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LOS ANGELES, June 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Napster, a division of Roxio , today announced a distinctive new promotional campaign that will put a free MP3 player in the hands of every new annual Napster subscriber. The unique promotion will launch with a series of commercials during the June 22nd CBS-TV primetime broadcast of the American Film Institutes' (AFI) 100 Years ... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies presentation. The new Napster offering provides consumers with a legal, safe and simple way to listen, discover and share full-length tracks from Napster's 750,000 song catalog and take their favorite music on the go.

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"At hundreds of dollars less than the cost of some individual players, we're offering the best deal in town...both a cool Rio MP3 player and a full year of unlimited listening to Napster's massive catalog," said Chris Gorog, Napster chairman and CEO. "This bundle delivers incredible value to consumers and is a great way to jump start their digital music experience."

Available via http://www.napster.com/ while supplies last, the summer promotion gives consumers the opportunity to purchase a one-year Napster service subscription for $119.40 and receive a Rio Chiba Sport portable music device (suggested retail - $129.99) for free. Designed for music lovers, the Chiba Sport features 128MB of storage capacity and includes a stopwatch, sports headphones, and an armband. Music fans looking to make more music portable can purchase the one-year Napster subscription and pay only an additional $80 to upgrade to the larger-capacity Rio Nitrus (suggested retail - $199.99). The Nitrus has 1.5 GB memory, can store up to 50 hours of music and offers up to 16 hours of continuous playback with the rechargeable Li-on battery.

U.S. consumers have visited Napster to purchase over 10 million tracks from the world's most recognized brand in online music, which offers the largest library of digital music anywhere. Napster features an easy-to-use interface and rich community features and has been named "Best Online Music Store" by PC Magazine. The Napster service is compatible with over 70 MP3 players, making it simple for consumers to choose the digital music experience that best fits their lifestyle and budget.

About Napster

Napster(R) is the world's most recognized brand in online music. Napster subscribers can listen to full-length tracks on-demand, collect tracks to their hard drive, listen to Napster Radio and access Napster's community features. Napster Light, a "lighter" version of the service, allows members to freely search and browse 30-second clips within Napster's music catalog and purchase tracks and albums to burn to CD and transfer to over 70 digital music players. Napster has content agreements with the five major record labels as well as hundreds of independents, creating the largest catalog of online music which spans all genres and artists from Eminem to Miles Davis. Napster is a division of Roxio, Inc., , the Digital Media Company(R), provider of the best-selling digital media software in the world. Napster is headquartered in Los Angeles.

Copyright (C) 2004 Roxio, Inc. All rights reserved. Roxio, the Roxio tagline and Napster are 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.

For further information, please contact: Dana M. Harris of Napster, +1-310-281-5073, dana.harris@napster.com; or Nancy Sullivan, +1-310-201-8899, nsullivan@rogersandcowan.com, or John Conroy, +1-310-201-8878, jconroy@rogersandcowan.com, both of Rogers & Cowan, for Napster.

CONTACT: Dana M. Harris of Napster, +1-310-281-5073, dana.harris@napster.com; or Nancy Sullivan, +1-310-201-8899, nsullivan@rogersandcowan.com, or John Conroy, +1-310-201-8878, jconroy@rogersandcowan.com, both of Rogers & Cowan, for Napster

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