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LOS ANGELES, CA - (January 28, 2004) - Napster®, a division of Roxio (Nasdaq: ROXI), today introduced an updated version of its popular service, enabling owners of some of the most popular portable digital audio devices available including Creative’s NOMAD Zen line, the Dell Digital Jukebox and Rio’s Cali and Nitrus, the ability to seamlessly drag-and-drop tracks from Napster directly to their portable device without leaving the Napster application. The integration of these devices within the Napster service allows consumers to choose the device that best suits their needs and budget without sacrificing the benefits of simple and seamless transfer of music. Napster is now integrated with over a dozen portable devices, some of which retail for under a hundred dollars, and is compatible with a total of 60 devices.

"It is extremely important to Napster that the digital music experience is easy and fun for all music consumers," said Mike Bebel, Napster’s president and COO. "Integrating so many popular devices with the service allows us to make that goal a reality for the millions of consumers who use these leading portable devices."

"Napster’s focus on consumer choice as the nucleus of their digital music service ensures that music fans will have high-quality experiences that fit their individual needs," said Dave Fester, general manager of Microsoft's Windows Media Division. "Over 60 devices from a variety of manufacturers are available today that support WMA, making it easy for Napster customers to get the combination of a great device, a superior music service and a flexible, high quality music format."

Napster also announced that the updated version of the service allows Premium members to purchase tracks in bulk, reducing the cost per track to as little as 80 cents. Members can choose to buy packs of 15, 25 or 50 tracks for $13.95, $21.95 and $39.95, respectively. Members of Napster’s Premium Service enjoy unlimited listening to full-length songs, unlimited downloading on three computers and access to Napster’s interactive radio and message boards for $9.95 per month.

"Digital music consumers want to have options when it comes to buying and listening to music, so Napster offers its users the opportunity to tailor their digital music experience to their lifestyle," said Bebel. "We have always enabled consumers to select from the largest selection of music available online via either a store or a premium subscription service, so we’re pleased to extend our commitment to choice by adding track packs and additional portable device integration."

Napster also continues its full integration of the Samsung Napster player line co-developed by Samsung and Napster specifically for use with the Napster service. Integrated devices include the currently available YP-910, and the new YH-800 and YH-920 devices that will be available in May. Current members of Napster can choose to upgrade the new version of Napster at any time. New members will automatically receive the new version when they download the Napster application from www.napster.com.

Napster enables music fans to freely sample the world’s largest and most diverse online collection of music, featuring well over half a million tracks. The revolutionary, easy-to-use interface allows users to quickly and easily download tracks, transfer songs to portable devices or burn them to CDs for just 99 cents per track or $9.95 per album. In addition to the free online magazine, Billboard charts, music videos, song clips and the ability to email tracks to friends and browse other members’ collections, serious music fans have the added option to upgrade to a premium service that offers unlimited listening and local downloading, over 50 commercial-free radio stations and a collection of interactive play lists and community features, all for just $9.95 a month.

Devices With Direct Transfer Within Napster
Creative NOMAD Jukebox 2
Creative NOMAD Jukebox 3
Creative NOMAD Jukebox Zen
Creative NOMAD Jukebox Zen NX
Creative NOMAD Jukebox Zen Xtra
Creative NOMAD Jukebox Zen 2.0 USB
Dell Digital Jukebox
Rio Cali
Rio Chiba
Rio Fuse
Rio Nitrus
Rio S10
Rio S30
Rio S35
Rio S50
Samsung-Napster YP-910GS


A complete list of devices that are compatible with Napster is available at http://windowsmedia.com/9series/Personalization/CoolDevices.asp#musicfriendly

About Napster
Napster® is the world’s most recognized brand in online music. Napster has content agreements with the five major record labels, as well as hundreds of independents. Napster delivers access to the largest catalog of online music with well over 500,000 tracks spanning all genres and artists from Eminem to Miles Davis. Napster is a division of Roxio, Inc., (Nasdaq: ROXI), the Digital Media Company, provider of the best-selling digital media software in the world. Napster has offices in Los Angeles, New York and San Diego.

Safe Harbor Statement
Except for historical information, the matters discussed in this press release, in particular matters related to the launch of the Napster service, net income (loss), relationships with certain corporate partners including marketing partners and hardware and software manufacturers, relationships with content providers, and product development, are forward-looking statements that are subject to certain risks and uncertainties such as decreased demand for our products, increased competition, failure to develop new products or improvements to existing products, failure to maintain business relationships with our partners and general economic conditions, 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.

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