CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
The Board of Directors
Doubleday Direct, Inc.:
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on
Form S-8 of MediaBay, Inc. of our report dated March 12, 1999, with respect to
the balance sheets of Audio Books Direct, a wholly-owned operation of Doubleday
Direct, Inc. (the "Club"), as of June 30, 1998 and 1997, and the related
statements of operations, divisional deficit, and cash flows for the years then
ended, which report appears in the Form 8-K/A of MediaBay, Inc. (formerly Audio
Book Club, Inc.) dated July 20, 1999. Our report includes an explanatory
paragraph stating that the Club was operated as an integral part of Doubleday
Direct, Inc. and had no separate legal existence.
/s/ KPMG LLP
New York, New York
July 10, 2000
