To: JimNewby who wrote (9768 ) 7/9/1998 7:17:00 PM From: Glenn D. Rudolph Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 164684
barnesandnoble.com and Navarre Corporation Sign Expanded Distribution Deal PR Newswire - July 09, 1998 08:45 NAVR BKS %REA %MLM V%PRN P%PRN MINNEAPOLIS, July 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Navarre Corporation (Nasdaq: NAVR), a leading distributor of music, computer software and interactive CD-ROM products, today announced that it has become a strategic supplier of consumer software to barnesandnoble.com. Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS) is the leading retail bookseller in the United States. barnesandnoble.com is the world's largest bookseller online. Navarre is excited to participate in this important expansion into online software sales of barnesandnoble.com's e-commerce business model. Navarre currently supplies a broad array of software products to the Barnes & Noble retail superstores. "The relationship between Navarre and Barnes & Noble is an example of what true partnership can provide; enhancing our respective businesses," stated Ian Warfield, Vice President and General Manager of the Computer Products Division. 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 (www.netradio.net). SOURCE Navarre Corporation /CONTACT: Terri Bonoff, Vice President of Navarre Corporation, 612-971-2801, or fax, 612-535-3926, Tbonoff@navarre.com; or Spencer Maus, Director of Dresner Corporate Services, Inc., 312-726-3200, or fax, 312-726-7448, smaus@dresnerco.com/ /Web site: barnesandnoble.com /Web site: netradio.net /Web site: navarre.com (NAVR BKS)