PRESS RELEASE October 16, 2003

25 Million AOL Members Will Have Instant, One-Click Access to the iTunes Music Store for Windows & Mac

AOL Music reaches the largest audience of online music fans in the world, with more than 16 million monthly unique users, through a rich array of programming, products and services that make it easy to discover, experience, listen to and buy music online. Among the groundbreaking programs on AOL Music are advance previews of songs and videos before they are available anywhere else, live concerts and much more. AOL Music’s offerings are available at the number one Internet music destination, the AOL Music Channel, and throughout the AOL and AOL for Broadband services and America Online's family of Web brands including Netscape, CompuServe, AIM, ICQ, Spinner, Winamp and SHOUTcast. Apple will offer selections of AOL’s popular, original content such as Sessions@AOL and BroadBAND Rocks! through the iTunes Music Store.