Napster brings digital music to the US Military!

LOS ANGELES (Napster/ www.centricmall.com) - Napster, a division of Roxio, announced an agreement with the Army and Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) that gives all branches of the United States military - Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard - access to the innovative Napster 2.0 music service through the CentricMall.com Web site.

Starting today, AAFES is making Napster's huge catalog of legal music - over 750,000 tracks - and community features available to over 11.5 million active, reserve and retired military personnel and their families. In addition, Napster offers authorized exchange customers specially discounted rates on both its subscription service and Napster Light download store.
"When we learned of the demand for digital music within the military community, particularly from overseas, we immediately dedicated resources to meeting that need," said Chris Gorog, chairman and CEO of Roxio and Napster. "Whether our military personnel are working on a base overseas or here in the United States, whether they are on active duty or in the reserves, all members of the armed forces and their families can now securely and safely access their favorite music when they want it, wherever they are in the world."

AAFES expects that delivering music through the Internet will help provide the latest entertainment to troops in deployed locations. "It is always great when AAFES can deliver another service to our customers...wherever they are," said AAFES' Commander Maj. Gen. Kathryn Frost.

Napster is the first digital product to be offered on CentricMall.com, a password-protected Web site featuring over 40 online vendors that can be accessed only by authorized exchange customers. These customers can also access the Napster service through the Exchange Online Store, an online destination featuring over 25,000 items from multiple vendors.
Military customers can access the Centric Mall service through AAFES.com, usmc-mccs.org, navy-nex.com or eg-exchange or by going directly to https://www.centricmall.com. In addition to Napster's regular payment methods, the service accepts the "Military Star Card" credit card to facilitate CentricMall.com customer transactions.