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NAPSTER APPOINTS CHARLIE PHILLIPS AS MUSIC MANAGER
New hire follows series of major programming exclusives on Napster including over 40 years of The Official Chart Show Company’s UK singles charts and live session from MOBO winner Estelle LONDON - (November 5, 2004) - Napster UK, Ltd. a subsidiary of Roxio, Inc. (Nasdaq: ROXI), has appointed Charlie Phillips as music manager, with immediate effect. Based at the company’s UK headquarters in London’s Mortimer Street, Phillips will be responsible for content procurement, managing featured tracks each week on the Napster homepage, and booking and organising Napster Live sessions. Charlie Phillips will report directly to Napster programming director Jeff Smith, and joins the company from the Capital Radio Group where he was head of music at Capital Disney. The appointment of Charlie Phillips follows a series of major programming exclusives on the Napster online music service, including The Official UK Charts Company singles charts dating back to 1960, Napster Live sessions from Liberty X and MOBO winner Estelle, guest programme directors The Kings of Leon and The Cure, and artist programmed, advert-free radio stations such as Groove Armada’s The Cooler and Eminem’s Shady Radio. "As well as having a proven track record managing and prioritising music content, Charlie Phillips is first and foremost a huge music fan like everyone at Napster," said Jeff Smith. "Napster has a deserved reputation for being very artist friendly and this approach has helped secure us some fantastic repertoire since launching in May. With Charlie in place we look forward to maintaining this momentum." "Great content is the lifeblood of Napster and Charlie will help ensure we continue to offer the very best new and exclusive material as part of the most extensive music catalogue available anywhere online," added Leanne Sharman, Napster VP & UK general manager. Before joining Napster, Charlie Phillips was head of music at Capital Disney where his responsibilities included setting playlists, rights ownership, artist liaison, and digital content management for Capital’s DAB stations. Before that he was radio manager for Capital’s internet radio stations. After leaving Oxford University with an MA in Egyptology, Phillips began his career as a sound engineer at H20 studios where he worked with a number of leading UK acts, including Radiohead. Napster 2.0 Launched in the UK on May 20, Napster offers access to over one million tracks and a huge range of value-added community features at a cost to subscribers of £9.95 a month. Alongside the subscription service, Napster Light offers music fans an a la carte download store. After downloading the free Napster jukebox at www.napster.co.uk, Napster subscribers can listen to the world’s largest digital music catalogue on demand, and download any track they choose onto the hard drives of up to three PCs and listen offline - to save bandwidth while they surf, or for convenience when on the go. Over 15 interactive advert-free Napster radio stations allow listeners to see which song is coming next, skip forward or jump back - with favourites easily added to their Napster library with one click. Napster can even build subscribers their own custom radio station on the fly simply on the basis of selecting three songs. Napster’s rich community features allow subscribers to browse each others’ play lists and even share songs among other Napster users. Subscribers can also listen to and save full-length songs taken from the past 40 years of Official Charts Company UK charts, and can purchase and burn tracks for as little as £0.88 per song when they buy multiple tracks. If UK music fans elect not to become a subscriber, by downloading Napster for free at www.napster.co.uk, they can still purchase tracks any time they want for £0.99 and albums for £9.95 after listening to free 30-second samples of the Napster UK library. At no cost, Napster Light™ users can organise their entire music collection in Napster by using the ripping software in the Napster jukebox to take tracks from CDs they already own to play on Napster, import MP3s into their Napster Library, or transfer tracks they’ve bought to a wide range of portable devices. Napster Light also offers consumers free access to their own Napster Inbox; and the chance to sample the OCC UK charts. About Napster Napster, the world’s biggest brand in digital music, is a subscription service that enables fans to access the world’s largest and most diverse online collection of music and experience the largest number of features. Napster subscribers have more ways to discover, share and acquire new music and old favorites with community features like the ability to email tracks to friends and browse other members’ collections. Subscribers to Napster can listen to full-length songs from every major record label and hundreds of independents on demand and transfer songs to their favourite Napster To Go™ compatible MP3 player for a low monthly fee. Napster also offers Napster Light, a "lighter" version of the service for those who just want to purchase songs and albums a la carte. Napster is a division of Roxio, Inc., (Nasdaq: ROXI), the Digital Media Company®, provider of the best-selling digital media software in the world. Napster is headquartered in Los Angeles. Napster contact: Adam Howorth Communications Director Tel: +44 (0) 207 1017281 adam.howorth@napster.co.uk
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