Hudson Entertainment, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hudson Soft (Nippon New Market "Hercules" Osaka SE: 4822) today announced the most exciting new ringtone product of the year, The Source Mobile Channel. Hip-Hop fans can now connect to a whole new benchmark in ringtone destinations - The Source Mobile Channel.

The Source Mobile is aimed at Hip-Hop music fans - a huge audience in North America and abroad. This catalog, currently containing hundreds of songs and growing, is the first dedicated, purely Hip-Hop ringtone collection.

A wealth of additional content is available with the ringtones. In addition to excerpts of selected magazine articles and The Source's signature record reviews, there is a daily Hip-Hop news area updated each business day. Fans can download wallpaper featuring their favorite recording artists or test their knowledge of Hip-Hop in a trivia game. Select trivia game contests will also include prizes for winners. Hudson will be offering different feature sets on 38 handsets; check with your wireless carrier to see if and how your phone is supported.

"We are delighted to be working with the best music: Hip-Hop, and the best musical partner: The Source," said John Greiner, president of Hudson Entertainment. "With The Source Mobile, Hip-Hop fans are going to receive a lot more enjoyment from their cell phones."

"With their huge experience in the Japanese market, Hudson was an easy choice for us," explained David Mays, Co-Founder and CEO of The Source Enterprises, Inc. "Hudson's expertise in the mobile space has made our expansion to wireless media easy."

The Source is available today on select phones from Midwest Wireless, NTELOS, and Verizon Wireless with more carriers being added in the next 30 days. The product is being supported by a print advertising campaign including The Source Magazine and other marketing activities and promotions. Consumers can learn more by visiting http://www.TheSourceMobile.com including information about specific features as well as handsets and carriers supported.

About The Source Enterprises Inc.
Founded in 1988, The Source Magazine has grown from a one-page newsletter into the nation's number one selling music magazine with a total audience of approximately nine million readers each month (Source: 2002 MRI 12+). The Source empire has expanded to include nationally syndicated The Source Magazine Radio Network, The Source Clothing Company, the platinum-selling Hip-Hop Hits series of compilation CDs, the annual 'The Source Hip-Hop Music Awards,' the award-winning source.com and The Source Youth Foundation. Over the past eight years, The Source has achieved consistent rate base increases while growing revenues at an annual rate of approximately 30%.

About Hudson Entertainment, Inc.
Hudson Entertainment Inc, the U.S. subsidiary of Hudson Soft established in 2003, develops and publishes entertainment software for North American wireless carriers and videogame and handheld systems. For thirty years, Hudson has been a pioneer and leader in the videogame business. Since 2000, Hudson's mobile division has also been a leading supplier of games and entertainment to the Japanese cellular phone market.

For more information about Hudson Entertainment, please visit: http://www.HudsonEntertainment.com

For more information about The Source Mobile, please visit: http://www.TheSourceMobile.com .

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