BellSouth and Napster Team to Offer Digital Music to New BellSouth(R) FastAccess(R) DSL Subscribers
15 Août 2005 - 3:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
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 DATASOURCE: Napster CONTACT: Becky Farina of Napster,
+1-310-281-5005, ; or Nancy Sullivan, +1-310-854-8199, , or John
Conroy, +1-310-854-8178, , both of Rogers & Cowan, for Napster
Web site: http://www.bellsouth.com/ Web site:
http://www.napster.com/
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