath as the only local

station to stay on the air throughout the crisis. The WWL team

demonstrated considerable determination and resourcefulness in

providing vital news and information despite difficult and often

dangerous situations. Their work has also been recognized with other

major industry awards, including a George Foster Peabody Award, Radio-

Television News Directors Foundation (RTNDF) First Amendment

Leadership Award, National Association of Broadcasters Education

Foundation (NABEF) Service to America Samaritan Award and the

Louisiana State University Manship School of Mass Communication

Manship Prize.

* In the small-market television category, KVUE in Austin was recognized

with a Videography award for its story, "Le Parkour," reported by

photojournalist Todd Rogenthien and anchor Christine Haas. The story

focuses on an innovative new sport that involves using the area's

Texas landmarks as an obstacle course. The video coverage

dramatically follows individuals who have come to Austin from cities

across Texas to stay physically fit by running, leaping and tumbling

across monument walls, stairs, bridges and other structures.

The RTNDA announced a total of 26 national Edward R. Murrow Awards for 24 television stations in the large and small-market television categories this year. The winners in all categories will be honored at the RTNDA Awards Dinner on October 16, 2006, in New York. The Edward R. Murrow Awards have recognized outstanding achievements in electronic journalism since 1971. They promote the spirit of excellence that Edward R. Murrow made a standard for the broadcast news profession.

About Belo

Belo Corp. is one of the nation's largest media companies with a diversified group of market-leading television, newspaper, cable and interactive media assets. A Fortune 1000 company with 7,700 employees and more than $1.5 billion in annual revenues, Belo operates in some of America's most dynamic markets in Texas, the Northwest, the Southwest, the Mid-Atlantic and Rhode Island. Belo owns 19 television stations, six of which are in the 15 largest U.S. broadcast markets. The Company also owns or operates seven cable news channels and manages one television station through a local marketing agreement. Belo's daily newspapers are The Dallas Morning News, The Providence Journal, The Press-Enterprise (Riverside, CA) and the Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, TX). The Company also publishes specialty publications targeting young adults and the fast-growing Hispanic market, including Quick and Al Dia in Dallas/Fort Worth, and El D and La Prensa in Riverside. Belo operates more than 30 Web sites associated with its operating companies. Additional information is available at http://www.belo.com/ or by contacting Nancy Del Regno, manager, Investor Relations & Corporate Communications, at 214-977-6825.

Source: Belo Corp.

Web site: http://www.belo.com/

"Stars Are Blind," the debut single from heiress, actress, and newly minted pop star Paris Hilton continues to burn up at radio and online. After just three weeks, the reggae-tinged track is being played at more than 125 pop stations across the country and is the Number One most requested song at Los Angeles' KIIS FM and New York's influential Z100. The response in Europe has been huge as well, with significant radio airplay in Australia, Canada, and Italy.

"Stars Are Blind" is also the Number One most digitally downloaded song at Yahoo! Music this week and the Number Six most downloaded track on Apple's iTunes music store. In addition, the video, which premiered on June 6th on MTV.com, is driving millions of people online to view it at MTV.com, YouTube (where it has received more than one and a half million plays), and Yahoo! Music, where it is currently the Number Two most viewed artist clip. The video, which features Hilton frolicking on a Malibu beach, was shot by noted director Chris Applebaum, who also lensed Rihanna's "S.O.S." and Natasha Bedingfield's "Unwritten."

The single was released in Europe on June 2nd and leaked the same day by Ryan Seacrest during his morning show on Los Angeles radio station KIIS FM. Within minutes, it began to pop up on stations across the U.S. The demand led Warner Bros. Records to make the song available to radio for digital delivery ahead of schedule on June 5th.

"Stars Are Blind" is the lead-off single from Hilton's self-titled debut album, which is due for release by Warner Bros. Records later this summer. It features collaborations with top-flight producers Scott Storch, J.R. Rotem, and Dr. Luke, as well as songwriting by pop heavyweights Kara DioGuardi, Billy Steinberg, and Sheppard Solomon.

SOURCE: Warner Bros. Records

NEW YORK, June 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SIRIUS Satellite Radio

(Nasdaq: SIRI), the Official Satellite Radio Partner of Wimbledon, will for

the second straight year provide the most comprehensive live radio coverage of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships.

From the opening matches today Monday, June 26 through the Women's and Men's Finals on Saturday, July 8 and Sunday, July 9, SIRIUS will provide up to 10 hours of live Wimbledon coverage daily. SIRIUS listeners will hear live point-by-point action from key matches on both Centre Court and the outer courts -- including the Men's and Women's semifinal and final matches in their entirety -- plus courtside reports and highlights, pre- and post-match commentary and up-to-the-minute Wimbledon news.

The programming will air daily from 6 am - 4 pm ET on SIRIUS Sports

Play- by-Play, channel 125 and will be available to SIRIUS subscribers atno extra cost. The SIRIUS broadcast will be part of "Radio Wimbledon,"

produced by TWI from the All-England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club.

In addition to the live coverage of tournament play, Wimbledon

All-Access on SIRIUS will air nightly throughout the tournament from 6 - 7 pm ET exclusively on SIRIUS Sports Action, channel 123. Hosted by veteran sportscaster Tim Ryan, who will be on location in England to cover the tournament, along with regular SIRIUS personality Andrew Bogusch, Wimbledon All-Access on SIRIUS will include a recap of the day's results, interviews with the competitors and previews of upcoming matches.

"The Wimbledon Championships are truly one of the most celebrated

events in sports and we will provide tennis fans with the most

comprehensive radio coverage available in the U.S.," said Steve Cohen, Vice

President of Sports Programming for SIRIUS. "With live on-court action and

detailed analysis of the day's outcomes and upsets, SIRIUS listeners will

be able to experience everything but the smell of Wimbledon's freshly cut

grass courts."

In addition to being the Official Satellite Radio Partner of the NFL,

NBA, NHL, AFL, Wimbledon Championships and Barclays English Premier League

soccer, SIRIUS broadcasts play-by-play for more than 150 college teams,

including the entire NCAA(R) Division I Men's Basketball Championship.

Starting in 2007, SIRIUS will be the official satellite radio home of

NASCAR.

About SIRIUS

SIRIUS delivers more than 125 channels of the best programming in all

of radio. SIRIUS is the original and only home of 100% commercial free

music channels in satellite radio, offering 67 music channels available

nationwide. SIRIUS also delivers 61 channels of sports, news, talk,

entertainment, traffic, weather and data. SIRIUS is the Official Satellite

Radio Partner of the NFL, NBA and NHL and broadcasts live play-by-play

games of the NFL, NBA and NHL. All SIRIUS programming is available for a

monthly subscription fee of only $12.95.

SIRIUS products for the car, truck, home, RV and boat are available in

more than 25,000 retail locations, including Best Buy, Circuit City,

Crutchfield, Costco, Target, Wal-Mart, Sam's Club, RadioShack and at

shop.sirius.com.

SIRIUS radios are offered in vehicles from Audi, BMW, Chrysler, Dodge,

Ford, Infiniti, Jaguar, Jeep(R), Land Rover, Lexus, Lincoln-Mercury, Mazda,

Mercedes-Benz, MINI, Nissan, Porsche, Rolls Royce, Scion, Toyota,

Volkswagen and Volvo. Hertz also offers SIRIUS in its rental cars at major

locations around the country.

Click on http://www.sirius.com to listen to SIRIUS live, or to purchase a

SIRIUS radio and subscription.

Any statements that express, or involve discussions as to,

expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, assumptions, future events or

performance with respect to SIRIUS Satellite Radio Inc. are not historical

facts and may be forward-looking and, accordingly, such statements involve

estimates, assumptions and uncertainties which could cause actual results

to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking

statements. Accordingly, any such statements are qualified in their

entirety by reference to the factors discussed in our Annual Report on Form

10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 filed with the Securities and

Exchange Commission. Among the key factors that have a direct bearing on

our operational results are: our dependence upon third parties, including

manufacturers of SIRIUS radios, retailers, automakers and programming

partners, our competitive position and any events which affect the useful

life of our satellites.

P-SIRI

SOURCE SIRIUS Satellite Radio

The Christopher Reeve Foundation (CRF) today announced the launch of www.SupermanTag.org, the official website of the year's hottest philanthropy-based jewelry, the Superman Tag. These dog tags engraved with the official Superman S-Shield bear the Foundation's tagline, "Go Forward" -- words that reflect Christopher's belief that to overcome any adversity in your life, no matter how challenging, you need to Go Forward each day with strength, determination and courage.

The Tags, whose celebrity fans include Wilmer Valderrama, Hilary Duff and Jesse McCartney, have raised more than $800,000 since their introduction last summer. All proceeds from the sale of the Tags continue the vital work of the late Christopher and Dana Reeve, through CRF's ongoing research and quality of life programs benefiting people living with paralysis.

SupermanTag.org offers a cool and dynamic site that features photos of celebrities wearing the Tag, inspirational stories of those who are Going Forward with the help of the Foundation, downloadable banners for websites and personal web pages, and the opportunity to easily buy Tags for yourself and loved ones.

The Foundation has received tremendous support from Warner Bros. Consumer Products and DC Comics with the creation of the Tag and website. They have provided the Foundation with the use of the S-Shield for the Tag and the name SupermanTag.org for the website.

Euro RSCG 4D, an integrated marketing communications agency, contributed pro bono website design services to create this unique site and Miles Technologies, a top provider of information technology services, donated hosting facilities for the site.

"SupermanTag.org is a wonderful place for people to learn more about Christopher and Dana's inspiring legacy, the everyday heroes who inspired them and how wearing the Tag can support their vision," said Kathy Lewis, President and CEO of the Christopher Reeve Foundation. "We are very much appreciative of the time and services Euro RSCG 4D and Miles Technologies generously donated to create and host this fabulous website, as well as of our partners at Warner Bros. Consumer Products and DC Comics for providing the use of the S-Shield."

"We are delighted to be working with the Christopher Reeve Foundation for such a worthy cause," stated Cheryl Rubin, Senior Vice President, Brand Management for DC Comics. "We couldn't be more pleased that the Foundation has currently raised over $800,000 from the sale of these tags."

Euro RSCG 4D's Managing Director Jane Barratt added, "We were thrilled to have been a part of the latest efforts of the Christopher Reeve Foundation. This was a great opportunity for us to utilize the skills and passion of our team to further a wonderful cause."

Wear the tag. Tell a friend. Spread the word. Go Forward.

www.SupermanTag.org

About CRF

The Christopher Reeve Foundation is dedicated to finding treatments and cures for spinal cord injury by funding innovative research, and improving the lives of people living with paralysis through grants, information and advocacy. For more information, please visit www.ChristopherReeve.org or call 800-225-0292.

About Euro RSCG 4D

Euro RSCG 4D is the marketing services division of Euro RSCG Worldwide. The agency has core capabilities in Direct (CRM, DRTV, direct marketing); Digital (interactive); Drive (promotion, event, retail, channel, design, merchandising and brand experience) and Data (modeling and analysis). Euro RSCG 4D consists of over 100 offices in 42 countries, 700 client relationships and 4,000 employees worldwide. Headquartered in New York, Euro RSCG Worldwide is the largest unit of Havas, a world leader in communications (NASDAQ:HAVS) (NASDAQ:- Euronext) (NASDAQ:Paris) (NASDAQ:SA:) (NASDAQ:HAV.PA) .

About Miles Technologies

Headquartered in Moorestown, New Jersey, Miles Technologies' Information Technology & Computer Consulting division provides Installation and support of networks, servers, and workstations. The company provides onsite and remote support, and custom builds servers and workstations to any specifications. Miles Technologies' Application Development division provides ground-breaking custom software solutions for all company procedures, including Contact Management & Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), project management and task control, automated marketing systems, accounting integration, and Sales and Accounting Reporting. www.milestechnologies.com.

About Warner Bros. Consumer Products

Warner Bros. Consumer Products, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, is one of the leading licensing and retail merchandising organizations in the world.

About DC Comics

DC Comics, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, is the largest English- language publisher of comics in the world and home to such iconic characters as Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and the Sandman. These DC Super Heroes and others have starred in comic books, movies, television series (both animated and live-action) and cyberspace, thrilling audiences of all ages for generations. DC Comics' Web site is located at www.dccomics.com.

SUPERMAN and all related characters and elements are trademarks of and (C) DC Comics.

Source: Christopher Reeve Foundation

Web site: http://www.christopherreeve.org/
http://www.supermantag.org/
http://www.paralysis.org/
http://www.milestechnologies.com/
http://www.dccomics.com/

THE GREG BEHRENDT SHOW has begun casting for on-air guests who are ready to tackle their relationship issues before a live studio audience.

Beginning Tuesday, September 12, 2006, comedian and best-selling author Greg Behrendt will provide a daily dose of relationship advice on his new daytime talk show, THE GREG BEHRENDT SHOW (syndicated, check local listings) from Sony Pictures Television. Behrendt is the co-author of the popular relationship bibles "He's Just Not That Into You" and "It's Called a Breakup Because It's Broken."

THE GREG BEHRENDT SHOW is seeking open, honest people who are ready to confront their relationship problems and, with the help of Greg Behrendt, improve their lives. Whether you are going through a difficult breakup or you have a secret you are afraid to reveal or you're a Supermom holding everything together, THE GREG BEHRENDT SHOW wants to hear from you! Please visit www.gregbehrendt.com or send an e-mail to thegregbehrendtshow@msn.com and share your story today. Producers are now booking guests for relationship segments including:

- Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

- Honey, Where'd You Put The Sex?

- Are you Supermom?

- To Tell or Not To Tell

Want to see a live taping of THE GREG BEHRENDT SHOW? Call 310-202-2433 to reserve your VIP seats now!

Sony Pictures Television is one of the television industry's leading content providers. It produces and distributes programming in every genre, including series, telefilms, theatrical releases and family entertainment for network and cable television, as well as first-run and off-network series for syndication. With more than 25 programs on the air, SPT boasts a program slate that includes the top-rated daytime dramas and game shows, landmark off-network series, original animated series and critically acclaimed primetime dramas, comedies and telefilms. Sony Pictures Television, advertiser sales, is one of the premiere national advertising sales companies, handling the commercial inventory in SPT syndicated series and for Indemand's high definition channel INHD. Together, the Sony and MGM film and television libraries constitute the largest collection of its kind in the world. SPT (www.sonypicturestelevision.com) is a Sony Pictures Entertainment company.

Source: Sony Pictures Television

Web site: http://www.gregbehrendt.com/

Web site: http://www.sonypicturestelevision.com/

Glitz, Glamour and Vegas Showgirls in Hollywood!!!

WHEN: Wednesday, June 28th, 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

WHAT: Gorgeous, statuesque (minimum height 5'8") professional dancers and young hopefuls from throughout Southern California will be auditioned as potential showgirls for Donn Arden's Jubilee! at Bally's Las Vegas in celebration of the show's 25th anniversary.

WHERE: Millennium Dance Complex, 5113 Lankershim Blvd. North Hollywood, CA 91606

WHY: This year marks the 25th silver anniversary of Jubilee! making it the longest continuously-running show on the Strip. As a part of the anniversary celebration, the show's producers are traveling to several major U.S. cities seeking new talent for the multi-million dollar production that fills Jubilee's! 1,000 seat theater twice nightly.

*Jubilee! burst onto the Las Vegas scene with an initial production budget of $10 million, more than 1000 dazzling costumes and elaborate feather headdresses, 53 songs and set pieces weighing up to four tons. Today, each performance features 100 dancers plus singers and specialty acts on a gigantic stage half the size of a football field and 15 stories tall.

*The show has won virtually every award for excellence in Las Vegas including Best Show, Best Showgirls, Visitors' Choice and Best of Las Vegas six times.

*Now, thousands of showgirls and millions of rhinestones later, Donn Arden's Jubilee! is celebrating twenty-five years of packed houses at Bally's Las Vegas with a nationwide search for new talent to take this extravagant stage production into its second quarter century.

VISUALS: In addition to scores of beautiful hopefuls, several fully costumed Jubilee! showgirl stars will be on hand. Also, B-roll footage of the show and the behind-the-scenes activities will be available.

Source: Donn Arden's Jubilee!

Bodog.com, the online gambling and entertainment giant, has signed on as the official sponsor of Baron Davis and Paul Pierce's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" A Magic Night of Poker, Players and Stars Friday July 7th. For this private event, the Avalon and Spider Club in Hollywood will be transformed into a Las Vegas-style casino. Top celebrities, hot NBA players and VIP's will test their luck competing in a Texas Hold 'Em Poker Tournament. Entrepreneur and CEO of Bodog.com, Calvin Ayers, will host the celebration along with Pierce and Davis and together they will pay special tribute to Magic Johnson.

"We are thrilled to be part of this event that brings together both sports and poker," says Bodog.com's founder and CEO Calvin Ayre. "We often support charities that support education and other services for underprivileged young people such as building schools in Costa Rica through my Calvin Ayre Foundation and the work done by team and player foundations such as Baron, Paul and Magic's organizations."

The All-Star charity weekend will continue with A Midsummer Night's Glam Jam -- a night of music and fashion fusion at the House of Blues on Sunset, as well as, Game Day: celebrity and NBA-sanctioned All-Star basketball games downtown at the Staples Center. The weekend will close with the Champion Celebration Sunday night at a renowned LA hot spot.

The weekend is presented and hosted by L.A. Stars, a charitable event group composed of the Baron Davis Foundation and Paul Pierce's Truth Foundation. Please visit: www.lastars-mnd.com; www.barondavis.com and www.paulpierce.net. A portion of the weekend's proceeds will also go to The Magic Johnson Foundation.

Tickets are on sale to the public at all Ticketmaster locations. For more information please visit: www.ticketmaster.com.

About Bodog.com

Bodog.com, located in San Jose, Costa Rica, is federally licensed by the Costa Rican and UK governments. Bodog.com Founder and CEO Calvin Ayre, recognized as a pioneer of online gambling and a world authority on branding in the digital entertainment industry, was featured on the cover of Forbes magazine's recent best-selling "Billionaires" issue. In March 2006, Bodog.com was ranked #1 for most visited site in Hitwise's "Gambling Sports Betting" category. Bodog.com, valued at over US $1 billion and ranked in the Power 10 online companies by eGaming Review, processed $7 billion in wagers in 2005. The Bodog.com Marketing Conference, www.bodogconference.com, will take place at the Wynn Las Vegas, July 23-26, 2006, attracting the leaders of the online gambling industry. Bodog Entertainment Group also includes a music label, Bodog Music, an online magazine, BodogNation, a television production unit and further properties coming soon. For more information, contact Media Relations at 1-866-892-3371, or pr@bodog.com. BODOG is a registered trademark of Bodog Entertainment Group S.A.

About the Baron Davis Foundation

The Baron Davis Foundation was established in November 2004 to maintain and/or aid educational, social and charitable activities serving the common welfare of youth. The Foundation's mission is to positively impact the quality of life for underprivileged and at-risk youth and their families in the Oakland/San Francisco Bay area, New Orleans and Los Angeles communities. Through the Baron Davis Foundation, Davis has held events and financially supported organizations including the Red Cross, the Lincoln Child Center, A Place Called Home and Grandparents as Second Parents. For more information, visit www.barondavis.com

About the Paul Pierce Truth Foundation

The Truth Fund was founded by the Celtic's Captain in May of 2002 as a vehicle for Paul to make an impact on the lives of disadvantaged youth in the Greater Boston area as well as in his hometown of Inglewood, CA. The mission is to provide educational and life-enriching opportunities for disadvantaged youth. Paul's vision of the Fund is to ensure that opportunities are available for young people to recognize their dreams through mentoring programs, technology and other needs as well as fostering stable and safe environments. One of his long-term goals is to build a mentoring center in Inglewood, CA, where area youth can find life-changing educational tools and guidance. For more information, visit www.paulpierce.net

About the Magic Johnson Foundation

The Magic Johnson Foundation was established in 1991 as a single-disease organization that worked to raise funds for community-based organizations dealing with HIV/AIDS education and prevention programs. The Foundation has since responded to the growing need to address all aspects of our youth's lives by expanding its mission. This expanded mission emphasizes the Foundation's focus on supporting community-based organization and development programs that serve the health, educational and social needs of those residing in minority communities.

Source: L.A. Stars

Web site: http://www.barondavis.com/
http://www.paulpierce.net/

Web site: http://www.lastars-mnd.com/
http://www.bodog.com/

The world's most celebrated musical now has a home in the Entertainment Capitol of the World.

The Phantom of the Opera - The Las Vegas Spectacular opened June 24, 2006, in a stunning, $75 million production at The Venetian Resort * Hotel * Casino. The production reunites creator Andrew Lloyd Webber with original director Harold Prince, revisiting their musical masterpiece and combining its timeless story and captivating music with the technological advances of the last two decades.

"It's a rare opportunity we have to utilize all of the theatrical advancements of the last 20 years and create an environment that is singularly unique to Phantom," said Andrew Lloyd Webber. "But in the end, it is always the story of Phantom and the universal theme of love and love lost that stays with the audience."

Phantom - The Las Vegas Spectacular performs Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday at 7 and 10 p.m., and Sunday and Thursday at 7 p.m. Tickets for Phantom at The Venetian are available by calling the Venetian Box Office at 866-641-7469 or 702-414-7469, or online at www.Venetian.com . Group tickets are available for groups of 15 or more by calling 866-633-0195. For more information please visit the official website: www.phantomlasvegas.com .

The 95-minute production, which includes every song from the original, will see the roles of "The Phantom," "Christine" and "Carlotta" double-cast due to the challenging vocal score and performance schedule of Phantom. Donning the infamous mask for the role of "The Phantom" are veteran stage and opera performer Brent Barrett, seen in the smash Broadway musicals Chicago and Annie Get Your Gun and Tony Award-winner Anthony Crivello, known for his roles on Broadway in Kiss of the Spider Woman and Les Miserables.

Cast as the delicate ingenue "Christine" are Sierra Boggess, who was recently seen in the national tour of Les Miserables and Elizabeth Loyacano whose Broadway credits include Oklahoma! and The Woman in White.

Operatic Diva "Carlotta" will be played by Elena Jeanne Batman, who comes direct from the same role on Broadway, and Geena Jeffries, seen in the same role in the San Francisco company of Phantom.

Phantom comes alive in a custom built theater created by the renowned architects and designers at The Rockwell Group. The extraordinary venue was designed to resemble the famed Opera Garnier in Paris and features a 1-ton chandelier that promises the most spectacular crash in Phantom history.

The most successful theatrical endeavor of all time, The Phantom of the Opera has grossed more than $3.3 billion worldwide since its London premiere in 1986, having played more than 65,000 performances in 20 countries and 110 cities. After the opening, the musical went on to sweep the 1988 Tony Awards, winning seven Tonys, including Best Musical as well as seven Drama Desk Awards and three Outer Critics Circle Awards. In January 2006, it became the longest-running show in Broadway history, surpassing another of Lloyd Webber's greatest hits, Cats.

Phantom at The Venetian is produced by The Really Useful Theatre Company Inc., Live Nation and BASE Entertainment.

The Phantom of the Opera features music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Charles Hart, additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe, book by Richard Stilgoe and Andrew Lloyd Webber and orchestrations by David Cullen and Andrew Lloyd Webber. It was originally produced by Cameron Mackintosh and The Really Useful Theatre Company, Inc.

Source: Phantom - The Las Vegas Spectacular

Web site: http://www.phantomlasvegas.com/
http://www.venetian.com/

PartyGaming Plc (LSE: PRTY), operators of PartyPoker.com, The World's Largest Poker Room(TM), today announces the launch of its new backgammon product, PartyGammon.com. Known as "the game of kings" and requiring skills of timing and calculation, backgammon is one of the world's most popular games and one of its oldest, with variants dating back more than 5,000 years. PartyGaming has now brought this history to the modern world of the internet, enabling new and existing customers to play backgammon, poker and casino all from a single PartyAccount.

"The launch of backgammon, a truly international game of skill, is a natural evolutionary step in our strategy to become the global gaming portal of choice," said Mitch Garber, CEO of PartyGaming. "We are very pleased to add it to our portfolio of games."

PartyGammon.com offers games to play for free or for cash for a variety of gammon versions, including Hypergammon and Nackgammon. As with all the products in the PartyGaming portfolio, customers can access PartyGaming's 24/7 customer support for any questions about getting started or using the product. PartyGammon.com features cutting edge technology and was developed entirely in-house.

Help is at hand for those who don't know how to play as you can learn in minutes at www.partygammon.com.

About PartyGaming Plc

Founded in 1997, PartyGaming Plc is the world's leading online gaming company and owns and operates PartyPoker.com, the world's largest online poker room, as well as EmpirePoker.com. Other online gaming activities include casino, principally through PartyCasino.com, StarluckCasino.com, and also online bingo through PartyBingo.com. PartyGaming Plc is listed on The London Stock Exchange under the ticker: PRTY. In the year to 31 December 2005, the Group had revenues of $977.7m and generated Clean EBITDA of $583.7m and profit before tax of $324.9m.

Source: Partygaming PLC

John Landis, director of some of the most popular modern American films of all time, is serving as creative consultant for an ambitious movie-themed nighttime entertainment show at the Universal Studios theme park in Orlando.

The show is called Universal 360 - A Cinesphere Spectacular and premieres July 1. Its creators set out to blend high-tech special effects with some of the most memorable moments in film history.

Universal 360 is a first-ever combination of more than 100 great movies, 360-degree spherical projection, lasers, pyro effects, digital mapping technology -- and four enormous spheres spread across acres of waterfront at Universal Studios Florida. The spheres, which are 30-feet tall and 36-feet wide, float in the park's central lagoon and serve as giant outdoor projection screens. Digital mapping technology allows Universal to project supplemental images and effects on buildings surrounding the lagoon -- transforming entire buildings into walls of flame. The show also features a specially developed soundtrack broadcast through more than 300 outdoor speakers.

"We set out to create a new form of entertainment, an entirely new way to view and appreciate film," said Jim Timon, senior vice president of entertainment for Universal Orlando Resort. "We are creating a nightly mega- event that will sweep tens of thousands of people at a time into the emotion and drama behind some of America's most popular movie moments."

At the center of the new show are more than 100 films -- from black-and- white classics to newer releases. Editors have selected comedies, dramas, thrillers, horror films and more. And they have combined them into the 15-minute collage that will serve as the centerpiece of the show.

Helping to guide the editing process is Landis, who has directed such popular films as "National Lampoon's Animal House," "The Blues Brothers," "Trading Places," "Coming to America" and "American Werewolf in London."

"We're attempting to take the magic of movies and use new technology to create a spectacular experience that goes beyond just seeing a movie," said Landis. "We want to create something that interacts with you and that happens around you.

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Landis said the challenge has been to combine scenes from films across the entire range of the art form in such a way as to tell a story and to evoke emotion in the thousands of people who will be watching the new show at any given time.

"I like spectacles -- especially mass spectacles," Landis said. "When they are done well -- whether it's a circus or a political rally or a theme park show -- they can be an amazing communal experience. It's not so easy to create something that touches people emotionally. But we're using the power of many movies and we're editing them together and combining them with great special effects to create what we believe will be a series of very powerful moments."

The Universal Orlando Resort destination ( http://www.universalorlando.com/ ) includes two dramatically distinct and adjacent theme parks, the Universal Studios motion picture and television theme park and Islands of Adventure, Orlando's most thrilling and exhilarating theme park. Universal Orlando also includes CityWalk, a 30-acre dining, shopping, club and live-entertainment venue as well as premier on-site Loews hotels and world-class film and television production facilities.

NBC Universal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news and information to a global audience. Formed in May 2004 through the combining of NBC and Vivendi Universal Entertainment, NBC Universal owns and operates the No.1 television network, the fastest-growing Spanish-language network, a valuable portfolio of news and entertainment networks, a premier motion picture company, significant television production operations, a leading television stations group, and world-renowned theme parks. NBC Universal is 80%-owned by General Electric, with 20% controlled by Vivendi Universal.

Source: Universal Orlando

Web site: http://www.universalorlando.com/