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Synergy Media Group to Digitally Distribute Warner Music Group's Catalog Through TouchStand(TM) Multimedia Kiosks
Innovative Interactive Retail Display Unit Provides New Platform to Deliver On-Demand CD Burning in Brick-and-Mortar Entertainment Media Stores

Synergy Media Group (SMG) and
Warner Music Group (WMG) today announced an agreement to provide consumers
access to music from WMG's world-renowned labels and artists for in-store
CD burning through SMG's TouchStand(TM) Multimedia Kiosk. On-demand content
from the WMG catalog for both consumer-selected compilations and full
albums will be deployed through the TouchStand platform in more than 100
retail locations throughout the U.S.
"We've proven how TouchStands increase retailers' sales of stocked products
and special order products by allowing consumers to discover and preview
titles from a huge digital music catalog," said SMG President and CEO
Michael Fitts. "Our expansion into on-demand CD burning offers consumers
greater selection, better service and even more convenience. We're
delighted to offer WMG's music to entertainment retailers as part of the
TouchStand platform and look forward to adding content from other major and
independent labels to our digital music catalog soon."
"We are excited to be working with TouchStand and our retail partners to
offer consumers innovative ways to purchase music," said John Esposito,
president and CEO of WEA Corp., WMG's U.S. sales and retail marketing
company. "With TouchStand, consumers will have the confidence of knowing
they can easily access virtually our entire catalog."
The TouchStand Multimedia Kiosk allows today's consumers to sample a broad
range of music, exposing them to new content, which encourages purchase
while decreasing returns of both store and special order product. SMG is
scheduled to deploy CD burning in the second quarter of 2005.
TouchStands can currently be found in more than 100 retail outlets across
the U.S. including Altitunes, Bull Moose Music, Independent Music, Tower
Records, Value Music, and Zia Record Exchange, among other locations. The
multi-media kiosks currently offer a platform of more than 307,000 titles
and 3.9 million song previews -- the largest music catalog available to
brick and mortar retailers today.
About Synergy Media Group (SMG)
Founded in 1991 and based in Denver, CO, Synergy Media Group is an
integrated family of companies that applies technological innovation and a
commitment to the creation, promotion, and distribution of content to
address the evolving needs of today's entertainment market. Synergy Media
Group companies -- INDIEgo, Synergy Music, Synergy Distribution and
TouchStand -- provide the media and entertainment industry with innovative
approaches to promotion, marketing, distribution and retail technology. To
learn more about Synergy Media Group, visit www.SynergyMediaGroup.com.
About Warner Music Group
Warner Music Group, with its broad roster of new stars and legendary
artists, is the world's largest privately held independent music company.
The company is home to a collection of the best-known record labels in the
music industry including Atlantic, Elektra, Lava, Maverick, Nonesuch,
Reprise, Rhino, Sire, Warner Bros. and Word. Warner Music International, a
leading company in national and international repertoire operates through
37 affiliates and numerous licensees in more than 50 countries. Warner
Music Group also includes Warner/Chappell Music, one of the world's leading
music publishers, with a catalog of more than one million copyrights
worldwide. For more information about Warner Music Group, visit our
corporate web site at www.wmg.com.
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