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Napster Contacts: Dana M. Harris Napster (310) 281-5073 dana.harris@Napster.com Nancy Sullivan, John Conroy Rogers & Cowan 310-201-8899 or 201-8878 nsullivan@rogersandcowan.com jconroy@rogersandcowan.com
NAPSTER EXPANDS MANAGEMENT TEAM WITH MARKETING AND BRANDING SPECIALIST
Alan Cohen Named Chief Marketing Officer LOS ANGELES, CA - (July 9, 2004) - Napster®, a division of Roxio (Nasdaq: ROXI), today announced that Alan Cohen will join the company in the newly established position of Chief Marketing Officer. Cohen has a long-standing reputation as a marketing innovator and will leverage his vast experience in online and traditional marketing to ensure the future success of the most-recognized brand in digital music. Cohen will report directly to Chris Gorog, Chairman and CEO of Napster and Roxio and will work closely with Glenn Kaino, Napster's Chief Creative Officer responsible for programming and design, who also reports to Gorog. "We are delighted that Alan is joining our senior management team to help lead the marketing and management of the Napster brand," said Chris Gorog. "Alan's breadth of experience managing the growth of big consumer brands both on and offline will help further define Napster's position in the rapidly expanding digital music marketplace." As a 20-year veteran of the marketing and advertising industry, Cohen has worked on a range of leading consumer brands, including Michelob, BP, Jim Beam and uBid, where he helped build sales to several hundred million dollars. Cohen also spent nearly a decade at Jim Beam Brands, where, as Vice President of Brand Management, he was responsible for leading all US marketing activities for the company's portfolio of consumer brands, including Jim Beam and DeKuyper. He has also spent time at two of the most reputable advertising agencies- Ogilvy & Mather and DDB Needham Worldwide. Cohen has a B.S. in Accounting from Northern Illinois University and an MBA from Indiana University Graduate School of Business. He currently resides in Chicago, but will be re-locating to Los Angeles, Napster's headquarters, with his wife and two children. About Napster Napster®, the world's most recognized brand in online music and available at www.napster.com, 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 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. Subscribers to Napster can listen to full-length songs from every major record label and hundreds of independents on demand for a low monthly fee. 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 a division of Roxio, Inc., (Nasdaq: ROXI), the Digital Media Company, provider of the best-selling digital media software in the world. Napster is headquartered in Los Angeles.
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