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Daniel Stein is President of JDS Capital, an investment firm based in New York that invests in private, public and distressed debt and equity. Stein is CEO of Dimensional Associates, the operating company that manages the private equity investments made by JDS. Dimensional owns a variety of digital media assets including eMusic, The Orchard and a music publishing arm that owns over 10,000 songs. Stein was President of Javu Technologies from 2000-2001. Javu licenses software and services to corporations and online-rich media service providers that store, manage, deliver or repurpose video assets. Prior to joining Javu, Stein was President, Chief Operating Officer and Director of the Wedding List Company from 1999-2000, an Internet company with retail outlets specializing in the wedding gift and registry business. The Wedding List was sold to Martha Stewart/Omnimedia in Spring 2001. In 1994, Stein founded Burly Bear Network, a company providing cable programming and online services to college students. From inception to 1999, Burly Bear became the largest college cable television network and online service, servicing 8 million households throughout the country. Burly Bear was sold in 1997 to Lorne Michaels, owner of Broadway Video and creator and producer of Saturday Night Live. From 1992-1993 Stein worked in the executive-training program at retailer Lechters Housewares. Daniel Stein graduated from Cornell University.