Yahoo! Launches Yahoo! Player; Integrated Streaming Media Player Provides an Easy Solution for Playing Music and Video

Business Wire, June 29, 2000

Business Editors/Entertainment Writers

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 29, 1999

Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO), a leading global Internet communications, commerce, and media company, today announced the official release of Yahoo!(R) Player (http://player.yahoo.com), a free streaming media player that provides Yahoo! Music consumers an easy solution for playing all their digital music, including streamed and downloaded MP3 files, as well as CDs. Yahoo! Player also provides video capabilities, access to radio stations, and an integrated Web browser, which delivers relevant music and entertainment content from across the Yahoo! network. Yahoo! also unveiled an enhanced version of Yahoo! Radio (http://radio.yahoo.com), which provides consumers access to hundreds of broadcast and Internet-only radio stations.

"Yahoo! Player gives consumers on Yahoo! Entertainment, including Yahoo! Music, a simplified experience when enjoying their favorite video and digital music files," said Matt Rightmire, vice president and general manager, media and entertainment, Yahoo! Inc. "The Yahoo! Player supports Yahoo! Music's strategy of being the one place anyone needs to go to find, learn about, listen to, or communicate with others about music. We will continue to develop and expand the Yahoo! Player as the easiest way for Yahoo! users to enjoy their music and entertainment."

Designed to support and complement industry-leading formats, Yahoo! Player consists of a control panel, playlist window, video viewer, radio station panel, and integrated Web browser, featuring the latest audio and video content. The Yahoo! Player delivers the following features:

      --  Yahoo! Player's small file size makes downloading simple and
        efficient, and later versions of Yahoo! Player automatically
        update for consumers

      --  Through Yahoo! Player's integrated Web browser, consumers can
        receive related content through Yahoo! Broadcast
        (http://broadcast.yahoo.com) and Yahoo! Music
        (http://music.yahoo.com), including content providers such as
        Epitonic.com and EMusic.com

      --  Customizable playlists can be created from consumers' own CD
        tracks and MP3 files

      --  Consumers can personalize Yahoo! Player's look and feel
        through a number of compelling "skins" or unique graphics

Yahoo! Radio, also a free service, now provides listeners the ability to select their favorite stations from more than 450 national, cable, local, and Internet-only radio stations hosted by Yahoo! Broadcast. Consumers can search and choose from a number of musical genres, as well as from news, sports, business and talk radio offerings, and have the ability to preset stations. Some stations accessible on Yahoo! Radio include KFOG (Album Adult Alternative; San Francisco), KPLX (Country; Dallas), WFMT (Classical; Chicago), WIOD (News; Miami), WDFN (Sports; Detroit), WOR (Talk; New York).

"Yahoo! Radio brings together radio stations from virtually every genre, providing high-quality audio and extensive station personalization," said Rightmire. "Whether at home or the office, geography no longer limits the stations consumers can access and enjoy."

About Yahoo!

Yahoo! Inc. is a global Internet communications, commerce and media company that offers a comprehensive branded network of services to 145 million individuals each month worldwide. As the first online navigational guide to the Web, www.yahoo.com is the leading guide in terms of traffic, advertising, household and business user reach, and is one of the most recognized brands associated with the Internet. The company also provides online business services designed to enhance the Web presence of Yahoo!'s clients, including audio and video streaming, store hosting and management, and Web site tools and services. The company's global Web network includes 23 local World properties outside the United States. Yahoo! has offices in Europe, the Asia Pacific, Latin America, Canada and the United States, and is headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif.

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