BellSouth and Napster Team to Offer Digital Music to New BellSouth(R) FastAccess(R) DSL Subscribers

BellSouth and Napster Team to Offer Digital Music to New BellSouth(R) FastAccess(R) DSL Subscribers

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 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 (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.comnsullivan@rogersandcowan.comjconroy@rogersandcowan.com

Source: Napster

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

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

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

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