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Media Jukebox Combines Microsoft and RealNetworks Media Technologies in One Powerful Solution

Minneapolis, MN (May 10, 2000) - J. River, a Digital Rights Management solution provider, today released version 4.0 of its popular Media Jukebox software. Media Jukebox, which is free to consumers, now plays more media files than any other jukebox, making it a one-stop software solution for digital music, video and Web radio/TV. It brings together users of Microsoft? Windows Media?, RealNetworks? and other media players to provide a single, easy-to-use, yet powerful, media organizer. Users can now collect, play and organize media files with a single application.

“We are giving Media Jukebox users what they want,” says Nikolay Sokratov, CTO at J. River, Inc. “We have developed a superior media player and organizer that plays all the popular file formats, and moves beyond music to include video, Web radio/TV and more. Media Jukebox is a complete entertainment center.”

New features in version 4.0 include WindowBlinds technology, which enables users to personalize their Jukebox with over 700 skins, or create their own. A new encoder makes it even faster to create MP3 or WMA files from audio CD’s. The new encoder can harness the power of multiple processors for still greater speed, making it the fastest jukebox available.

Media Jukebox organizes and plays all the popular music formats, including Real Media, MusicEx files, mp3, QuickTime, Audible, Microsoft Windows Media and LiquidAudio. Support for MusicEx files provides commercial capabilities for on-line music sales. MusicEx files are a secure file format for the digital delivery of music and other digital media.

Media Jukebox 4.0 is available for free download from www.musicex.com/mediajukebox

About J. River
J. River develops DRM-compatible e-commerce solutions and network connectivity software. The company has nearly 2,000,000 users in over 50 countries. For more information about J. River's music products, visit www.musicex.com, e-mail music@jriver.com, or call 612.677.8200.

Media Jukebox is part of J. River's Music Exchange. This is the only Digital Rights Management technology designed to serve the recording, video, software, and publication industries as an open standard for secure sales, distribution and licensing of digital files. This modular system provides a complete and flexible e-commerce solution, including simple and secure ordering, permanent content encryption, secure content distribution, and easy license management. J. River drew on its experience with connectivity, electronic licensing, security, and secure software e-commerce to design and develop this revolutionary software.

J. River's new music01.com Web site demonstrates this technology in action and hosts secure downloadable music content. It is supported by browser accessible servers that allow vendors to maintain their own databases of customers, products, prices, and licenses. Labels and artists are invited to register as vendors by contacting music@jriver.com.

J. River Media Jukebox and J. River Music Exchange are trademarks of J. River, Inc. Other marks are property of their respective owners.