Please give a warm welcome
                    to the AIR Annual Meeting 2000...
Keynote Speakers!


Elana Sofko, Director, Talk/Sales Partners is responsible for establishing and managing relationships with content providers for Sirius’ talk channels, in addition to marketing and managing the commercial inventory on those channels. Ms. Sofko joined Sirius’ Programming team in December, 1998. Her previous experience in business development at News Corporation lent a valuable skill set in the form of managing broadcast logistics in a satellite delivered multi-format subscription audio service, as well as marketing commercial inventory. Prior to this Elana could be found “on the road” doing audio reinforcement for various touring theater companies and musical acts including Richie Havens, and the Queens Symphony Orchestra. Ms. Sofko holds a BA from State University of New York at Albany, and an MBA from the University of Connecticut.
Rich Seidner, VP of Data & Analysis at streamingmedia.com, leads their data acquisition and analysis efforts. Rich was educated as a physicist and mathematician, and his career has spanned 30+ years as a leading-edge technologist and international technology consultant. His book, Playing for Profit, predicts how streaming and the Internet will radically alter every entertainment business model, and was published in 1999 by John Wiley & Sons. Rich is interested in all aspects of streaming, and welcomes your inquiries and comments regarding their data activities. Please feel free to email rich@streamingmedia.com, or phone him at 415.593.5060.

Will radio, as we know it, be replaced by satellite radio? streaming media radio? both? or neither?

Listen to what Elana and Rich have to say about the emerging New Media, and then join the discussion!
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