Napster To Bring New Music Service Into The Living Room
Unveils Customized Service Developed Exclusively For Microsoft's Media Center Edition 2004, Giving Music Fans
Access To More Than Half-A-Million Songs through Their Televisions
New York, New York - (September 30, 2003) - Napster, a division of Roxio (Nasdaq: ROXI),
today announced it will offer a customized version of the soon-to-be-introduced Napster 2.0 service for Windows XP
Media Center Edition 2004 PCs.
Customers of Media Center PCs will be able to enjoy the full benefits of a specially-designed Napster 2.0
interface - including individual a la carte downloads or a premium service, each offering more than
500,000 tracks - created to give music fans access to the new Napster service through their televisions in the
comfort of their living rooms.
"Napster 2.0 will be the first online music service that allows consumers to enjoy their digital music wherever
they want," said Chris Gorog, Chairman and CEO of Roxio. "Our partnership with Microsoft will enable music fans
to take their digital music beyond the PC so they can access and enjoy Napster on their televisions or PCs, using
just a remote control."
"Napster 2.0 will offer consumers the freedom to enjoy over a half a million tracks any way they choose at the
touch of a button on their remote control," said Joe Belfiore, general manager of the Windows eHome division,
Microsoft Corp. "This partnership is the next step in Microsoft's commitment to providing consumers with the richest
content and best digital entertainment experience on their Media Center PC."
Napster 2.0 will be available by Christmas. The service will offer music fans access to more than 500,000 tracks
of the world's greatest music from all five major record labels and hundreds of independent labels. Customers of
Napster 2.0 will be able to purchase individual tracks or albums, which can be seamlessly transferred to portable
devices and burned to CDs. In addition, consumers may upgrade to a premium version of the service that offers
unlimited listening and downloading, radio and community features.
About Roxio
Roxio, a division of Sonic Solutions, develops and markets the best-selling digital media software in the world. Roxio offers
award-winning software products for CD/DVD burning, photo editing and video editing and has an installed base of over 150 million
users. Roxio distributes its products globally through strategic partnerships with major hardware manufacturers, through leading
retailers, through Internet partnerships and through direct sales at www.roxio.com. Roxio's
parent company, Sonic Solutions (NASDAQ: SNIC;
http://www.sonic.com) is the leader in digital media software and provides a broad range of software
tools and applications for creative professionals, business and home users and technology partners. Sonic's products range from professional
DVD authoring systems and interactive content delivery technologies that are used to produce the majority of Hollywood movies released on DVD,
to the award-winning Roxio- and Sonic-branded CD and DVD creation, playback and backup applications that have become the premiere solutions
for consumers and business users worldwide. Sonic's AuthorScript® is the de facto standard for CD and DVD burning and formatting and has
been licensed by major software and hardware manufacturers, including Adobe, Broadcom, Microsoft, Scientific-Atlanta, Sony, and many others.
Sonic Solutions is headquartered in Marin County, California.
Safe Harbor Statement
Except for historical information, the matters discussed in this press release, in particular matters related to future revenue,
customer demand for the Napster service, Napster's relationship with content providers, marketing partners and hardware manufacturers
are forward-looking statements that are subject to certain risks and uncertainties such as failure to attract new customers, slow
growth in demand for online music distribution generally and for the Napster service in particular, intense competition, failure
to maintain key corporate relationships, general economic conditions and undetected errors in the Napster software and service 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 August 14, 2003, 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 © 2003 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.
Sonic, the Sonic logo, Sonic Solutions, Roxio, MyDVD, CineMagic, Plug & Burn, LiveShare, Roxio Easy Media Creator, and AuthorScript are
trademarks or registered trademarks of Sonic Solutions or its subsidiaries in the United States and/or other countries. Dolby is a trademark
of Dolby Laboratories. All other company or product names are trademarks of their respective owners and, in some cases, are used by Sonic
Solutions under license. Specifications, pricing and delivery schedules are subject to change without notice.
Copyright © 2003 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.