Shazam launches new music application for Facebook fans

London, 18 February 2008 - Shazam, the world's leading music services provider today announces the launch of an exciting new application for fans of the popular social networking site, Facebook. The application enables Shazam users to access recent songs that they have identified using Shazam's mobile service on their personal Facebook profile and share their favourite tracks with friends.

The Shazam application is available today via the Shazam website (www.shazam.com) and on the Facebook application directory. Registration is free and simple. All users need to do is enter their name and mobile phone number so that the Facebook application can synchronise with their mobile Shazam account. Once registered, users can display recent Song Tags on their Facebook profile, view others' Tag lists and share music with friends. Users can also view the Shazam Tag Chart, a compilation of every song that is Tagged throughout the week.

Andrew Fisher, CEO of Shazam comments: "Social networks are fundamentally changing the way people discover, purchase and consume music. Whether they are used to share and recommend music, reflect a person's mood or personality or communicate music tastes, it is clear that they offer tremendous value. We are thrilled to be announcing Shazam's Facebook application and are confident it will offer our users an even richer, more engaging music experience."

Shazam is widely recognised as the world's leading service for allowing music fans to use their mobile phone to identify, purchase and interact with music. The company is also extending its global footprint by launching services in 25 new countries, giving it coverage across 45 markets in all major territories including the United States, Europe, Latin America, Asia Pacific and MENA.

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