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Contacts: Dana Harris Napster (310) 281-5073 - office dana.harris@Napster.com John Conroy Rogers & Cowan 310-201-8878 - office jconroy@rogersandcowan.com
NAPSTER HEADS NORTH TO CANADA
First On-Demand Subscription Service in Country Will Be Available This Summer LOS ANGELES, CA (May 4, 2004) - Napster, a division of Roxio, Inc. (Nasdaq: ROXI), announced that this summer, Napster 2.0 digital music service will become the first on-demand subscription service available to Canadian music fans. Napster will offer Canadian consumers a localized version of Napster 2.0, complete with Canadian-specific radio stations, promotions and content from domestic acts. Just like U.S. members of Napster, Canadian members will have the choice of subscribing to Napster and enjoying unlimited access to hundreds of thousands of tracks for a low monthly fee or visiting Napster Light to hear 30-second clips and purchase tracks and albums a la carte. "Napster has long-recognized the huge demand for a compelling, legitimate music experience among our Canadian neighbors," said Chris Gorog, chairman and CEO Roxio, Napster's parent company. "We are extremely pleased to respond to this demand by bringing the first on-demand subscription service and the biggest brand in online music to Canada." Napster 2.0 offers consumers a superior, legitimate online music experience with more music and features than any other service. It creates an immersive community where users can quickly search for music, discover artists, rip and burn CDs and transfer music to over 60 different portable devices, share tracks and playlists with other members and friends and access decades of Billboard chart information, exclusive and original content, interactive radio and music videos. Roxio, Napster's parent company, maintains an office in Richmond Hill, Ontario that will serve as the Canadian headquarters for the service. Local Canadian Napster personnel are on board to ensure the service is truly Canadian, in tune with the Canadian audience and leverages the country's diverse music and culture, however, for the near term, Napster's U.S. executive team will be primarily responsible for the service's operations in Canada. About Napster Napster®, the world's most recognized brand in online music, enables fans to freely sample the world's largest and most diverse online collection of music, featuring over half a million songs. The revolutionary, easy-to-use interface allows users to quickly and easily download tracks, transfer songs to portable devices or burn them to CDs for just 99 cents per track or $9.95 per album. In addition to the free online magazine, Billboard charts, music videos, song clips and the ability to email tracks to friends and browse other members' collections, serious music fans have the added option to upgrade to a premium service that offers unlimited listening and downloading, over 50 commercial-free radio stations and a collection of interactive play lists and community features, all for just $9.95 a month. Napster is a division of Roxio, Inc., (Nasdaq: ROXI), the Digital Media Company, provider of the best-selling digital media software in the world. Safe Harbor Statement Except for historical information, the matters discussed in this press release, in particular matters related to the success of the Napster service, future revenue, demand for our service from universities and relationships with certain corporate partners including marketing partners and hardware and software manufacturers are forward-looking statements that are subject to certain risks and uncertainties such as decreased demand for our products, increased competition, failure to maintain business relationships with our partners and general economic conditions, that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. Additional information on these and other factors are contained in Roxio's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q as filed with the SEC on February 17, 2004, copies of which are available at the website maintained by the SEC at http://www.sec.gov. Roxio assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements included in this press release. Copyright © 2004 Roxio, Inc. All rights reserved. Roxio, the Roxio tagline and Napster are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Roxio, Inc. or its subsidiaries in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks used are owned by their respective owners.
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