11.   At recording companies, classical music and jazz are often in the same corporate division, as the two specialized styles that connote prestige.

12.   At the same time, the cash-poor corporate parents of many recording companies are demanding that their subsidiaries cut costs.

13.   Belatedly but vigorously, recording companies have decided that a troubled love life plus an electric guitar equals potential profits.

14.   Besides the Philip Morris investigation, major recording companies said earlier this month the FTC had started a preliminary inquiry into their marketing practices.

15.   Between the radio conglomerates and the recording companies, he believes, there are fewer choices being made available to music fans.

16.   Big music recording companies that back the Hollings bill are outraged by the Gateway campaign.

17.   Booksellers, recording companies and movie studios have begun to market and sometimes distribute their products with a vengeance over the Web.

18.   A few years ago, recording companies objected to the sale of this technology because it allowed perfect copies to be made of compact disks.

19.   But Curt Morse, president of the recording company, Skynet Media, said he has a copy and one was provided to the campaign after the speech.

20.   But associates say she was also seeking more support from the recording companies.