EMusic.com To Offer 12 Free MP3 Songs With SanDisk Flash Cards

Business Wire, Sept 12, 2000

Business/High-Tech Editors

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 12, 2000

MP3 Music Leader First To Offer Consumers Free Music With The Purchase

Of SanDisk Flash Memory Products

SanDisk Corporation (Nasdaq:SNDK) and EMusic.com (Nasdaq:EMUS) announced today that the two companies have developed an agreement to offer consumers 12 free MP3 song titles with the purchase of SanDisk CompactFlash(TM) (CF(TM)), SmartMedia(TM) and MultiMediaCard memory cards and ImageMate(TM) card readers.

"This agreement demonstrates the advance of digital audio into all aspects of everyday life," said Steve Grady, vice president of marketing for EMusic.com. "By teaming together, EMusic and SanDisk are helping consumers enjoy the benefits and convenience of digital music."

Beginning in September, SanDisk will be including a coupon with shipments of SanDisk CompactFlash, SmartMedia and MultiMediaCard memory cards and ImageMate reader products to the retail channel. Each coupon will entitle the user to download 12 free MP3 songs from EMusic: six pre-selected songs and a credit for six tracks of their own choice. EMusic's catalog of over 125,000 MP3s offers music from established, `signed' musicians in many different genres -- from blues and country to rock, hip hop and alternative.

Nelson Chan, SanDisk's senior vice president of worldwide sales and marketing said, "Buying SanDisk memory cards, and getting your favorite music free with them, is an innovative, new concept that consumers will love. SanDisk and EMusic are setting in place an incentive to encourage consumers to experiment with a new way to purchase music on line which is more convenient, economical and quicker."

SanDisk CompactFlash, MultiMediaCard, SmartMedia memory cards and ImageMate readers are available at more than 20,000 retail outlets worldwide, including Best Buy, Future-Shop and Office Depot under the SanDisk brand name.

EMusic.com is a Web site for the sampling and purchasing of music in the MP3 format, the standard in the digital distribution of music. Through direct relationships with leading artists and its exclusive licensing agreements with over 600 independent record labels, EMusic.com offers a collection of over 125,000 tracks for purchase -- as individual songs, downloadable albums or through a new innovative music `subscription' service. EMusic.com features top artists in all musical genres, such as alternative, jazz, blues, country, rock and vintage pop. In addition to having the Internet's largest catalog of downloadable MP3 music, EMusic operates one of the most popular families of music-oriented websites, which includes RollingStone.com, DownBeat.com and IUMA. Based in Redwood City, CA, the company has regional offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Nashville.

SanDisk Corporation, the world's largest supplier of flash data storage products, designs, manufactures and markets industry-standard, solid-state data, digital imaging and audio storage products using its patented, high density flash memory and controller technology. SanDisk is based in Sunnyvale, CA.

The matters discussed in this news release contain forward looking statements that are subject to certain risks and uncertainties as described under the caption "Risk Factors" in the company's annual report on Form 10-Q filed with the securities and Exchange Commission. The company assumes no obligation to update the information in this release.

CompactFlash, CF and ImageMate are registered trademarks of SanDisk Corporation. SmartMedia is a trademark of Toshiba Corporation. EMusic and EMusic.com are trademarks of EMusic.com Inc.

SanDisk's web site/home page address: http://www.sandisk.com