Exhibit 23.1

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT ON SCHEDULE AND CONSENT 

The Board of Directors and Stockholders
Rare Medium Group, Inc.:

The audit referred to in our report dated March 29, 1999, included the related
financial statement schedule as of and for the year ended December 31, 1998,
included in the annual report on Form 10-K. This financial statement schedule is
the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express
an opinion on this financial statement schedule based on our audit. In our
opinion, such financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the
basic consolidated financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly in all
material respects the information set forth therein.

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements Nos.
33-37036, 33-37037, 33-85634, 33-85636, 33-89122 and 33-89124 on Form S-8, of
our reports dated March 29, 1999, relating to the consolidated balance sheet as
of December 31, 1998 and the related consolidated statements of operations,
stockholders' equity (deficit), cash flows and financial statement schedule for
the year then ended which reports are included in the annual report on Form
10-K. Our report dated March 29, 1999, contains an explanatory paragraph that
states that the Company has suffered net losses and losses from continuing
operations, has a working capital deficiency, and has incurred losses through
December 31, 1998. These factors, raise substantial doubt about its ability to
continue as a going concern. The consolidated financial statements and financial
statement schedule do not include any adjustments that might result from the
outcome of that uncertainty.

                                                      KPMG LLP
New York, New York
March 29, 1999







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