**Exhibit 31.1**

 

Certification

 
| I, Jonathan  V. Diamond, Chief Executive Officer of YouthStream Media Networks, Inc.,  certify that: |
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| 1.     |   | I  have reviewed this report on Form 10-Q of YouthStream Media Networks, Inc.;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
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| 2.     |   | Based  on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a  material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary tomake the  statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements  were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;                     |
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| 3.     |   | Based  on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financialinformation  included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial  condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and  for, the periods presented in this report;                                        |
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| 4.     |   | The  registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible forestablishing  and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in  Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and we have:                                                                                             |
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|   |   | a)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | Designed  such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls  and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that  material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries,  is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the  period in which this report is being prepared; |
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|   |   | b)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | Evaluated  the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and  presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the  disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by  this report based on such evaluation; and |
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|   |   | c)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | Disclosed in  this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over  financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal  quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual  report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially  affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and |
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| 5.     |   | The  registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal  control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of  directors (or persons performing the  equivalent functions): |
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|   |   | a)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | All  significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation  of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely  affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report  financial information; and |
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|   |   | b)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | Any fraud,  whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have  a significant role in the registrant’s internal controls over financial  reporting. |

 
| Date:  August 18, 2003 |                                    |
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|                   |  /s/ Jonathan  V. Diamond          |   |
|                   | Jonathan  V. Diamond                    |
|                   | Chairman  & Chief Executive Officer |

 

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