Rhapsody Gives Away 100,000 Albums to Celebrate Debut of MP3 Store

SEATTLE, June 30 WA-RealNetworks-MP3


SEATTLE, June 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The first 100,000 people to
sign up for an account at www.rhapsody.com/mp3 will receive a free digital
album of their choice complements of Rhapsody, the digital music service from
RealNetworks (Nasdaq: RNWK) and MTV Networks, which today opened the virtual
doors to its new MP3 Store.


Beginning today, consumers can purchase MP3 music that is free of the
digital rights management (DRM) software that restricts how and where people
can play their music. Any song or album purchased from the Rhapsody MP3 Store
can be played on any music device, even an Apple iPod.


Rhapsody customers now have access to more than 5 million songs from all
four major labels and an extensive number of independent labels, with the
freedom to listen to an entire song before making a purchase.


Rhapsody MP3 allows consumers to discover, listen and purchase music
unlike any other digital music service on the Web, offering full length song
playback before you buy, a comprehensive music catalog that includes content
from today's most popular artists and exclusive songs that can't be found
anywhere else.


"Rhapsody MP3 has made discovering and buying music risk free, with the
freedom to listen to full-length songs before making a purchasing decision,"
said Neil Smith, vice president of marketing for Rhapsody. "To demonstrate
what musical freedom is all about, we're giving an album to the first 100,000
people who sign up."



Free Album Promotion


Celebrate life, liberty, and the pursuit of music at www.rhapsody.com/mp3.
Be one of the first 100,000 customers to sign up at the Rhapsody MP3 Store by
July 4th and the first album is on Rhapsody.  Simply sign up for an account at
Rhapsody MP3 and receive a $10.00 credit to be used on any album in the
catalog -- an old favorite, a new up-and-coming artist or the latest
chart-topper. Customers have the freedom to choose.  Further details on the
promotion are available at http://offer.rhapsody.com/mp3/promo/album.



Pricing


More than five million songs are available for purchase from
www.rhaposdy.com/mp3. Most Rhapsody MP3 songs retail for $.99 and albums for
$9.99.



ABOUT REALNETWORKS


RealNetworks(R), Inc. delivers digital entertainment services to consumers
via PC, portable music player, home entertainment system or mobile phone. Real
created the streaming media category in 1995 and has continued to lead the
market with pioneering products and services, including: RealPlayer(R), the
first mainstream media player to enable one-click downloading and recording of
Internet video; the award-winning Rhapsody(R) digital music service, which
delivers more than 1 billion songs per year; RealArcade(R), one of the largest
casual games destinations on the Web; and a variety of mobile entertainment
services, such as ringback tones, offered to consumers through leading
wireless carriers around the world. RealNetworks' corporate information is
located at www.realnetworks.com/company.



ABOUT RHAPSODY


Rhapsody(R) offers an integrated and immersive digital music experience
accessible to consumers via their computer, portable music device and soon
their mobile phone. Rhapsody is the exclusive digital music service for
RealNetworks(R), Inc. and for MTV Networks' music and pop-culture brands in
the United States. Rhapsody is a service of Rhapsody America LLC, a joint
venture between and MTV Networks, a unit of Viacom (NYSE: VIA) (NYSE: VIA.B)
and RealNetworks (Nasdaq RNWK).



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SOURCE  RealNetworks, Inc.