PRESS RELEASE 18 December 2003

AOL Members in the US Now Have Instant Access to Apple’s iTunes Music Store

Exclusive AOL Recordings Now Available on iTunes Music Store

DULLES, Virginia and CUPERTINO, California - December 18th, 2003
America Online, Inc. and Apple today announced that AOL members in the US can now preview, purchase and download songs available on AOL Music, the world’s number one music destination, by simply clicking an iTunes button placed next to featured tracks. The iTunes button will immediately launch Apple’s iTunes Music Store*, the world’s number one music download service, and automatically select the featured track for preview or one-click purchase and download. In addition, AOL members can use their AOL Wallet orcard-on-file to conveniently purchase and download songs from iTunes.Starting today, AOL is also offering iTunes Music Store customers theopportunity to purchase exclusive and original music from its popular musicprogrammes Sessions@AOL and Broadband Rocks.
“Now for the first time millions of music fans on AOL, who watch theirfavourite artists perform in an intimate studio setting on Sessions@AOL, havethe option to purchase the song digitally via iTunes and then download itright to their iPod”, said Evan Harrison, vice president and generalmanager, AOL Music.
“Apple and AOL are making it easy for AOL’s millions of US subscribers to legally purchase and download music”, said Rob Schoeben, Apple’s vice president of Applications Marketing. "AOL members can now conveniently use their AOL screen names and passwords to log onto the iTunes Music Store and use their AOL Wallet or card-on-file to immediately purchase and download songs”.
AOL members who purchase songs from the iTunes Music Store will have thebenefit of Apple’s groundbreaking personal use rights and 99 cents-per-songpricing, and access to online gift certificates for family and friends, an“Allowance” feature that lets parents automatically deposit monthly funds into their kids’ iTunes Music Store account and more than 5,000 audiobooks. The iTunes Music Store offers a catalog of more than 400,000 songs from all five major music companies and over 200 independent music labels.
“‘Man on the Moon’ is my favourite live song. This version turned out pretty well and a little different from what you’d get at a concert”, said Michael Stipe, lead singer for R.E.M. “I had a blast doing Sessions@AOL and hope you enjoy this little slice of it. Prep the iPods, here we come, and thanks for listening”.
Select exclusive recordings from AOL’s breakthrough original music programs, Sessions@AOL and Broadband Rocks, are available immediately on the iTunes Music Store. Intimate, in-studio recordings from Sessions@AOL include:
  • 50 Cent, “P.I.M.P.”
  • Fleetwood Mac, “Landslide”
  • Toby Keith, “I Love This Bar”
  • R.E.M., “Man on the Moon”
  • Sarah McLachlan, “Fallen”
  • Jason Mraz, “The Remedy”
  • David Bowie, “Rebel Rebel”
  • Liz Phair, “Why Can’t I”
  • Iggy Pop, “I Wanna Be Your Dog”
  • Jet, “Are You Gonna Be My Girl”
  • Obie Trice, “Got Some Teeth”
  • The Bangles, “Manic Monday”
  • Pink, “Trouble”

Select exclusive live performance tracks from AOL’s concert series Broadband Rocks include:
  • Hilary Duff, “Come Clean”
  • Lou Reed, “Perfect Day”
  • Limp Bizkit, “Break Stuff”

According to AOL’s recent Online Shopping Cities survey, music and videoproducts top the list of planned online holiday gift purchases, with morethan half of those surveyed planning to buy them. Sales of digital singlesnow outpace physical single sales by nearly a six-to-one margin, accordingto Nielsen SoundScan**.
AOL members can access the iTunes Music Store and more information at AOLKeyword: iTunes. Direct links to buy songs are being integrated throughoutAOL’s music programming and products beginning today.
* The iTunes Music Store is only available to US-based customers using acredit card with a US billing address.
** Figures cited are for the week ending December 14th, 2003.
America Online, Inc., is a wholly owned subsidiary of Time Warner Inc. Basedin Dulles, Virginia, America Online is the world’s leader in interactiveservices, Web brands, Internet technologies and e-commerce services.
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