Customizable White-Label Media Platform to Support Digital Music and Movie
                                   Services

    NEW YORK, Nov. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- MusicNet, the world's leading business-
to-business digital music service provider today announced that it has entered
into a partnership with J. River, Inc., a multimedia software solutions
provider and the developer of J. River MEDIA CENTER software, to integrate
their technology into the Company's forthcoming next-generation turnkey white-
label media platform.
    MusicNet's forthcoming next-generation media platform will provide music
and video content in a variety of ways, including downloads, streaming and
subscriptions.  In addition, the platform will support Microsoft's Windows
Media and be compatible with all portable media devices that are certified
with Microsoft's "PlaysForSure" standards.  J. River contributes enabling
technology to enhance the user experience of discovering, personalizing and
enjoying digital entertainment. Additional details about MusicNet's next-
generation media platform will be announced in the coming months.
    "As MusicNet continues to grow and broaden the depth of its services, we
have been focusing our resources on creating an exciting new digital
entertainment platform for our distribution partners that will enable them to
offer an array of accessible, highly compelling content," said Alan McGlade,
CEO of MusicNet.  "We are very pleased to partner with J. River and integrate
their technology into our next-generation platform and look forward to
formally introducing it in 2006."
    Jim Hillegass, CEO, added, "J. River has been a pioneer and leader in
delivering multimedia entertainment to desktop PC's in the connected home.
We're pleased that MusicNet chose J. River to deliver the consumer application
for this exciting new service."
    J. River and MusicNet invite interested parties to contact them directly
for more information.

    About MusicNet
    MusicNet is the world's leading business-to-business digital music service
provider.  The top U.S. and global consumer brands private label MusicNet's
comprehensive suite of digital music services.  MusicNet enables its partners
to offer their customers a fully customized experience, including the ability
to buy music downloads and subscriptions, choose from more the industry's
largest catalog of licensed music, explore engaging editorial programming and
enjoy an easy-to-use interface.  Headquartered in New York, MusicNet is
wholly-owned by Baker Capital, a New York-based private equity firm with $1.5
billion under management.  For more information, please visit
http://www.musicnet.com.

    About J. River
    J. River, a software developer, builds digital delivery solutions for
corporate partners. This includes streaming, downloading, subscriptions of
audio and video content, handheld device support and Digital Rights
Management. For more information about J. River's media products, visit
http://www.jrmediacenter.com .  Contact e-mail music@jriver.com, or call 612.677.8200.

    J. River MEDIA CENTER, J. River MEDIA JUKEBOX and J. River MUSIC EXCHANGE
are trademarks of J. River, Inc.



SOURCE MusicNet
Web Site: http://www.musicnet.com http://www.jrmediacenter.com