21.   A variety of private lawsuits have been filed seeking financial penalties against the five music companies.

22.   But analysts remain skeptical about the future for Internet music companies now that large record companies are flexing their muscle.

23.   But Hollywood is hotter than a fresh-brewed cappuccino, and the music company cannot resist.

24.   But the deal lets Napster make peace with one of the major antagonists and raises the possibility of similar deals with other music companies.

25.   But several executives at Internet music companies are excited by the developments, which they said was the first major step toward a new music distribution system.

26.   But the music companies had better figure it out, and fast.

27.   Chuck Rottersmann, who runs a music management company with his wife, Dawn, said he had been to only one of the clubs, Roxy.

28.   Desperate to provide for her family, Lisette winds up working her way into a creative position at a Latino-targeted music company.

29.   European regulators are also investigating the possibility of collusion on compact disc prices among European record music companies.

30.   EMI and other music companies are seeing slower sales after double-digit growth earlier in the decade.