LOUD Loudeye

SEATTLE, Oct. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Loudeye Corp. (NASDAQ:LOUD), a worldwide leader in business-to-business digital media solutions, has been named to Deloitte's prestigious Technology Fast 50 Program for Washington State, a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in the area by Deloitte & Touche LLP, one of the nation's leading professional services organizations. Rankings are based on the percentage revenue growth over five years from 2000-2004. "For years, we've invested in building next generation digital music products and services aimed at helping our customers around the world play a role in this industry," said Mike Brochu, Loudeye's president and chief executive officer. "Being recognized as one of Deloitte's fastest growing technology companies in our area demonstrates the importance of these solutions, and the possibilities they present to companies looking to enter the digital and mobile music marketplaces." "Deloitte's Washington State Technology Fast 50 companies have shown the strength, vision and temerity to succeed in today's very competitive technology environment," said Larry Hile, a partner in Deloitte's Seattle office. "We applaud the successes of Loudeye and acknowledge it as one of the very few to accomplish such a fast growth rate during the past five years." To qualify for the Technology Fast 50, companies must have had operating revenues of at least $50,000 in 2000 and $1,000,000 in 2004, be headquartered in North America, and be a "technology company," defined as a company that owns proprietary technology that contributes to a significant portion of the company's operating revenues; or devotes a significant proportion of revenues to the research and development of technology. Using other companies' technology in a unique way does not qualify. Winners of the 15 regional Technology Fast 50 programs in the United States and Canada are automatically entered in Deloitte's Technology Fast 500 program, which ranks North America's top 500 fastest growing technology companies. For more information on Deloitte's Technology Fast 50 or Fast 500 programs, visit http://www.fast500.com/. About Loudeye Corp. Loudeye is a worldwide leader in business-to-business digital media solutions and the outsourcing provider of choice for companies looking to maximize the return on their digital media investment. Loudeye combines innovative products and services with the world's largest music archive and the industry's leading digital media infrastructure enabling partners to rapidly and cost effectively launch complete, customized digital media stores and services. For more information, visit http://www.loudeye.com/. 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Forward Looking Statements This release contains forward-looking information within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on current estimates and actual results may differ materially due to risks, including the possibility of adverse changes in the market for distribution of digital audio and video that Loudeye serves; lack of market acceptance for Loudeye's products and services; adverse or uncertain legal developments with respect to copyrights surrounding the creation and distribution of digital content; pricing pressures and other activities by competitors; the failure of Loudeye's hosting infrastructure; the complexity of Loudeye's services and delivery networks; any problems or failures in the structure, complexities or redundancies of Loudeye's network infrastructure; failures in third party telecommunication and network providers to provide required transmission capacity; the possible delay in the adoption of digital media or related applications on the web in general; and other risks set forth in Loudeye's most recent Form 10-Q, Form 10-K and other SEC filings which are available through EDGAR at http://www.sec.gov/. These are among the primary risks we foresee at the present time. Loudeye assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements. DATASOURCE: Loudeye Corp. CONTACT: media/press, (U.S.), Karen DeMarco of mPRm Public Relations, +1-323-933-3399, or , for Loudeye; or investor relations, Michael Dougherty of Loudeye, +1-206-832-4000, or Web site: http://www.fast500.com/ Web site: http://www.loudeye.com/

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