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This weekend, CNET News.com TV explores the ever-growing and controversial world of online music and examines Net communities. Also on tap is a look at the initial public offerings for the week to come. "I'm hoping to prove that we don't really need major labels; we need to be comfortable with music existing as an intangible item. The Web takes it closer to an immediate experience." - Reeves Gabrels, guitarist and songwriter

Tune in to CNET News.com TV Online music, Net community sites, and an interview with Inktomi chief executive Dave Peterschmidt are among this weekend's fare on CNET News.com TV on CNBC. Singles, singers heat up Net music debate roundup Major record labels and brick-and-mortar retailers hop on the Net music bandwagon, as artists and songwriters discuss the merits and drawbacks of distributing music on the Web. Start-ups target real-life communities for Web page building Taking a page from the movie "Field of Dreams," companies seeking to create Web communities have built first, assuming users will come. A new breed of companies is looking to provide Web building tools to communities that already exist.