AOL Unveils New AOL Music Now Developer Site; Open API Release Offers Developers And Fans Tools To Publish Custom Charts, Playlists, Artist Info And More From AOL's Web-Based Music Service, Now In Preview

Business Wire, May 11, 2006

DULLES, Va. -- In a step further empowering music fans to customize their online experience, AOL LLC today announced the launch of the AOL Music Now Web Services (http://developer.aolmusicnow.com) developer site. The new site offers tools to enable web developers, bloggers, and individual music fans to add custom feeds of artist, album, chart, playlist and other dynamic music information from AOL Music Now directly to other sites including their own web site, blog, or AIM Pages beta profile (http://www.aimpages.com).

The AOL(R) Music Now Web Services release builds on AOL's recent efforts in the open API space including developer releases for the AIM(R) service, MapQuest(R) and a long history of third party development for the popular Winamp(R) player, with more than 50 million unique users worldwide (comScore Media Metrix, March 2006). The site provides easy to follow instructions and documentation and utilizes standard RSS feeds (Really Simple Syndication). Users can subscribe to AOL Music Now data feeds through My AOL (a compliant RSS Feed reader) or website to create and publish dynamically updated music features within sites and applications like email, blogs, social networking pages, and the new AIM(R) Pages service, which is currently in beta.

"AOL Music Now Web Services opens a world of new opportunities to take digital music beyond the borders of one application or web site," said Neil Smith, Vice President, AOL Music Now. "From the tens of millions who use Winamp and visit AOLmusic.com each month, we know there is a tremendous amount of passion - not only for experiencing music but also expressing with it. These simple tools for AOL Music Now, empower developers and fans to take that expression to a new level."

AOL Music Now LLC is a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of AOL LLC. The web-based music subscription service was acquired from Circuit City in November 2005. Offering visitors the option to purchase or subscribe to access more than two million tracks of music from all the major and more than one hundred independent labels, AOL Music Now is currently available in preview with a broad release expected this summer.

About AOL LLC

AOL LLC and its subsidiaries operate a leading network of Web brands and the largest Internet access subscription service in the United States. Web brands include the AOL.com(R) website, AIM(R), MapQuest(R) and Netscape(R). AOL offers a range of digital services in the areas of education, safety and security, communications and music. The company also has operations in Europe and Canada. AOL, which is based in Dulles, Virginia, is a majority-owned subsidiary of Time Warner Inc.