Coinstar, Inc. (CSTR) Chief Executive Officer to Ring NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell

BELLEVUE, Wash., Sept. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Coinstar, Inc. (CSTR), a leader in automated retail, announced that Chief Executive Officer Paul Davis will ring the NASDAQ Stock Market opening bell at the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York City's Times Square tomorrow, Sept. 3, 2010, at 9:30 a.m. Eastern time.

A live webcast of the NASDAQ opening bell will be available at http://www.nasdaq.com/about/marketsitetowervideo.asx. A video replay and photographs of the ceremony will be archived at http://nasdaq.com/reference/marketsite_events.stm and on the Investor Relations section of Coinstar's website www.coinstar.com.

About Coinstar, Inc.

Coinstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSTR) is a leading provider of automated retail solutions offering convenient services that make life easier for consumers and drive incremental traffic and revenue for retailers. The company's core automated retail businesses include the well-known redbox® self-service DVD rental and Coinstar® self-service coin-counting brands. The company has approximately 26,900 DVD kiosks and 19,000 coin-counting kiosks in supermarkets, drug stores, mass merchants, financial institutions, convenience stores, and restaurants. For more information, visit www.coinstar.com.

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