Napster Bolsters Business Development Team

Napster Bolsters Business Development Team

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Napster, the biggest brand in digital music (NASDAQ:NAPS), today announced that Andrea G. Devenow joined the company as Vice President, Business Development. Devenow has spent the last several years developing a reputation for success in the digital media distribution industry and will use her experience to identify and leverage partnerships that will introduce the Napster experience to new audiences and partners in the rapidly expanding digital music marketplace. Devenow will report directly to Larry Linietsky, Napster's Senior Vice President, Worldwide Business Development and will work in the company's Los Angeles headquarters.

"We are thrilled that Andrea has agreed to join Napster's business development team and help us extend Napster's reach into new distribution channels," said Larry Linietsky. "Her successful track record and wealth of contacts among the cable operators, telcos and other premium service providers will be of great value to our team as we execute growth plans to take the Napster brand to the next level."

Devenow has been on the cutting edge of digital media distribution throughout this industry's rapid development. Demonstrating an early appreciation of the now-vibrant industry, Devenow negotiated the terms of MGM's equity stake in Movielink, LLC in her position as Executive Director of Finance and Corporate Development at that studio. Devenow then went in-house at Movielink, first serving as Interim Head of Operations and then as VP of Business Development, playing a key role in transforming the joint venture between several of Hollywood's top studios from a retail commerce web site into a partner-driven, co-branded broadband movie download service. Prior to her work at MGM and Movielink, Devenow served as an associate consultant with LEK/ALCAR Consulting Group. She currently resides in Los Angeles with her husband.

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 experience the largest number of features. Napster (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 offices in San Jose, San Diego, New York and London.

Copyright (C) 2005 Napster, LLC. All rights reserved. Napster 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:
Dana M. Harris
Napster
310-281-5073
dana.harris@napster.com

Nancy Sullivan, John Conroy
Rogers & Cowan
310-854-8199, 310-854-8178
nsullivan@rogersandcowan.comjconroy@rogersandcowan.com


Source: Napster

CONTACT: Dana M. Harris of Napster, +1-310-281-5073,
dana.harris@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

Web site: http://www.napster.com/


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