Forgotten But Not Gone - Akoo.com Partners With ArtistEnt.com/PatroNet.com

August 3, 2000
Akoo.com Partners With ArtistEnt.com/PatroNet.com
Press Release
ELMWOOD PARK, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--August 3, 2000--Akoo.com, a leading Internet entertainment network, today announced its partnership with ArtistEnt.com/PatroNet.com, a leader in Internet content distribution.

Under the agreement, akoo.com will feature select ArtistEnt.com/PatroNet.com programming on its website at http://www.akoo.com/. During the month of August, akoo.com presents actress Rosanna Arquette's online journal, ``Under the Rainbow,'' which features intimate conversations with some of the biggest names in the entertainment industry. August editions of ``Under the Rainbow'' include interviews with musicians Kid Rock and Joseph Arthur.

Akoo.com also will feature ArtistEnt.com/PatroNet's live radio programs on its Radio page, including Vin Scelsa's ``Live at Lunch'' program every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, and Peter Wolf's ``Hour of the Wolf.''

As a result of the partnership, all live radio programming will be fully integrated with akoo.com's proprietary scheduling technology, whereby users may schedule programming within their day's customized playlist to further simplify and automate the listening experience.

``Akoo.com is an important strategic development for Internet broadcasters such as ArtistEnt and PatroNet. The ability to alert our audience when desired programming is available is crucial to building a loyal audience base,'' said Stuart Shapiro, president of ArtistEnt.com/PatroNet.com.

About ArtistEnt.com/PatroNet.com

ArtistEnt/PatroNet is an online network and artist subscription label that creates exclusive original content from such participating artists as Rosanna Arquette, Todd Rundgren, Vic Scelsa, Sugar Ray and Peter Wolf. PatroNet.com and RTVnet.com are two of the Internet properties of Sheridan Square Entertainment, the company founded by Danny Goldberg and C&P Partners. Stuart Shapiro is president of ArtistEnt/PatroNet, and both Rundgren and his longtime manager, Eric Gardner, have signed long-term consulting deals with the company. ArtistEnt/PatroNet has offices in New York and Los Angeles.

About Akoo.com

Akoo.com is an Internet entertainment network that combines a comprehensive selection of audio and video content with proprietary technology that simplifies and automates Internet broadcasting. Founded in 1999, the company is based in Elmwood Park, Ill.

Akoo.com's website at http://www.akoo.com/ features programming from more than 4,000 worldwide radio and television stations, several thousand music videos and movie trailers, additional audio/video programming in numerous categories, including news, sports, television and business, and the Radio Akoo network comprised of nine, commercial free digital music channels.

To enhance this broad range of content, akoo.com features proprietary technology to simplify and enhance the online experience, including a search engine for Internet broadcasting, a scheduling capability that allows users to build customized playlists and the akoo dial, which manages playlists and automates the entire online experience.

In August 2000, akoo.com also introduces Kima, wireless consumer technology that sends audio from a PC to any home stereo or portable radio system within 1,000 feet.