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Universal Music Group Pacts With SendMe Mobile

        Thousands of Universal's Premium Ringtones Now Available to
                          SendMeMobile.com Members

    NEW YORK and SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Universal Music
Group, the world's leading music company, and SendMe, Inc., the premier
mobile media company, today announced a licensing agreement whereby UMG's
extensive catalog of chart-topping hit songs would be made available to
members of SendMeMobile.com. For the first time, SendMe members would have
access to music from such superstars as 50 Cent, Daddy Yankee, Fallout Boy,
Fergie, Gwen Stefani, Kanye West, Rihanna and U2, among thousands of
others.

    "We're thrilled to be working with SendMe," stated Rio Caraeff,
Executive Vice President of eLabs, Universal Music Group. "The company has
created a unique mobile media platform that provides fans an exciting way
to discover and enjoy music wherever and whenever they want."

    "Breaking unprecedented ground in the digital arena and supporting some
of the newest and hottest labels around the world, SendMe is giving fans
another reason to jump aboard," added Russell Klein, co-founder and CEO of
SendMe. "The quality of content offered by Universal builds on our goal of
offering our members the finest and widest selection of ringtones,
wallpapers, games, and other mobile-ready content that they can take with
them anytime, anywhere."

    About Universal Music Group

    Universal Music Group is the world's leading music company with wholly
owned record operations or licensees in 77 countries. Its businesses also
include Universal Music Publishing Group, the industry's largest global
music publishing operation.

    Universal Music Group consists of record labels Decca, Deutsche
Gramophone, Interscope Geffen A&M Records, Geffen Records, Island Def Jam
Music Group, Lost Highway Records, MCA Nashville, Mercury Nashville,
Mercury Records, Philips, Polydor Records, Universal Music Latino,
Universal Motown Records Group, Universal South Records and Verve Music
Group, as well as a multitude of record labels owned or distributed by its
record company subsidiaries around the world. The Universal Music Group
owns the most extensive catalog of music in the industry, which is marketed
through two distinct divisions, Universal Music Enterprises (in the U.S.)
and Universal Strategic Marketing (outside the U.S.). Universal Music Group
also includes eLabs, a new media and technologies division, and Global
Digital Initiatives.

    Universal Music Group is a unit of Vivendi, a global media and
communications company.

    About SendMe

    SendMe, Inc. turns any mobile phone into a portable playground. As the
premier mobile media company, SendMe's family of destination sites lets you
take the fun from the Web to your mobile phone with the broadest and best
content, entertainment and community out there. SendMe's three properties
-- SendMeMobile.com, SoLow.com and mbuzzy.com -- deliver content from
today's pop culture sensations, niche independent creations, stuff from our
own community, and one-of-a-kind mobile games that will keep you coming
back for more. So whether you're looking for new ways to show your personal
style, eager for some mobile gaming excitement, or trying to stay connected
to the people and things you love most, SendMe brings it all to you -- how
you want it, when you want it. Founded in 2006 by three veteran online and
mobile entrepreneurs, SendMe is funded by Spark Capital and True Ventures.


Contact: Maria Ho Meg O'Leary Universal Music Group InkHouse (for SendMe) 212-331-2569 781-916-9090 ext. 802 Maria.Ho-Burge@umusic.com meg@inkhousepr.com
SOURCE Universal Music Group




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CONTACT:
Maria Ho of Universal Music Group,
+1-212-331-2569, Maria.Ho-Burge@umusic.com; or Meg O'Leary of
InkHouse, +1-781-916-9090, ext. 802, meg@inkhousepr.com, for
SendMe