Digital Music Group Announces Classical Music For Dummies(R)

Partnership With Wiley Delivers New Classical Digital Music Releases to Worldwide Audience 


SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 23  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Digital Music Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:DMGI), a content owner and distributor of digital music recordings focused on past hits, out-of-print, back catalog, and independent label recordings, today announced a partnership with Wiley Publishing, Inc. that will bring Digital Music Group's classical music repertoire to the digital music marketplace under the For Dummies brand.  Under the terms of the partnership, Digital Music Group will release a series of digital albums focused on the classical genre, including Classical Music For Dummies, Volume 1, Mozart For Dummies, Beethoven For Dummies, and more.  These digital albums will be assembled from Digital Music Group's library of classical music and will be marketed and sold to consumers worldwide through online music stores as well as online properties managed by Wiley, including http://www.dummies.com/.

Partnership Helps Bring Classical Music to Worldwide Audience through the Digital Music Market Place

As part of the partnership, Digital Music Group will license the For Dummies brand and release a series of digital music albums focused on the classical genre.  Both Digital Music Group and Wiley will market the digital albums to their respective audiences who will purchase the digital music through online music stores worldwide.

"Classical music is traditionally one of the most difficult and intimidating genres for the average music consumer to approach," said Mitchell Koulouris, Chief Executive Officer of Digital Music Group.  "By working with a well-known brand like For Dummies and leveraging the breadth of our catalog and the flexibility of the digital music marketplace, we hope to make classical music simpler, friendlier, and more approachable for consumers. Classical Music For Dummies will simplify and demystify classical music for the average music consumer."

Additionally, classical music is one of the fastest growing genres in the digital music market.  "We are very excited to be working with Digital Music Group," said Marc Mikulich, VP Brand Management of Wiley Publishing, Inc.  Our book Classical Music For Dummies has over 100,000 copies in print in English and many more in translation throughout the world.  So it makes sense for us to work with Digital Music Group's digital music catalog to form a powerful set of products that will enable consumers to have the Dummies experience combined with classical music in digital download format."

The first eight releases in the Classical Music For Dummies series will be released this June.  The initial wave of titles will include Bach For Dummies(R), Beethoven For Dummies(R), Brahms For Dummies(R), Haydn For Dummies(R), Mozart For Dummies(R), Ravel For Dummies(R), Tchaikovsky For Dummies(R), and Classical Music For Dummies(R), Volume 1.  This will be the first in a regular and ongoing release schedule for the Classical Music For Dummies series.  For more information, please visit http://www.digitalmusicgroupinc.com/classicalfordummies.aspx.

About John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Founded in 1807, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. provides must-have content and services to customers worldwide.  Its core businesses include scientific, technical, and medical journals, encyclopedias, books, and online products and services; professional and consumer books and subscription services; and educational materials for undergraduate and graduate students and lifelong learners.  Wiley has publishing, marketing, and distribution centers in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, and Australia.  The Company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbols JWa and JWb.  Wiley's Internet site can be accessed at http://www.wiley.com/.

About Digital Music Group, Inc.

Founded in 2005, Digital Music Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:DMGI) is focused on helping consumers worldwide to experience more music, in more ways.  Digital Music Group acquires the digital rights to music recordings and processes these recordings into digital format for distribution to online music stores such as the iTunes Music Store, MSN Music, RealNetworks, Napster, Wal-Mart Music and Yahoo! Music, where they are available for purchase by consumers via downloading.  For more information, please visit http://www.digitalmusicgroupinc.com/.

Digital Music Group is a trademark of Digital Music Group, Inc.  Other names mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners.

Forward-Looking Statements

This release contains forward-looking statements (including, without limitation, information regarding Digital Music Group's plans for releasing digital albums of classical music under the For Dummies brand) that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause the results of Digital Music Group to differ materially from management's current expectations.  Actual results may differ materially due to a number of factors including, among others: unforeseen difficulties assembling the digital albums; potential changes in consumers' tastes and preferences in music; and our dependence on Apple iTunes Music Stores and other online music stores to make the digital albums available for purchase by consumers.  The matters discussed in this press release also involve risks and uncertainties described in Digital Music Group's most recent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Digital Music Group assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking information contained in this release.

  Press Contact

  Digital Music Group, Inc.:  Anders Brown, Chief Operating Officer,
                              Telephone: [phone] x2504
  Allen & Caron Inc.:         Len Hall, VP Media Relations,
                              Telephone: [phone],
                              e-mail: 

  Investor Relations Contact

  Digital Music Group, Inc.:  Karen Davis, Chief Financial Officer,
                              Telephone: [phone] x2505
  Allen & Caron Inc.:         Jesse Deal, Account Manager,
                              Telephone:  [phone],
                              e-mail: 

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