CNN To Cease Charging For Online Video
by Gavin O'Malley

IN AN EFFORT TO ATTRACT more online eyeballs, CNN.com today will unveil an initiative to make its video content available at no charge starting June 20. Access to CNN.com's broadband video--which is woven throughout the site on section fronts, special reports, and story pages--has run $4.95 a month since CNN initiated its subscription service in March 2002. The change reflects the background of CNN President Jonathan Klein--who came to the Turner Broadcasting unit from the FeedRoom, a company he founded that builds broadband Web sites and streams online content--although the Web project is being supervised by Susan Grant, executive vice president of CNN News Services.

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Worm, phishing scam hit IM services

By Joris Evers
Staff Writer, CNET News.com

A new worm and a phishing scam are targeting members of the America Online and Yahoo instant messaging networks, security companies warned Tuesday.

In both cases, people receive an instant message with an apparent reference to the newly released "Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith" movie, encouraging them to click on a link, said Jon Sakoda, chief technology officer at IMLogic, an instant messaging security company.

"Both seek to capitalize on momentum and enthusiasm around the 'Star Wars' movie," he said.

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S.F. radio station starts airing podcasts

By Alorie Gilbert
Staff Writer, CNET News.com

San Francisco radio station 1550 KYCY-AM began airing programming on Monday created exclusively by listeners with podcast technology, as new and old media start to collide.

KYOURadio may well be the first station in the nation to adopt an all-podcast format, according to Infinity Broadcasting, the station's owner.

Podcasting emerged last year as an online phenomenon, allowing amateurs to distribute audio programming over the Web. Listeners can subscribe to certain programs, download them and play them later on digital music players such as Apple Computer's iPod.

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