LiveXLive to Review Strategic Opportunities to Grow the Company's Business

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- LiveXLive Media (Nasdaq: LIVX) ("LiveXLive"), a global platform for livestream and on-demand audio, video and podcast content in music, comedy and pop culture, and owner of PodcastOne, Slacker Radio and React Presents, announced today that it has engaged J.P. Morgan as its financial advisor to review potential strategic transactions, including acquisitions, strategic partnerships and other opportunities to grow the Company's business. 

Robert Ellin, LiveXLive's Chairman and CEO, commented, "We are enthusiastic about the prospects of LiveXLive. Our operating performance and consumer reach are showing impressive growth across virtually all meaningful performance metrics. We continue to drive compelling original content across both LiveXLive and its wholly owned subsidiary, PodcastOne, including live pay-per-view events, and new artist-driven format and tentpoles, like The Lockdown Awards (over 10 million livestream views)."

"The opportunity is expanding to monetize the Company's content multiple times and in multiple ways across numerous platforms, including carriers, automobiles, and OTT. We continue to see immense opportunity for LiveXLive to leverage its audience, platform and artist and entertainment industry relationships and help drive further growth through our flywheel business model." 

Mr. Ellin concluded, "We are continuing to look for transactions that are consistent with our acquisition strategy and our Board's commitment to enhancing shareholder value."

There can be no assurance that LiveXLive's efforts will result in a specific transaction or any particular outcome or its timing. The Company does not intend to make any future announcements concerning this process or developments unless and until the Board has approved a specific transaction or the Company has otherwise determined that further disclosure is appropriate or required by law.

About LiveXLive Media, Inc.
Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, LiveXLive Media, Inc. (NASDAQ: LIVX) (the "Company") (pronounced Live "by" Live) is a global platform for livestream and on-demand audio, video and podcast content in music, comedy, and pop culture. LiveXLive, which has streamed over 1,800 artists since January 2020, has become a go-to partner for the world's top artists and celebrity voices as well as music festivals and concerts, including Rock in Rio, EDC Las Vegas, and many others. In April 2020, LiveXLive produced its first 48-hour music festival called "Music Lives" with tremendous success as it earned over 50 million views and over 5 billion views for #musiclives on TikTok with over 100 performances. The Company's library of global events, video-audio podcasts and original shows are also available on Amazon, Apple TV, Roku and Samsung TVs in addition to its own app, destination site and social channels. The Company's wholly-owned subsidiary, PodcastOne, generates more than 2.1 billion downloads annually across more than 350 podcast episodes per week.  For more information, visit www.livexlive.com and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter at @livexlive, and YouTube.

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LiveXLive IR Contact:
310.601.2500
[email protected]

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