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The Glyph Media Group, Inc. participated in one facet of the production of Warner Music Group’s “Music Mall”; following is the Interactive Television Press Release from the Warner Music Group.

About Warner Music Group
Warner Music Group is the world’s leading music entertainment company. The breadth and diversity of the talent signed to our multinational family of labels makes up the finest roster of artists in the world. In the United States, Warner Music-U.S. companies The Atlantic Group, Elektra Entertainment Group, Warner Bros. Records and their affiliated labels dominate the marketplace. Outside the U.S., Warner Music International affiliates in more than 60 countries operate as full-service, local music companies. Their dual marketing operations enable them to build the careers of local talent while expanding sales for the Music Group’s U.S. and international artists. Warner Music Group is a vertically integrated music entertainment company that also includes; Warner/Chappell, the world’s leading music and print music publisher; unequaled global manufacturing and distribution operations; direct marketing; companies around the world, including half ownership of Columbia House, the largest music and video club in North America; and multimedia and home video companies in both the U.S. and Europe.

The Music Mall
The Music Mall is a broad-based interactive music service being designed for the Full Service Network(TM). Similar in concept to a shopping mall, the Music Mall will allow consumers to enter various music-related “stores” and sample, browse through and purchase a variety of services and products.

From cassettes to CDs and CD-ROM, Warner Music Group companies have a long tradition of utilizing new technologies to provide consumers with the highest quality music and video entertainment available. The Music Mall, as an extension of this tradition, seeks to capitalize on the unique capabilities of interactive television to expand the audience of music consumers.

The Magic Music Store
One of the primary goals of the service is to provide a shopping experience that is both convenient and enjoyable, encouraging exploration of musical genres and artists including those that may be new to the consumer. With a browsing option that enables users to find music by title, genre or artist, the Magic Music Store also includes 30-second audio samples of every song and music video excerpts from selected tracks. As is the case with Warner Music Group’s other direct marketing businesses, the Magic Music Store will be designed to offer consumers a wide selection of choices including titles from labels outside WMG.

Other Services
In Addition to purchasing music, the Music Mall will offer a range of other music-related services including karaoke on demand, special offers and programs from leading direct marketing music companies and music-plus-magazine subscription services from Warner Music Enterprises, a company that operates BBC Music Service, Rock Video Monthly, New Country and Jazz. In conjunction with Ticketmaster, Warner Music Group is also exploring the addition of a concert ticket-purchasing option.

The Future
The Music Mall is a modular system that is still under development. The services that are offered on the existing prototype are examples of possible applications. Through our on-going research, we are continually modifying, improving and expanding the range of services available to consumers in the Music Mall. We firmly believe that not only will this technology be available on a wide-scale basis in the near future, but that it has the potential to enhance the music-purchasing experience by offering the consumer a 24-hour-a-day, in-home user-friendly, multifaceted interactive music service. By making it easier for consumers to learn about new releases from established and developing artists, the Music Mall will stimulate business among existing retailers in addition to serving new music customers.