Groundbreaking End-to-End Music Solution Offered Free to New BellSouth
FastAccess DSL Subscribers
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Napster(R) (Nasdaq: NAPS),
the biggest brand in digital music, today announced an agreement with
BellSouth (NYSE: BLS) to offer digital music solutions to new BellSouth(R)
FastAccess(R) DSL customers. The agreement marks the first time Napster has
aligned with a U.S. Internet service provider for a targeted marketing effort.
Beginning today, customers who sign up for FastAccess DSL can opt to
receive a free three-month membership to Napster To Go, Napster's portable
subscription music service, and a compatible MP3 player. As part of this
package, subscribers will receive the first flash-based MP3 player compatible
with portable subscription content and specifically designed to work
seamlessly with Napster To Go, without any necessary firmware upgrades.
"BellSouth is excited to offer Napster's service to our new FastAccess DSL
customers," said Keith Cowan, president of marketing and product management --
BellSouth. "We are committed to offering our customers new and different ways
to make the most of their high-speed Internet experiences."
The agreement between BellSouth and Napster provides FastAccess DSL
customers the ability to experience unlimited access to more than 1.5 million
songs at broadband speed. Adding Napster To Go and a compatible MP3 player
will allow them to move as many songs as they want to a portable device
without paying per track, enabling FastAccess customers to simply and
affordably take the experience with them wherever they go.
"We're excited to partner with an industry leader like BellSouth to offer
consumers a package that contains everything they need to enjoy a hassle-free
digital-music experience," said Chris Gorog, chairman and CEO of Napster.
"Reliable broadband internet access enables music lovers to fully enjoy the
Napster experience."
About BellSouth Corporation
BellSouth Corporation is a Fortune 100 communications company
headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. BellSouth has joint control and 40 percent
ownership of Cingular Wireless, the nation's largest wireless voice and data
provider with 51.6 million customers.
Backed by award winning customer service, BellSouth offers the most
comprehensive and innovative package of voice and data services available in
the market. Through BellSouth Answers(R), residential and small business
customers can bundle their local and long distance service with dial-up and
high-speed DSL Internet access, satellite television and Cingular(R) Wireless
service. For businesses, BellSouth provides secure, reliable local and long
distance voice and data networking solutions. BellSouth also offers online
and directory advertising through BellSouth(R) RealPages.com(R) and The Real
Yellow Pages(R).
BellSouth believes that diversity and fostering an inclusive environment
are critical in maintaining a competitive advantage in today's global
marketplace. More information about BellSouth can be found at
http://www.bellsouth.com.
About Napster
Napster, the biggest brand in digital music, is a subscription service
that enables fans to freely sample the world's largest and most diverse online
collection of music and move an unlimited amount of songs to compatible MP3
players. Napster (http://www.napster.com) members have access to songs from all
major labels and hundreds of independents and 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.
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
currently available in the United States, Canada and the U.K. and is
headquartered in Los Angeles with sales offices in New York, London and
Frankfurt.
Safe Harbor Statement
Except for historical information, the matters discussed in this press
release, in particular matters related to our relationship with BellSouth and
the compatibility of the promotional MP3 player contain forward-looking
statements that are subject to certain risks and uncertainties such as the
failure of hardware devices to interoperate with the Napster services and our
inability to maintain relationships with strategic marketing partners that
could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected.
Additional information on these factors are contained in Napster'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 August 3,
2005, copies of which are available at the website maintained by the SEC at
http://www.sec.gov. Napster assumes no obligation to update the forward-
looking statements included in this press release.
Copyright (C) 2005 Napster, LLC. All rights reserved. Napster, Napster
To Go, the Napster kitty logo and Napster Light are either trademarks or
registered trademarks of Napster, Inc. or its subsidiaries in the United
States and/or other countries.
Napster Contacts:
Becky Farina Nancy Sullivan, John Conroy
Napster Rogers & Cowan
310-281-5005 310-854-8199 or 310-854-8178
Becky.Farina@napster.com nsullivan@rogersandcowan.com
jconroy@rogersandcowan.com
SOURCE Napster
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CONTACT:
Becky Farina of Napster, +1-310-281-5005,
Becky.Farina@napster.com; or Nancy Sullivan, +1-310-854-8199,
nsullivan@rogersandcowan.com, or John Conroy, +1-310-854-8178,
jconroy@rogersandcowan.com, both of Rogers & Cowan, for Napster
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