Tom Petty Chooses Napster to Feature Exclusive Content

PR News Wire via Dow Jones
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Napster(R), a division of Roxio (Nasdaq: ROXI), announced that starting tomorrow, members of the Napster service will gain exclusive access to some of Tom Petty's best-selling works, including "Damn the Torpedoes," "Full Moon Fever" and "Into the Great Wide Open," and hit singles like ""Don't Do Me Like That," "Free Fallin'" and "Refugee." This catalog, which comes from Universal Music Group, will be available for streaming, album and individual song burning and transfer to portable devices to Napster's Basic and Premium members, who already choose from over 500,000 tracks, the largest catalog of music available online.

This content increases Napster's extensive catalog of exclusive music, which currently features music from artists like R.E.M., Mick Jagger and Puddle of Mudd as well as songs that have been recorded exclusively for Napster in Napster's Los Angeles recording studio by artists like Rufus Wainwright, Guided By Voices, Brian McKnight and The Raveonettes. Tom Petty's catalog will be featured exclusively on Napster for the next two weeks, after which time it will remain a permanent feature of Napster's collection.

"Tom Petty and UMG could have released this extremely popular catalog to a variety of music services but they chose Napster," said Napster president and COO Mike Bebel. "The selection of Napster proves that our service is recognized by labels and artists as a leader in digital music and that we are accomplishing our goal of being the ultimate source for music discovery and acquisition."

Napster 2.0 raises the bar for online music. It enables fans to freely sample the world's largest and most diverse online collection of music, featuring over half a million songs. 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 downloading, over 40 commercial-free radio stations and a collection of interactive play lists and community features, all for just $9.95 a month.

About Napster

Napster(R) 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 more than 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 and New York.