An Industry First: Retail Tech Leader Teams with No. 1 Independent Download
Service

'CompUSA Customers Will Sing a Different Tune... with eMusic'

NEW YORK, Nov. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- eMusic, the world's No. 2 digital music
download service, selling more than 3 million tracks monthly, today announced
its first retail promotional partnership with computer and electronics
retailer CompUSA. Under the agreement, CompUSA consumers will get 100 free
eMusic downloads with the purchase of any item at any of their 244 retail
stores across the United States. All songs in eMusic's vast and rich 900,000
track catalog are available to CompUSA customers under this promotion.
In addition, CompUSA will sell prepaid download cards for eMusic songs
that allow customers to buy tracks on an a la carte basis-and own them
forever-at a substantially lower price than other mainstream services. Cards
will be available for 15 songs priced at $7.50 ($.50 per song); 20 songs at
$9.99 ($.50 per song); and 65 songs at $29.99 ($.46 per song).
"We're pleased to ink our first retail partnership with CompUSA," said
David Pakman, CEO of eMusic and a managing director of Dimensional Associates,
the private equity arm of JDS Capital that owns eMusic, The Orchard and
Dimensional Music Publishing. "Our unprotected MP3s work on every device
CompUSA sells in their stores. Our special offering for CompUSA customers is
a significant value-add and we look forward to reaching many new customers
through their national network of retail stores."
"The CompUSA customer is the perfect eMusic customer: savvy and
technologically advanced," said Theresa Casey, vice president of business
development for eMusic. "It's a natural partnership."
"We're excited to make available to CompUSA customers 900,000 songs from
eMusic -- the No. 1 site for independent music," said Daniel Perrone, director
of digital services for CompUSA. "This innovative partnership will allow even
our most casual customer to avail them self of the best value and selection in
independent music."

About eMusic
eMusic (http://www.emusic.com) stands alone as the only digital music
service that is 100% focused on serving the needs of independent music fans
and independent labels. Delivering more than 3 million downloads each month;
eMusic is among the top digital music services, offering a diverse catalog of
900,000 tracks from established and emerging artists in every genre from the
world's top independent labels. eMusic was not only the first service to sell
songs and albums in the popular MP3 format, it was the first company to launch
a digital music subscription service. Unlike other services that severely
restrict portability, eMusic allows members complete flexibility to burn CDs,
transfer to MP3 devices and make multiple copies for personal use. eMusic
also offers access to exclusive recordings from eMusicLive's network of
premier music venues across the country. Based in New York and San Diego,
eMusic is wholly owned by Dimensional Associates, Inc., the private equity arm
of JDS Capital Management, Inc.
NOTE: eMusic is a registered trademark and eMusic.com is a trademark of
eMusic.com Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective
owners.

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SOURCE eMusic
Web Site: http://www.emusic.com