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To: Jeff Jordan who wrote (46939)	5/14/1998 5:11:00 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Respond to of 61433

Increased Traffic Results in Additional Bandwidth Capacity at NetRadio Network PR Newswire - May 14, 1998 10:20 NAVR %CPR %MLM %ENT V%PRN P%PRN MINNEAPOLIS, May 14 /PRNewswire/ -- As one of the pioneers in "radio broadcasting" on the Internet, NetRadio Network ( netradio.net ), a subsidiary of Navarre Corporation (Nasdaq: NAVR), has completed the recent installation of additional high-speed Internet communications capabilities. This enviable task has been implemented in order to meet the continuous surge in demand for its content and the ever-increasing number of visitors to the NetRadio Web site. "Our decision to offer more than 150 highly specific, on-demand audio channels was driven in large part by direct feedback from our users," said Jan Andersen, NetRadio's Senior VP of Sales & Marketing. "Our average traffic growth rate of 8% per week last year confirmed the validity of our business model and compelled us to increase our capabilities. Equally important, we saw an average return rate of 73% among first-time visitors to our site, a remarkable achievement by any marketing yardstick. Now, with the added bandwidth in place, we will be better able to provide a consistently high quality listening experience for the close to 3 million audio sessions and more than 18 million page-views which occur every month." "That's the kind of audience we were looking for when we built our site, a model based on obtaining consumer loyalty, first and foremost," stated Eric Paulson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Navarre Corporation. "While professional Major League Baseball teams continually strive to fill the seats of their stadiums, we stream our 24-hours-a-day, 7-days-a-week channels to a growing 'sell-out' crowd of more than 80,000 global visitors every day," said David Witzig, NetRadio's VP for Content & Commerce Development. "And, thanks to the many Web surfers who have made NetRadio a part of their daily, online routine, NetRadio's 150+ channels of on-demand, originally programmed music and information are now more than twice as many as any other music site on the Net." RealNetworks ( real.com ), the established market leader and pioneer in the delivery of real-time media over the Internet, has recently awarded NetRadio the 1998 "NetSquawk" Streamers Award at their recently concluded RealNetworks Conference '98 in San Francisco. This award is given by a panel of Internet luminaries to "The Best RealAudio(TM) Net-Only Radio" Web site. About NetRadio Network NetRadio Network, a subsidiary of Navarre Corporation, was the first Internet-only radio network and is currently the world's largest on-demand Webcaster of originally programmed audio content, with over 150 channels of on-demand music and information. A multi-winner of Internet Excellence awards, the NetRadio Web site ( netradio.net ) is routinely visited every month by millions of listeners from around the world. NetRadio listeners can easily navigate the open Web site, enjoying the many channels of free music, news, and infotainment, even while surfing other Web sites, or while working offline on email and other software applications. About Navarre Corporation Navarre Corporation is a major publisher and distributor of quality consumer software and entertainment products nationwide. Navarre also owns and operates NetRadio Network, one of the world's largest-on-demand Webcasters of originally programmed audio content. For further information, please visit Navarre's Web site at: navarre.com SOURCE NetRadio Network /CONTACT: JP LaMere of NetRadio Network, 612-378-2211, fax 612-378-9540, Email jp@netradio.net/ /Web site: real.com /Web site: navarre.com /Web site: netradio.net (NAVR)