PR Newswire Broadcast Minute and Podcast for Monday, January 15, 2007

PR Newswire Broadcast Minute and Podcast for Monday, January 15, 2007

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New National Survey: For Watching the Super Bowl, Couch Defeats Stadium; Super Bowl Party Preferences Revealed

A new national survey commissioned by consumer electronics retailer Circuit City Stores, Inc. reveals more Americans would rather see the Super Bowl on a new high definition TV than watch in the stadium where the game is actually played. More than 4,500 men and women responded to Circuit City's "Big Game Survey," and sixty percent of respondents said football is the sporting event they most enjoy watching on TV (football is top choice for 72 percent of men and 48 percent of women). When asked how they'd prefer watching the Super Bowl if they had a choice, almost half of respondents (48 percent) said they would rather view the game on a new HDTV than attend the game in person (26 percent).

Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=3375963

Sony Teams With the American Idol Underground Web Site to Launch a Series of Music Contests

Sony Media Software, which brought American Idol Extreme Music Creator and Jam Trax into the homes and hands of families across the US in September 2006, just announced that they are sponsoring two music contests with American Idol Underground, an online community powered by Fluid Audio Networks, Inc., where emerging artists get their music heard and fans discover new music. For the Extreme Music Creator contest, artists submit songs to the American Idol Underground Web site. The songs are then guaranteed airplay on one of American Idol Underground's genre-specific online branded music players, music fans listen and rate the songs, the higher rated songs progressively get more airplay and the best songs from each genre win a chance at exposure and other awards. The first Extreme Music Creator contest launched at the end of October 2006 and ran through December 31, 2006. The second contest just launched on January 10, 2007 and ends on March 31, 2007

Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=3375977

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PRNewswire -- Jan. 15

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