IQ News: Lycos Wins Portal Race To Add Streaming Radio

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Lycos today adds a multimedia-enhanced Internet radio unit to its expanding network of sites, making Lycos Radio Network the first programmed streaming audio and video format to be incorporated into a major portal.
The move follows several attempts by competing portals to muscle into the online radio category. Santa Clara, Calif.-based superportal Yahoo! recently acquired Dallas-based Netcaster broadcast.com, while MTV Online Networks, New York, purchased Imagine Radio, Brisbane, Calif., last February to fold into its new online music destination launching later this year.
Unlike existing Internet radio outlets such as Spinner.com




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