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Alliance Brings MP3.com's Music Services to Fans' Living Rooms Without a PC

SAN DIEGO, June 7 /PRNewswire/ -- MP3.com (Nasdaq: MPPP - news), the Internet's premier Music Service Provider (MSP), and ReQuest Multimedia Inc. today announced a partnership that will allow music fans to access content and services on the MP3.com site (www.mp3.com) from a home stereo ``digital jukebox'' without the use of a PC.

``This alliance strengthens our ongoing commitment to expand the digital music space by partnering with innovative, forward-thinking companies who are dedicated to bringing the new music economy to the mainstream,'' commented Michael Robertson, MP3.com's chairman and chief executive officer. ``This digital home stereo technology is an exciting example of how companies are expanding anytime, anywhere access to digital music and services at MP3.com.''

MP3.com's latest MSP partnership provides online music and services to users of ReQuest Multimedia's AudioReQuest Digital Music System(TM). Additionally, the two companies will work together to further integrate MP3.com services into ReQuest Multimedia products and technologies.

``We see our partnership with MP3.com as an exciting opportunity to combine our jukebox technology with comprehensive services that deliver personal digital music management directly into our users' living rooms,'' said Steven Vasquez, ReQuest Multimedia's chief executive officer. ``Together, we are liberating digital music from the confines of the PC.''

AudioReQuest, which is believed to be the first MP3-based home stereo jukebox and encoder shipped to the consumer market, allows users to navigate and manage music content from a remote control. Music content is viewed on a built-in LCD screen and through an enhanced television interface. AudioReQuest records, stores, organizes, and plays more that 300 hours of CD-quality digital music. ReQuest Multimedia expects to demonstrate the Audio ReQuest product with integrated MP3.com services at the upcoming MP3 Summit 2000, to be held in San Diego June 20-21. To register for the upcoming Summit, visit www.mp3.com/summit.

ReQuest Multimedia joins over 20 MSP Partners who are expanding MP3.com's strategy for delivering online digital music to listeners anytime and anywhere. Device manufacturers, technologists and other companies interested in integrating MSP products and services can contact partnersmsp@mp3.com for more information.

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About MP3.com

MP3.com is pioneering a revolutionary approach to the promotion and distribution of music. MP3.com uses the Internet and file formats that make music files smaller to enable a growing number of artists to distribute and promote their music worldwide and to enable consumers to conveniently access this expanding music catalog. MP3.com's site contains over 424,000 songs and audio files from more than 67,000 artists. MP3.com believes this represents one of the largest collections of digital music to be found on the Internet. Consumers can search for, listen to and download music free of charge. In addition, MP3.com is recognized as the premier online Music Service Provider (MSP) which allows users to access, manage, and listen to their personal music collection anytime and anywhere in the world, using any web-enabled device or application. MP3.com shares are traded on the Nasdaq National Market under the ticker symbol MPPP. The company is based in San Diego, California. For more information on MP3.com, visit www.mp3.com.

About ReQuest Multimedia

ReQuest Multimedia is revolutionizing the consumer multimedia market by providing innovative products that enable home users to create, store, and experience compelling new digital media content through their home entertainment systems and the Internet. For more information, contact ReQuest at (800) 236-0802, or visit www.request.com.

Statements in this press release that are not strictly historical are forward-looking statements within the meaning of section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These statements include references to activities expected to occur in connection with the agreement with ReQuest Multimedia and the fulfillment and operation of MP3.com's MSP program and services. These statements involve a high degree of risk and uncertainty, are only predictions, and actual events or results may differ materially from those projected in such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to differences include risks related to: MP3.com's current and future litigation proceedings, risks associated with implementation of the strategic relationship with ReQuest Multimedia, MP3.com's new and uncertain business model, uncertainty regarding acceptance of MP3.com's products and services, MP3.com's limited operating history and risks associated with MP3.com's rapid growth, as well as other risks detailed from time-to-time in MP3.com's reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999.

For more information, please contact: Greg Wilfahrt, Director of Public Relations of MP3.com, 858-623-7280, gregw@mp3.com.  

SOURCE: MP3.com, Inc.