CheckOut.com and Wherehouse Music Celebrate the Millennium With `Get a New Life' Sweepstakes; Enter to Win Free Rent for an Entire Year and More!

Business Wire, Jan 13, 2000

News/Entertainment Editors and Internet Writers

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 13, 2000

Now that it's a new millennium, isn't it time to get that cool hip life you've always dreamed of? The "Get A New Life" Sweepstakes can help!

Enter online at www.CheckOut.com or at any Wherehouse Music store before February 1 and one lucky winner will live rent-free for an entire year; spruce up their wardrobe with clothing from OP and shoes from Skechers; get organized with a new Palm IIIe from 3Com; update their music, movies and game collections; and more!

Enter the "Get A New Life" Sweepstakes for a chance to win the grand prize, consisting of:

-- Free rent or mortgage payments for a year

-- A state-of-the-art home entertainment system (courtesy of

Duracell)

-- Free clothes for an entire year (courtesy of OP)

-- Free shoes for an entire year (courtesy of Skechers)

-- A Palm IIIe organizer (courtesy of 3Com)

-- Magazine subscriptions to Rolling Stone, Vibe, Spin, The Source,

Blaze, and Entertainment Weekly (courtesy of the respective

publishers)

-- A year's worth of CDs, movies and games (courtesy of

CheckOut.com)

Click on www.CheckOut.com or visit any Wherehouse Music store now through February 1, 2000 for complete details and official rules and enter to win a new life in the new millennium! Call 1-800-WHEREHOUSE to find one of over 550 Wherehouse Music stores near you.

About CheckOut.com

CheckOut.com is the online connection to the worlds of music, movies and games. Our founders like to say -- CheckOut.com is an "entertaining and sticky destination that sells." What does that mean? Well, CheckOut.com is an entertainment destination that provides the Web's most in-depth coverage of music, movie and games information all in one place.

CheckOut.com features daily news, breaking interviews, celebrity chats, recommendations, information about your favorite artists, and much more. CheckOut.com also sells related entertainment products including CDs, videos, DVDs, all game platforms, and merchandise to create a cohesive online entertainment experience. CheckOut.com is your online source for entertainment information.

In addition, WherehouseMusic.com recently merged with CheckOut.com, creating a strategic partnership between all Wherehouse Music stores and CheckOut.com.

About Wherehouse Music

Wherehouse Entertainment, Inc., is the third-largest music retailer in the United States. With the acquisition of Blockbuster Music, the Torrance, Calif.-based retailer owns and operates 600 stores in 33 states with 1998 pro forma revenues of over $800 million.