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CNET Download.com Expands with Free, Legal Music and Game File Services

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SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 26, 2004--CNET Download.com, the world's leading download resource and a property of CNET Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq:CNET), today announced the addition of free, legal music and game file discovery and download services, expanding beyond its core offering of software downloads. The move is manifested on the site's home page (http://music.download.com), which today unveiled three tabs -- software, music, and game files -- as clear entry points into CNET Download.com's expanding offerings.

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Web Hosting Domains CNET Download.com's music service debuts today with thousands of songs, which it has gathered since it invited artists to upload their music starting last month. CNET Download.com expects this database to rapidly increase in size and variety, as more artists discover the unmatched opportunity to stage their music in front of tens of millions of music fans. Currently featuring basic functionality only, it will roll out a number of new community, discovery, and technology features as the year progresses.

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Hosting Web Hosting CNET Download.com co-developed its game files feature with CNET Networks' GameSpot, and launched it late last year as a new category. The category quickly grew in popularity, and is currently among the most popular categories on CNET Download.com. Now broken out as one of the three featured digital fuel genres on the CNET Download.com home page, the game files offering stands apart from other game file services in that it offers the largest selection of fast, free and secure game files.

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Web Hosting Business CNET Networks, Inc. (www.cnetnetworks.com) is a premier global interactive content company that informs, entertains, and connects large, engaged audiences with content in the personal technology, games and entertainment, and business technology categories. Known for its editorial expertise, the company combines its award winning content with the power of interactive technology to provide its users an intuitive, dynamic and relevant environment. The company's content portfolio features top brands including CNET, ZDNet, TechRepublic, GameSpot, and mySimon, as well as Computer Shopper magazine, and CNET Channel. With a strong presence in the US, Asia and Europe, CNET Networks has operations in 12 countries.

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