WOBURN, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 17, 1999--ZineZone http://www.zinezone.com , in cooperation with Rhino Records http://www.rhino.com announced today it is the first Internet site to Webcast video excerpts from "The Mike Douglas Show with John Lennon and Yoko Ono," a five episode series of television interviews with Mike Douglas, co-hosted by John and Yoko, available on video only through Rhino Home Video.

Beginning today, ZineZone will Webcast video clips from the five days of television interviews and provide the text of the interview transcripts. In addition, fans will have access to a biography, timeline, discography and links to purchase the full-length tapes online, either individually or as a set. To ensure the highest quality virtual experience, ZineZone will employ a combination of the latest technology including video and audio streaming, Macromedia Flash and Echo retrieval and filtering software.

Then considered the world's most popular, outspoken counterculture couple, John Lennon and Yoko Ono made television history when they guest-hosted The Mike Douglas Show, the most widely watched daytime talk show of its time, from February 14 -18, 1972. It was the first time they appeared in front of a mainstream American television audience to speak candidly about their marriage, opposition to the Vietnam War, equal rights and other important issues of the day. John and Yoko's guests that week included such seminal figures of the era as consumer advocate Ralph Nader, anti-establishment activist Jerry Rubin, rock music pioneer Chuck Berry, Black Panthers Chairman Bobby Seale and comedian George Carlin.

"I'd consider John Lennon and Yoko Ono two of modern history's ultimate trailblazers - they bravely accepted risks and challenges, followed their dreams and some would say helped change the world," said Margaret Heffernan, President of Programming, iCAST. "Through a rich multi-media experience, ZineZone.com allows our audience to better understand these trailblazer icons first hand, relive a unique time in history and draw inspiration from their strong beliefs."

"John and Yoko's appearance on the show was groundbreaking," stated Arny Schorr, senior vice president and general manager, Rhino Home Video. "It helped to raise the talk show format to a new level of consciousness."

The Mike Douglas Show with John Lennon and Yoko Ono became more fascinating and of greater historical significance when it was learned the FBI used the episodes to gather evidence in their case to deport John Lennon from the country. They believed at the time he was a security threat and could potentially mobilize young voters in the November 1972 elections to deny then-President Nixon's re-election. While the government was ultimately unsuccessful in deporting Lennon, their case against him symbolizes one of America's most turbulent, revolutionary and liberating eras.