The initial bands were winnowed down to
15 semifinalists; votes from MySpace .

Jackson, Stephon Marbury, Nelly and Vince Carter, among others.

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The band's single, "Lovers," received radio play and was
licensed to Virgin Airways. V CAST Music songs cost $0.com /music. Find more
information on the Web at http://www.
"Being Mariah Carey fans ourselves , we're excited that MSN Music is the
only place that people can purchase her new single, see her new video online
and get a behind-the-scenes look at her white-hot 'The Emancipation of Mimi'
party ," said Rob Bennett, senior director of MSN Entertainment.

About MSN
MSN attracts more than 380 million unique users worldwide per month.

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LOS ANGELES----Xingtone, a leader
in off-carrier mobile content distribution, announced today its
Xingtone mStore solution, a turnkey e-commerce offering for
independent content owners to market, sell and deliver real-music
ringtones from their website directly to fans at the click of a
button.
With ringtone sales topping $300 million in sales last year for
more than 182 million mobile phone users in the U."
A simple-to-use solution, the company provides all back-end
technical and billing support for the ringtones, and revenue is split
evenly between the company and artist or record label.com/mstore or by
emailing mstore@xingtone.

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From March 16 through March 22, MySpace community members voted online at
http://www.

About Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless owns and operates the nation's most reliable wireless
network, serving 51.com ) is the exclusive place to go. fans can purchase the single.ashx .(a), ringtones
have quickly become a revenue stream and effective marketing device
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Parlour Boys From Lexington Kentucky Voted a Finalist for 'Calling All Bands' Contest From Verizon Wireless and MySpace

Parlour Boys is now just one step away from having its song, music
video, ring tone and ring back tone released through Verizon Wireless, the
nation's leading wireless provider with 51.

V CAST Music
V CAST Music from Verizon Wireless lets customers play music on their
wireless phones from well-known and independent artists -- the same device
they have come to rely upon for entertainment , information and mobile
communication.

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Market Forecast, 2004 to 2009.

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com.com/multimedia., Island Def Jam
recording artist Mariah Carey is preparing for one of the biggest success
stories of her career, as "We Belong Together " jumps out as the second single
from "The Emancipation of Mimi," her eagerly anticipated new album , set to
arrive in stores April 12. MSN worldwide sites are located at
http://www.

About Microsoft
Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) is the worldwide leader in
software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their
full potential. "It's such a compelling marketing and
revenue-generating tool for any music executive or emerging artist --
you have fans who feel a personal connection to the music and their
mobile devices and they'll pay for ringtones that in turn help promote
the music itself.

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Mariah Carey Premieres New Single Exclusively on MSN Music!

'We Belong Together' Follows 'It's Like That' Collaboration With Jermaine
Dupri; Both Videos Shot in Los Angeles by Director Brett Ratner

MSN to Host Online Premiere of 'We Belong Together' Video and Offer Exclusive
Footage of Star-Studded 'The Emancipation of Mimi' Party in April

Mariah Carey Exclusive Is Latest Premiere of Universal Music Group Content on
MSN Music

REDMOND, Wash. Recently , MSN Music and
Universal Music Group premiered new videos from UMG artists Beck ("E-Pro"),
Eminem ("Mockingbird") and JoJo ("Not That Kinda Girl").

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Parlour Boys Is One Step Away From Becoming the First Band to Launch its
Career on Mobile Phone Service

LOUISVILLE , Ky. We're thrilled to be working with Universal
Music Group to help bring fans closer to Mariah and the many other great
Universal artists.
The exclusive Mariah Carey content is the result of a close collaboration
between MSN Music and Universal Music Group (UMG) that allows music lovers to
get a sneak preview of UMG artists' latest creations.

NOTE: Microsoft, MSN and Windows Media are either registered trademarks
or trademarks of Microsoft Corp.
"Xingtone's mobile content store has the power to support not just
the garage band, but also big-name talent," said Ruth McCartney , CEO
of McCartney.

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The five "Calling All Bands" finalists are:
- Parlour Boys from Lexington, KY
- The Arrival from Madison, AL
- Unset from San Diego, CA
- Berto Ramon from Chicago, IL
- Aroarah from Sacramento, CA

Winners Package
Verizon Wireless will release the "Calling All Bands" winner's song on V
CAST Music -- marking the first time an unsigned band will release its first
single on a wireless phone. MySpace
helped Verizon Wireless introduce up and coming bands to the mobile world,
further extending the music experience on customers' communication devices
they use most every day -- their wireless phones. 1 R+B "Heartbreaker " clip. 1 singles, two Grammy Awards,
eight American Music Awards, Billboard magazine's Artist of the Decade Award,
and the World Music Award as World's Best Selling Female Artist of the
Millennium , Mariah Carey's ongoing career remains an unparalleled success
story in the history of contemporary popular music.S.xingtone.

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00 monthly access, added to their Verizon Wireless calling plan to access
V CAST Music and music videos on their phones. With
localized versions available globally in 40 markets and 20 languages, MSN is a
leader in delivering Web services to consumers and online advertising
opportunities to businesses worldwide.wav files, selects a
storefront design to integrate with their current website, and manages
their mStore through a secure client login.

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com/callingallbands for their favorite band from the 15
semifinalists.com. The promotional video for "We Belong Together "
provides the stunning conclusion to "It's Like That"; the two videos were
filmed together in Los Angeles by famed Hollywood director Brett Ratner ("Rush
Hour," "Red Dragon," "After the Sunset ").com/worldwide.
Using the web-based Xingtone mStore builder, an artist or record
label simply uploads ringtone clips as .com

About Xingtone

Based in Los Angeles, Xingtone brings mobile content, including
music, images and videos, to wireless devices at the click of a
button. The world's first wireless carrier-agnostic application,
Xingtone's software is compatible with all open networks, including
Sprint PCS, Cingular, AT+T Wireless, and T-Mobile, while supporting
more than 100 handsets, among the most in the industry. The company's
first product, Xingtone Ringtone Maker is the only legal, over-the-air
(OTA) software application that allows users to easily create
unlimited and personalized real music ringtones from their personal
music library for mobile phones.

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Parlour Boys has shared the stage with
nationally-signed music artists Carlos D and VHS or Beta. Also, the winner will collaborate with a MySpace
independent filmmaker and Verizon Wireless to produce a music video that will
be released on V CAST, plus a ring tone and ring back tone of the winning song
that will be available for purchase by Verizon Wireless customers.
With more than 500,000 songs in its catalogue, V CAST Music runs on
Verizon Wireless' broadband network, the most robust, award-winning wireless
broadband network in the nation, available from coast to coast. Headquartered in
Bedminster , N.A."
"This is a terrific new opportunity for IDJ and MSN Music to collaborate
on a campaign that centers on one of the most important artists in all of pop
music history," said Steve Bartels , president of Island Records.S."
Mariah Carey is an award-winning superstar with cumulative total sales of
her albums, singles and long-form videos in excess of 75 times platinum in the
United States alone, and 150 million worldwide, making her the top-selling
female artist in history.
"Music labels have long known the value of getting clips of
artists' songs into the phones of millions of fans," said Jonathan
Schreiber, CEO, Xingtone.

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About MSN Music
MSN Music ( http: //music. The most useful and innovative online
service today, MSN brings consumers everything they need from the Web to make
the most of their time online. Xingtone is
also able to provide marketing support for new mStores by promoting
them to its customer base and creating banners, flyers and marketing
messages as well as track sales and web traffic through a personalized
mStore dashboard.

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Customers interested in
managing their music from their PCs in the V CAST Music Online Store can do so
without a V CAST VPak. Ratner last worked with Carey in
1999 on the No. and around the world.com ) is a leading online music store with
over 1 million tracks available for download in all genres. in the United States and/or other countries. Recently launched
mStores include John Cleese of Monty Python fame and reggae great
Toots and The Maytals, among others.

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The V CAST Music store lets customers browse , preview,
download and play high-quality digital music from their phones or in the
Verizon Wireless V CAST Music online store.msn.
The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the
trademarks of their respective owners. As a distributor focused
on marketing opportunities , Xingtone's mStores already have been a
great success story for us and our important clients like SCI Fidelity
Records, Le Tigre and Megaforce Records.

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If you want to be the first on your block to own
Mariah Carey's hot new single "We Belong Together," MSN(R) Music
( http://music. Expected to attend the party are some
of the hottest names in music, film and sports, including Island Def Jam Music
Group Chairman Antonio "L." Reid, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Pharrell Williams,
Janet Jackson , Jermaine Dupri, Sean Combs, Denzel Washington, Samuel L. Until now, only best selling artists' ringtones have been
available through the largest carriers.

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myspace. We value our
ability to synergize with MSN Music in order to bring the 'We Belong Together'
single and video directly to Mariah's fan base . In addition to
songs and videos from the all the major music labels, MSN Music offers tracks
from 3,000 independent labels, making it easy to find what you love. The Xingtone mStores
include hosting , storefront, shopping cart, payment processing,
immediate ringtone format conversion and delivery over the air (OTA)
to a fan's mobile phone. "Xingtone's mStore offering makes it easy and effective
for prominent independent record labels and entertainment brands to
deliver ringtones to their hungry consumers."
More information can be found at www.

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3 million customers. The winner of "Calling All Bands" will be announced on March
29.verizonwireless.msn. In April, MSN Music will offer exclusive interviews and
behind-the-scenes footage from Mariah Carey's exclusive, star-studded "The
Emancipation of Mimi" party in New York. Songs downloaded
from MSN Music can be played on more than 70 portable music devices that
support the high-quality Microsoft(R) Windows Media(R) Format .msn.

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V CAST Music is available through Verizon Wireless' 2,000 Communications
Stores and Circuit City locations and online at http://www. With a record 15 No. MSN is located on the Web at
http: //www."
Partners such as IRIS Distribution, representing more than 170
artists' digital music, see the value of a turnkey mStore solution.

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com community members selected the five
finalists.J., Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon
Communications (NYSE: VZVOD; LSE). "MSN Music is
about helping music fans find what they love, and Mariah Carey's fans are
among the most devoted in music . "Mariah Carey
has an enormous following in the U.com .
"Like IRIS, Xingtone's mStore gives independent labels major-label
respect," said Bryn Boughton, chief marketing officer, IRIS
Distribution. "This solution offers artists a great marketing tool to
showcase their work and get a piece of the growing ringtone business
while providing consumers with the unique, custom content they want.

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Customers
need a V CAST-enabled phone and a subscription to the V CAST VPak, which is
$15. For
more information, visit http://www.msn. The product is distributed via
www.

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Formed in 2005, Parlour Boys released its self-titled debut album in
January of 2006.verizonwireless .3 million voice and data customers. To preview and request
broadcast-quality video footage and high -resolution stills of Verizon Wireless
operations, log on to the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at
http://www. Beginning today through
April 12, MSN Music is the only place U.
But music and videos aren't the only treats MSN Music has in store for
Mariah Carey fans. We've created a turn -key solution that allows any
content owner to build a Xingtone mStore integrated with their
website , independent of mobile carrier limitations.

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Next
week, one of the five finalists will be selected to be the first unsigned band
to launch its career on V CAST Music from Verizon Wireless, the nation 's most
comprehensive mobile music service.verizonwireless.S.
Xingtone's mStore solution comes after a pilot program with a
number of record labels, artists and content owners, from global music
giant Ministry of Sound with ringtones and wallpaper to Norton
Motorcycles promotional engine sound ringtones.xingtone.com and will soon be available at numerous retail
locations throughout North America.

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, From more than 4,000 entries,
local band Parlour Boys has been voted as one of just five finalists for the
"Calling All Bands" contest sponsored by Verizon Wireless and MySpace.
The music content team at Verizon Wireless, which secures music for the
new V CAST Music service, ringtones and ring back tones and the MySpace music
editors will evaluate submissions from the five finalists and determine the
winner of the "Calling All Bands" contest.
MSN Music also will host the world online premiere of the "We Belong
Together " video in April. Combined with consumer access
to exclusive party footage from 'The Emancipation of Mimi,' an all-star album-
release event, this is going to be an exciting and tremendous opportunity for
all involved.com, co-founder of iFanz and developer of John Cleese's
fan site.