LAUNCH Teams Up With Ticketmaster to Offer Exclusive Discount Tickets Online; LAUNCH Debuts Online Ticketing for Vans Warped Tour

Business Wire, March 28, 2001

Business/Entertainment Editors & Internet/Music Writers

SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 28, 2001

LAUNCH Media Inc. (Nasdaq:LAUN) today announced that in partnership with Ticketmaster (Nasdaq:TMCS), the world's leading ticketing and access company, an exclusive online ticket promotion that will allow fans the opportunity to purchase discount tickets for this summer's Vans Warped Tour '01, presented by Target Stores.

For the first time, music and sports fans of the festival will be able to buy their tickets online at the special price of $19.99 on a first-come, first-served basis before the on-sale date by accessing a special password at www.warpedtour.com and then navigating to ticketmaster.com to purchase their tickets. The online ticket promotion will begin with Los Angeles today, with additional pre-sale cities to be announced on a day-by-day basis only on Warpedtour.com.

LAUNCH and Ticketmaster will continue to make the online ticket promotion available throughout the summer on Warpedtour.com even after the total allotments of discount tickets are sold.

Through the partnership, ticketmaster.com will be the exclusive online ticketing partner, fulfilling all ticket requests. After the $19.99 discount pre-sale, fans will pay $25 on average, per city, for a Vans Warped Tour ticket, one of the best prices for a multi-act show this summer. Additionally, when fans purchase tickets they will be pre-qualified to enter to win a special Vans Warped Tour trip for two to the Asbury Park date on Aug. 5.

This summer's festival features a diverse line-up of popular artists including 311, AFI, Alien Ant Farm, The Ataris, Fenix TX, H20, Kool Keith, Less Than Jake, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, New Found Glory, Pennywise, Rancid, Rollins Band, The Vandals and returning band, Weezer.

"We are thrilled to be working with Ticketmaster to give Vans Warped Tour fans this exclusive $19.99 discount to an exciting show packed with dynamic acts and attractions," said David Goldberg, CEO of LAUNCH. "The discount and the online ticketing are added bonuses we wanted to provide for Warped concert-goers to get their tickets easily and at a great price."

"This unique online partnership is a testament to the flexibility and power of Ticketmaster's resources in providing the Vans Warped Tour's concert-goers with convenient access to discounted tour tickets," said John Pleasants, president and CEO of Ticketmaster. "In teaming with LAUNCH and the Vans Warped Tour, we're able to create unique online promotions like these."

The Warped Tour was conceived in 1995 as a summer camp on wheels, where great music, extreme athletes and skate/surf lifestyles co-mingle and thrive, historically reaching more than 400,000 fans over the course of the summer. LAUNCH will leverage its database of more than 5.7 million registered users to promote the tour, expand its audience and drive ticket sales.

About Ticketmaster

Ticketmaster operates the world's leading ticketing service, selling 83 million tickets valued at more than 3.3 billion dollars, through approximately 3,500 retail Ticket Center outlets; 16 worldwide telephone call centers; and ticketmaster.com. Ticketmaster serves more than 6,200 clients worldwide and acts as the exclusive ticketing service for hundreds of leading arenas, stadiums, performing arts venues and theaters.

The company also operates Citysearch, a leading online local network enabling people to get the most out of their city, and Match.com, the premier online matchmaking service.

Located in Los Angeles, Ticketmaster is majority owned by USA Networks Inc. (Nasdaq:USAI) and is a division of its Information and Services unit. Ticketmaster was formed through the combination of the operations of Ticketmaster Online-Citysearch and Ticketmaster Corp. in January 2001 and renamed Ticketmaster.

About LAUNCH

With headquarters in Santa Monica, LAUNCH Media is a media company dedicated to creating the premier Internet music site, LAUNCH.com, by providing music fans with the broadest array of music and music-related editorial content. LAUNCH.com houses the Web's largest music video collection, available streamed on-demand or in pre-programmed channel formats.

Additionally, LAUNCH.com offers music customization with LAUNCHcast, an intelligent music service that enables members to design their own streaming music station with high-quality audio or video.

This news release contains forward-looking statements about the products and services of LAUNCH, as that term is used in Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking statements include statements regarding new products and services; the company's customer base; strategic investments; new partnerships; and the company's quarterly operating results. These types of statements address matters that are subject to risks and uncertainties, such as the unpredictability of future revenues; the company's dependence on purchase of advertising by major consumer companies; competition in all aspects of business, especially among the Internet music companies; and risks of new business areas, international expansion, and strategic alliances and partnerships. The forward-looking statements should be considered in the context of these and other risk factors disclosed in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended Dec. 31, 1999, available online at http://www.sec.gov. All forward-looking statements are based on information available to the company on the date hereof, and the company assumes no obligation to update such statements.