Audible Chooses Sonic AuthorScript as CD Burn Solution for Leading Online Spoken Audio Service; Licensing Deal Further Highlights AuthorScript's Leadership in the Online Audio Space.

NOVATO, Calif. -- Sonic Solutions(R) (Nasdaq:SNIC), the world leader in digital media software, and Audible, the Internet's leading provider of spoken audio information and entertainment, today announced that Audible has licensed Sonic AuthorScript(R) Music, a version of Sonic's leading burning engine for audio-centric application developers, as the exclusive CD burn solution for its online collection of approximately 70,000 hours of spoken audio content. The Audible deal underscores Sonic's leading role in enabling seamless content flow across online and disc-based platforms.

AuthorScript Music is provided as a complete software development kit that is ready for rapid integration into applications supporting audio content. Based on the same field-proven technology that has made Sonic the leading supplier of CD and DVD authoring and burning systems for both consumers and professionals, AuthorScript Music provides compatible and virtually error-free download and burn support for all major digital media types.

"We are very pleased that Audible, the pioneer of spoken audio content, has recognized the benefits of AuthorScript to help their customers easily and reliably burn downloaded spoken audio to disc," said Jim Taylor, general manager of Sonic's Advanced Technology Group. "Audible is committed to opening up new, more convenient ways of accessing spoken content, and Sonic's AuthorScript media engine is the clear choice to make that content playable on hundreds of millions of CD and DVD players."

About Sonic AuthorScript

Sonic AuthorScript is the world's leading engine for the creation and burning of DVDs and CDs on PCs and consumer electronics (CE) devices. Available as a software development kit (SDK) with extensive APIs, AuthorScript makes it easy for application developers to add a broad range of CD and DVD technologies into their applications and to support the widest array of CD and DVD burners. A flexible solution, AuthorScript contains modules for converting video and audio data into DVD- and VCD-compliant streams, formatting and burning DVD-Video and VCD projects, data recording on CDs and DVDs, music CD ripping and burning, DVR recording and timeshifting, DVD-Video and VCD playback, and more. AuthorScript also includes comprehensive support for recording and editing in the DVD-VR and DVD+RW (+VR) formats.

AuthorScript has been licensed by industry-leading companies including Adobe, AOL, Avid, Broadcom, IBM, Microsoft, Scientific-Atlanta, Sony, and Yahoo!. It is the underlying engine in Sonic's DVD applications including MyDVD(R), DVDit(R), and RecordNow(TM), which are bundled by major OEMs such as Adaptec, Compaq, Fujitsu, Hewlett-Packard, Hitachi, IBM, Iomega, Lite-On, NEC, Panasonic, Pioneer, Sony, Toshiba, ViewSonic, and others.

About Sonic Solutions

Sonic Solutions (Nasdaq:SNIC)(http://www.sonic.com) is the leader in digital media software, providing a broad range of interoperable, platform-independent software tools and applications for creative professionals, business and home users, and technology partners. Sonic's products range from advanced DVD authoring systems and interactive content delivery technologies used to produce the majority of Hollywood DVD film releases, to the award-winning Roxio(R) and Sonic-branded CD and DVD creation, playback and backup solutions that have become the premier choice for consumers, prosumers and business users worldwide.

Sonic products are globally available from major retailers, online at Sonic.com and Roxio.com, and are bundled with PCs, after-market drives and consumer electronic devices. Sonic's digital media creation engine is the de facto standard and has been licensed by major software and hardware manufacturers, including Adobe, Microsoft, Scientific-Atlanta, Sony, and many others. Sonic Solutions is headquartered in Marin County, California.

About Audible, Inc.

Audible(R) (www.audible.com(R)) is the leader in spoken audio information and entertainment on the Internet. Content from Audible is downloaded and played back on personal computers, CDs, or AudibleReady(R) computer-based mobile devices. Audible has approximately 70,000 hours of audio programs from more than 224 content partners that include leading audiobook publishers, broadcasters, entertainers, magazine and newspaper publishers, and business information providers. Audible.com is Amazon.com's and the Apple iTunes Music Store's preeminent provider of spoken-word products for downloading or streaming via the Web. Additionally, the Company is strategically aligned with Random House, Inc. in the first-ever imprint to produce spoken-word content specifically suited for digital distribution, Random House Audible. Among the Company's key business relationships are Apple Corp., Hewlett-Packard Company, Microsoft Corporation, palmOne, Inc., XM Satellite Radio, PhatNoise Inc., Rio Audio, Creative Labs, Texas Instruments Inc., and VoiceAge Corporation.

Sonic, the Sonic logo, Sonic Solutions, Roxio, AuthorScript, DVDit, MyDVD, and RecordNow are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sonic Solutions or its subsidiaries in the United States and/or other countries. All other company or product names are trademarks of their respective owners and, in some cases, are used by Sonic Solutions under license.

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