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Posted by: packers1
In reply to: None Date:8/13/2002 4:14:40 PM
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AND IT START'S! Liquid Audio Releases Thousands of New Digital Music Downloads from BMG
New Tracks From Top Notch BMG Artists Available Digitally for the First Time, Including New Elvis Presley #1 Single, 'A Little Less Conversation' Remixed by DJ JXL
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Aug. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Liquid Audio, Inc. (Nasdaq: LQID - News) today announced that it is making thousands of songs from BMG artists available to consumers as digital downloads. Music fans can preview and purchase tracks in both the Liquid(TM) and Windows Media format and transfer tracks to portable devices. These new digital downloads can be found at leading retail and music Web sites in the Liquid Music Network including Best Buy (www.bestbuy.com), Compact Disc World (www.clubcd.com), Face the Music (www.facethe.com) and Waterloo Records (www.waterloorecords.com) as well as http://store.liquid.com.

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Using Liquid Audio technology, music fans can download tracks from a wide variety of BMG artists including Kenny Chesney, Dido, Eve 6, David Gray, Alan Jackson, Run-DMC, The Strokes and many more. In addition, the companies are making a new single from legendary rock star Elvis Presley, as remixed by DJ JXL, available for the first time as a digital download. The single, "A Little Less Conversation," is available to music fans in the U.S. for .98 cents and can be downloaded and burned to a CD. The track is the first single to be released from BMG's forthcoming album project, ELV1S 30 #1 Hits, available to music fans on September 24, 2002.

"This launch of new releases from BMG brings a variety of top name digital music to our growing catalog of secure a la carte downloads," said Dick Wingate, senior vice president of Content Development and Label Relations. "We're excited to be the first digital music service provider to release the Elvis worldwide smash remix and look forward to working with BMG to bring even more of their music to consumers via the Internet. 'The King' has finally gone digital."

BMG is the global music division of Bertelsmann AG, one of the world's leading media companies, with annual revenues of $17.86 billion. BMG owns more than 200 record labels in 42 countries including Arista Records, RCA Records, RCA Label Group -- Nashville, and Ariola. In addition, BMG owns one of the world's largest music publishing companies.

Liquid Audio, Inc. is a leading provider of software, infrastructure and services for the secure digital delivery of media over the Internet. The Liquid Audio solution gives content owners, Web sites and companies the ability to publish, syndicate and securely sell digital media online with copy protection and copyright management. Using the Liquid(TM) Player software, available for free download at www.liquidaudio.com, consumers can preview and purchase downloadable music from hundreds of affiliate Web sites in the Liquid Music Network(TM).

NOTE: Liquid, Liquid Audio, Liquid Player, Liquid Music Network and the Liquid Audio logo are trademarks of Liquid Audio, Inc