April 11, 2005

XM Satellite Radio and America Online are teaming up to launch a co-branded
radio service over the Web beginning this summer, the companies plan to
announce today.

A basic service will offer a free sampling of 20 XM stations and 130 AOL
Radio stations.

An expanded service, free to AOL subscribers and available to others for a
fee, will provide access to 70 XM stations and more than 130 AOL and
third-party radio services. Included among these will be some of AOL's live
Internet concerts and music debuts. The XM programming will include programs
such as "Artist Confidential" and "Then . . . Again . . . Live!"

Dulles-based AOL is the nation's biggest Internet service, with 29 million
subscribers. District-based XM is the biggest satellite radio service, with
3.8 million subscribers.

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