Napster and Dwango Wireless Introduce Napstertones for Mobile Phones

Napster and Dwango Wireless Introduce Napstertones for Mobile Phones

Napster Ringtones and Wallpaper Service Now Available to North American Wireless Subscribers

LOS ANGELES and SEATTLE, May 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Napster(R) (NASDAQ:NAPS), the biggest brand in digital music, and Dwango(R) Wireless (BULLETIN BOARD: DWGN) , a leading developer and publisher of mobile entertainment content for top lifestyle brands, today announced the debut of the Napstertones mobile phone service. The new consumer service will provide ringtones, artist voice "shoutouts," exclusive wallpapers featuring the iconic Napster Kitty and other cool graphics from Napster's library. Napstertones is immediately available to Cingular and T-Mobile subscribers.

Dwango leveraged its expertise in the digital mobile entertainment space and deep distribution channels to establish Napstertones in the wireless arena. After the initial launch, Dwango and Napster expect that consumers of most major carriers will be able to access the Napstertones service during summer 2005. The service also has a planned rollout in Canada to Rogers Wireless and Fido this June.

"Napster is dedicated to giving consumers the widest set of options to access the music they love in a way that fits their lifestyle," said Chris Gorog, chairman and CEO of Napster. "We are excited to work with Dwango to make Napstertones a reality and give millions of wireless subscribers a simple way to get a taste of the Napster experience."

Napstertones can be directly purchased from Napster at www.napstertones.com, www.napster.com or from within Napster's award-winning digital music service. Napstertones' plethora of exclusive content includes polyphonic ringtones, mastertones, voicetones of artist "shoutouts" and unique graphics, each of which cost $1.99 to $2.99 and which are compatible with a wide variety of phones.

"As consumers in North America increasingly embrace personalized content on their mobile devices, digital music providers such as Napster are perfectly positioned to offer compelling content to wireless subscribers," said Alexander U. Conrad, president and COO, Dwango Wireless. "The Napster brand resonates with music lovers everywhere and we look forward to a continuing partnership that delivers the best in mobile media entertainment."

In celebration of the new service, music fans will receive a free song download of their choice from Napster's million-plus catalog when they purchase their first ringtone from Napstertones within the next 30 days. Expanding its pioneering prepaid card program into the ringtone space, Napster will debut a Napstertones prepaid card by end of the summer.

About Napster

Napster(R), 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 (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 offices in London, New York, San Diego and San Jose.

About Dwango Wireless

Dwango(R) Wireless (BULLETIN BOARD: DWGN) offers a comprehensive approach for bringing lifestyle and affiliate brands to the wireless arena through customized entertainment content, ringtones, games and applications for mobile phones. A key player in the wireless industry, Dwango Wireless provides unique content for some of today's hottest lifestyle brands, including Beliefnet, Napster and Rolling Stone. Dwango Wireless corporate information can be found at www.dwango.com. Dwango(R) is a trademark of Dwango Co., Ltd., and used by Dwango Wireless pursuant to an exclusive license.

Safe Harbor Statement

Certain of the statements made in this press release are forward-looking statements. Actual results or developments may differ materially from those projected or implied in these forward-looking statements. For example, the statements regarding the potential success of the relationship between Napster and Dwango Wireless and matters related to or dependent upon the growth of the online music and wireless industries are forward-looking. These statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, including dependence on the acceptance of the new services described in this press release by both mobile carriers and their customers, the new and rapidly changing nature of the online music and wireless industries, dependence on the growth of the Internet and broadband technologies, and the potential failure of these services to interoperate with the hardware of Napster's and Dwango's customers. More information on these and other factors are contained in Napster's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the SEC on January 21, 2005, copies of which are available at the website maintained by the SEC at http://www.sec.gov/. More information about the risks and uncertainties faced by Dwango Wireless is contained in Dwango Wireless's filings with the SEC. Neither Napster nor Dwango assumes any obligation to update the forward-looking statements included in this press release.

Copyright (C) 2005 Napster, LLC. All rights reserved. Napster, Napster To Go 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: Dwango Wireless Contact: Dana Harris Jared Nieuwenhuis Napster Dwango Wireless 310-281-5073 206-832-0508 dana.harris@napster.comjared.nieuwenhuis@dwango.com

Nancy Sullivan, John Conroy Rogers & Cowan 310-854-8199 or 310-854-8178 nsullivan@rogersandcowan.comjconroy@rogersandcowan.com

Source: Napster; Dwango Wireless

CONTACT: Dana Harris of Napster, +1-310-281-5073, dana.harris@napster.com; or Jared Nieuwenhuis of Dwango Wireless, +1-206-832-0508, jared.nieuwenhuis@dwango.com; or Nancy Sullivan, +1-310-854-8199, nsullivan@rogersandcowan.com, or John Conroy, +1-310-854-8178, jconroy@rogersandcowan.com, both of Rogers & Cowan, for Napster

Web site: http://www.dwango.com/

Web site: http://www.napstertones.com/

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