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Napster Signs Distribution Deal with U.K. Electronics Retailer Dixons

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 6, 2004 - 2:54am.
London -- Music download service Napster announced this week that it has signed an exclusive agreement with U.K.-based consumer electronics firm Dixons to help with the launch of its U.K. service, planned for later this summer. Under the terms of the deal, Dixons will promote Napster through Dixons, Currys, The Link and PC World stores throughout the U.K. Furthermore, Dixons will preinstall Napster 2.0 software on all of its own-brand PCs, the company said in a statement. Napster President Brad Duea described the deal as an "extremely important" one for his company. Although Napster has referred to the agreement as "multiyear", neither a full timescale nor financial details have been released. Santa Clara, California-based Roxio, which owns former peer-to-peer network Napster, previously planned to roll out a music-download service in the U.K earlier this spring; problems with licensing agreements, however, forced the company to delay the launch until this summer. Rival Apple also plans to launch a version of its iTunes Store in the U.K. by the end of the year.
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