The Harry Fox Agency, Inc. and Gracenote Enter Licensing Arrangement for Digital Lyrics

The Harry Fox Agency, Inc. and Gracenote Enter Licensing Arrangement for
Digital Lyrics
HFA's Over 37,000 Represented Publishing Catalogs Have Option to Participate

NEW YORK and EMERYVILLE, Calif., Nov. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- The Harry Fox Agency,
Inc. (HFA), a leading U.S. music rights licensing organization, and
Gracenote®, a provider of lyrics for digital music applications, have entered
into a digital lyrics licensing arrangement, for uses including lyric delivery
with permanent downloads, CD playback, online subscription services, lyrics
search, mobile services, and consumer devices. HFA's over 37,000 represented
publishing catalogs will have the option of licensing Gracenote Lyrics(TM) by
participating in this agreement.

"The Gracenote Lyrics offering enhances many different music services
including Clear Channel, MetroLyrics, MTV, Pandora, and Yahoo! Music, and adds
another layer to the fan's experience," said Michael Simon, Senior Vice
President of Business Affairs, General Counsel and Chief Strategic Officer for
HFA. "This arrangement demonstrates HFA's continuing commitment to deliver new
revenue opportunities for its represented publishers."

"This licensing arrangement with HFA is a big win for both music publishers
and Gracenote's customers," said Ross Blanchard, VP of Business Development
for Gracenote. "HFA's members may license a large and growing new market and
our customers and music fans will have access to an even larger catalog of
authorized lyrics."

About HFA
Established in 1927 by the National Music Publishers' Association, HFA
represents over 37,000 music publishing clients for their licensing needs in
the United States, issuing licenses and collecting and distributing the
associated royalties. In addition to being the premier mechanical licensing
agent in the U.S., which includes CDs, ringtones, permanent digital downloads,
interactive streams, limited downloads and more, HFA is dedicated to finding
new ways for its affiliated clients to recognize value for their catalogs,
including lyrics and tablature. Further, HFA provides collection and
monitoring services to its publisher clients for music distributed and sold in
over 100 territories around the world. For more information about HFA, or to
become an affiliate publisher or a licensee, see www.harryfox.com.

Songfile, eMechanical and eSong are registered trademarks of The Harry Fox
Agency, Inc., all rights reserved.

About Gracenote
Gracenote, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, is a
global leader in embedded technology, enriched content, and data services for
digital entertainment solutions within the Internet, consumer electronics,
mobile, and automotive markets. The company is one of the largest providers
of lyrics, with authorized song lyrics from all four major music publishers
and hundreds of independent publishers. Formerly known as CDDB®, Gracenote
delivers a substantially improved consumer experience in digital media devices
and applications, plus media monitoring and other data services to the
recording industry, making it an integral part of the digital media economy.
Gracenote powers leading services including Apple iTunes, Yahoo! Music
Jukebox, Winamp; home and automotive products from Alpine, Panasonic, Philips
and Sony; and mobile music applications from Samsung, Sony Ericsson, KDDI
(Japan), KTF (Korea), Musiwave (Europe), and others. Gracenote is
headquartered in Emeryville, California. www.gracenote.com/corporate.

Gracenote CDDB are registered trademarks of Gracenote, Inc. All other names
are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

Contact:

Laurie Jakobsen Veronica Skelton
HFA Concept Communications for Gracenote
212-922-3297 415.342.3435
press@harryfox.com veronica@conceptpr.net

SOURCE Harry Fox Agency, Inc.; Gracenote

Laurie Jakobsen of HFA, +1-212-922-3297, press@harryfox.com; or Veronica
Skelton of Concept Communications, +1-415-342-3435, veronica@conceptpr.net,
for Gracenote