com/press2005. Every unique artist page on
betterPropaganda now contains a "rate this artist" feature.

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PRESS RELEASE Trans-Siberian Orchestra Lights Up 2005 With Their Biggest Year Ever!!!

With its timeless message, the Trans-Siberian Orchestra has become an
essential amongst music lovers during the Christmas season.

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Tower Records has
signed on to be the exclusive music retail sponsor, Xbox will be the
festival's exclusive gaming console and Garnier Fructis the exclusive hair
care. Other sponsors include: LG Mobile Phones, Music Player Live, Converse,
Astroland and the US Army.
"betterPropaganda is a great partner to work with because not only do they
know great music but they're really at the forefront in trying to create
the right experience for the new music fan.

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The band had an extremely busy year as they once again graced the small
screen with performances on "Good Morning America," "Live With Regis &
Kelly " and "Good Morning America Weekend.

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Just days in to the New Year,
TSO has an already busy 2006 ahead of them.

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According to Billboard, only one other band (The
Eagles) drew more ticket-buyers over the 2004 six-month span covering the
winter and spring -- and TSO was on the road for only seven weeks during
that time.

This innovative partnership lets betterPropaganda visitors rate artists and
get recommendations based on these preferences.

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Scheduled performers include
Spoon, Mates Of State, Brendan Benson, VHS Or Beta, Dungen, Q And Not U, The
Dears and many more to be announced .
Additional sponsorship opportunities are available. Fans can easily listen to streaming
radio , download songs, purchase albums, and read artists' reviews to stay
on top of what's fresh and new .

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An astonishing number of 1.villagevoice.
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Please visit http: //www.com/siren for continued festival
updates and general information.

PRESS RELEASE betterPropaganda and Loomia Partner to Bring Personalized Discovery to Alternative and Hip Hop Music

"We already have a site with some of the best hand-selected rock,
electronic, and hip hop music out there.

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For more information on TSO and tour dates please go to

www. By making a
handful of selections , the system will immediately begin to present
recommendations based on what others in the community have rated.

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This free, all-day, all-ages, music festival will feature live
international, national and local bands performing on two outdoor stages in
historic Coney Island.

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The band 's winter tour hit over 80 markets selling over 725,000 tickets for
a concert tour that lasted only eight weeks.

Since TSO's inception into the music industry in 1996, their album sales
have continued to increase and hold impressively strong numbers.

The Village Voice Announces Initial Lineup for the 5th Annual Village Voice SIREN MUSIC FESTIVAL(TM) at Coney Island Saturday July 16 2005

Spoon, Mates of State, Brendan Benson, VHS or Beta,
Dungen, Q and Not U, The Dears and Many More Scheduled to Perform

NEW YORK, The Village Voice, the nation's largest
alternative weekly newspaper, is excited to announce the initial line-up for
the 5th Annual Village Voice SIREN MUSIC FESTIVAL(TM) at Coney Island on
Saturday, July 16th from 12:00 noon - 9:00 p. No
registration or purchases are required to use the service.

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The phenomenon that is the Trans-Siberian
Orchestra (TSO) experienced its biggest year yet, outshining all of the
group's previously acclaimed accomplishments .

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" The
"Wizards" email became such a phenomenon that it was opted to become a
national TV commercial .

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TSO continues to captivate
the holiday season, as evident by the group's highly successful 2005
national concert tour and their strong presence on the Billboard Album
Charts. Plans are in the making for
the group to record their second non-holiday album titled "Nightcastle.betterpropaganda . By adding in a recommendation
system that leverages the collective wisdom of our thousands of music fans,
we can more easily lead people to new music discoveries that they might not
otherwise have made," says Ken Manning, Publisher of betterPropaganda.

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SIREN MUSIC FESTIVAL is a registered service mark of Village Voice Media,
Inc.

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35
million people have seen the Trans-Siberian Orchestra perform live in just
the past 2 years alone. In 2005,
it took only 10 weeks for CD sales to surge above 850,000 placing all three
TSO holiday albums in the Top 10 on Billboard's Top Catalog Album Chart.

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About Loomia Recommendations

Loomia Recommendations is the quickest way to add personalized
recommendations to a web site. Founded in 2004, Loomia is a privately held
company based in San Francisco, CA.

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With relationships and agreements with over 450 major and independent
labels, betterPropaganda delivers one of the largest catalogues of
independent music online with thousands of free and legal mp3s in the rock,
electronic, and hip hop music genres. To enhance this array of features,
betterPropaganda recently added a personalized recommendations capability
from Loomia that takes each person's likes and dislikes and makes
recommendations specific to each user.

"The idea is to take ratings from being a popularity contest where the most
votes win to a capability that really centers around helping each user find
the things that they like, " says David Marks, CEO of Loomia.

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These achievements further reaffirm Trans-Siberian Orchestra's
place as an American institution.
Two of those albums held the #1 & #2 spots in Billboard's Top Pop Catalog
Chart with "The Lost Christmas Eve" placing #2 on the Seasonal Chart.

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The video, an over-the-top light
display choreographed to the group's latest single attracted local news all
over the country as well as the "Today Show" and "Inside Edition. Now in its fifth year, the Village Voice SIREN MUSIC
FESTIVAL(TM) has solidified its status as a leading outdoor indie rock event,
drawing over 170 ,000 music fans last summer, establishing itself as a leader
in showcasing indie rock veterans and emerging artists.

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2005 marked the
band's seventh consecutive year of touring."
The group's annual winter tour will kick off in the fall of 2006, which
will be followed up by a yet-to-be-named national concert tour in Spring
2007.trans-siberian."

About betterPropaganda

betterPropaganda is a private company owned and managed by Radiant
Interactive and is based in San Francisco, California .

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" In December of 2005, a video for
"Wizards in Winter" created by a fan made its way on to the internet and
became one of the most downloaded files.
Budweiser returns to the Village Voice SIREN MUSIC FESTIVAL(TM) as the
exclusive beer sponsor for the fifth consecutive year.com), a music discovery site, is working in
partnership with Loomia to provide a personalized recommendations system to
help music fans find new music that most interests them. betterPropaganda
is one of the first independent music sites to use this type of
personalization service to help people freely discover the music that
matters the most to them.