Country Music Legend Launches New Album Exclusively On The Internet AudioNet, CDnow, and Yahoo! Team to Promote, Broadcast and Sell Tales Out of Luck (Me & The Drummer) Over the Web

AudioNet, CDnow, and Yahoo! Team to Promote, Broadcast and Sell Tales Out of Luck (Me & The Drummer) Over the Web April 15, 1998 -- AudioNet (www.audionet.com), CDnow, Inc. (cdnow.com), and Yahoo! Inc. (www.yahoo.com) today announced an innovative promotion with Luck Records (www.luckrecords.com) to launch the latest release by legend Willie Nelson, Tales Out of Luck (Me and The Drummer) exclusively to fans on the Internet. Beginning April 15 through May 15, music enthusiasts can listen to and buy the new release, chat live with Nelson and enter to win tickets to his summer concert via www.audionet.com/willie. This album will not be available at any other retail outlet on or off the Web during this period. Connecting Fans and Artists Online AudioNet, the premier broadcast network on the Internet, is the only place where users can listen to the entire CD on a special Willie Nelson Tales Out of Luck page (www.audionet.com/willie). To listen, users will need either the Microsoft NetShow or RealAudio player software, which are both available to download free from the AudioNet site. CDnow, the number one online music store, is the only place to buy Tales Out of Luck from April 15 to May 15. Nelson fans can buy the new release through CDnow's home page (cdnow.com) along with the 49 other Willie Nelson albums from to Just One Love.

Yahoo!®, the leading Internet navigational guide, will offer fans the opportunity to interact in a live one-hour music chat with Willie Nelson (http://chat.yahoo.com), as well as the chance to enter a sweepstakes to win a three-night trip to Austin, Texas, complete with tickets to Nelson's annual Fourth of July picnic. The prize package includes airfare, hotel accomodations and a collection of autographed Willie Nelson memorabilia. "We are delighted to launch this ground-breaking promotion with AudioNet, CDnow and Yahoo!, who are on the forefront of using the Internet to bring together fans and artists," said Sam Henderson, president of Luck Records. "Through their collaborative efforts, these leaders are re-inventing music marketing to give fans the exclusive opportunity to listen to and buy this new release online before it is available through traditional retail stores. Their innovative approach to marketing and selling music fits perfectly with our strategy at Luck Records to give artists the freedom to explore new ways to create, promote and sell their music." Tales Out of Luck brings Willie Nelson back to his country roots. It features 13 songs written more than 30 years ago -- most were never-before recorded. These songs have been released from the vaults and recorded with The Offenders, Nelson's original band from his Nashville days. The 63-year old American icon has been thrilling audiences for five decades with more than 100 albums and is continuing to be an innovator by pioneering new marketing techniques for his latest album. About AudioNet AudioNet, the largest broadcast network on the Internet, webcasts audio and video content including radio and television programming, the play-by-play of professional and college sporting events, live music concerts, over 2000 full-length CDs and hundreds of audiobooks to a daily audience of more than 400,000 visitors. The company also provides turnkey Internet broadcasting solutions for companies that wish to deliver business communications including trade shows and conferences, shareholder meetings and quarterly earnings announcements, press conferences and product launches, and other public announcements to a mass or targeted audience. AudioNet has built a real-time multimedia distribution network that delivers a vast amount of content to the largest simultaneous audience on the Internet. For more information on AudioNet and its live and on-demand programming, visit http://www.audionet.com/. About CDnow CDnow, Inc (NASADQ: CDNW) offers more than 250,000 music related items - five times the size of the average music store. Founded in 1994 by twin brothers Jason and Matthew Olim, CDnow is building a better music store by offering music fans personalized album recommendations, music samples and a vast library of information on artists, releases, reviews and features from top writers in the music industry. CDnow is headquartered in Jenkintown, PA. releases, reviews and features from top writers in the music industry. CDnow is headquartered in Jenkintown, PA.

About Yahoo! Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) is a global Internet media company that offers a network of globally-branded Web programming serving millions of users daily. As the first online navigational guide to the Web, www.yahoo.com is the single largest guide in terms of traffic, advertising, household and business user reach, and is one of the most recognized brands associated with the Internet. Yahoo! Inc. provides targeted Internet resources and communications services for a broad range of audiences, based on demographic, key-subject and geographic interests. Yahoo! is headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif. ###