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                  NAVARRE CORPORATION ACQUIRES BCI ECLIPSE, LLC

         REPRESENTS COMPANY'S EXPANSION INTO DVD/VIDEO CONTENT OWNERSHIP


MINNEAPOLIS, MN -- November 5, 2003 -- Navarre Corporation (Nasdaq: NAVR), a
leading distributor and publisher of a broad range of home entertainment and
multimedia software products, today announced that it has acquired the assets of
BCI Eclipse, LLC. Founded in 1988, by David Catlin, BCI Eclipse is recognized as
a significant provider of niche DVD/Video products. BCI Eclipse's DVD/Video and
audio collection represents exclusively licensed titles and in-house produced
CD's and DVD's. BCI Eclipse's unaudited revenues for the trailing twelve months
ended October 31, 2003 were approximately $19 million with a 43% gross margin
rate.

Under terms of the acquisition, a newly formed subsidiary of Navarre acquired
all assets of BCI Eclipse using a combination of cash, assumed debt and stock.
The amount of the foregoing approximated $15 million. The Company expects that
the transaction will be accretive to its current fiscal year's results. As well,
the Company anticipates that the acquisition will add $0.08 to 0.10 per share in
its next fiscal year commencing April 1, 2004.

Eric Paulson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer stated, "The acquisition of
BCI Eclipse is part of Navarre's strategy for growth with expanded content
ownership and gross margin enhancement. BCI Eclipse has secured a strong and
profitable foothold in the DVD/Video segment and this move will enhance
Navarre's overall position in the category with our customers. The DVD/Video
industry continues to show solid growth. BCI/Eclipse proprietary audio products
will contribute to our direction of enhancing products and services to our new
mass merchandise customers. We are pleased to have Ed Goetz, a recognized
industry veteran and his excellent team joining Navarre."

Ed Goetz, President of BCI Eclipse, will continue in his duties managing the
day-to-day operations reporting to Eric Paulson, Navarre's Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer. David Catlin, BCI Eclipse's founder, will remain in an
advisory capacity for 12 months. The company is headquartered in Newbury Park,
California.

Ed Goetz, President of BCI Eclipse added, "I am very pleased to be joining the
Navarre organization. We share many of the same customers and Navarre's
significant volume, industry relationships, assets and recognized distribution
capabilities will provide for continued expansion of BCI's business."

CONFERENCE CALL
In conjunction with this announcement, Navarre will host a conference call
tomorrow, Thursday, November 6, 2003, at 11:00 EST. Investors can access this
call via a live web cast on the Company's web site, www.navarre.com, or by
dialing 785-830-1974, conference ID NAV. A replay of the conference call will be
archived on the Company's web site for one week. Additionally, the archived call
can be accessed beginning one hour following the call's completion by dialing
1-800-839-3617, and which will be available through Sunday, November 9, 2003.

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About Navarre Corporation
Navarre Corporation (Nasdaq: NAVR) provides distribution and related services to
leading developers and retailers of home entertainment content, including PC
software, audio and video titles, and interactive games. Encore, Navarre's
majority-owned subsidiary, is a leading interactive publisher in the videogame
and PC CD-ROM markets. Navarre's client-specific delivery systems allow its
product lines to be seamlessly distributed to over 18,000 retail locations
throughout North America. The Company provides such value-added services as
inventory management, Web-based ordering, fulfillment and marketing and EDI
customer and vendor interface. Since its founding in 1983, Navarre has built a
base of distribution partnerships with a broad base of leading retailers across
the mass merchant, music, computer and office specialty, wholesale club and
military PX channels, as well as software content developers from all categories
of the industry and independent record labels encompassing all musical genres.
For more information, please visit the Company's Web site at
http://www.navarre.com.

                                   Safe Harbor

"The statements in this press release that are not strictly historical are
"forward looking" statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities
Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and are
intended to be covered by the safe harbors created by these sections. The
forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties and the actual
results that the Company achieves may differ materially from these
forward-looking statements due to such risks and uncertainties, including, but
not limited to, the Company's dependence upon a limited number of large
customers that account for a significant part of its business, developments in
the retail and consumer markets for prerecorded music products and computer
software products, the Company's ability to successfully increase its sales of
video and DVD products, retail consumer buying patterns, the ability of the
Company and the music industry generally to maintain or increase sales in light
of the wide-spread internet-based music swapping and file sharing by consumers,
new and different competition in the Company's traditional and new markets,
seasonality in its business and the fact that a large portion of the Company's
revenues have traditionally been related to the holiday selling season, the
Company's ability to successfully act as distributor to on-line retailers, the
Company's ability to manage its inventory, the Company's dependence upon
recording labels and artists, the Company's dependence upon obtaining and
maintaining license agreements with software publishers, the Company's ability
to react to changes in the distribution of software and prerecorded music, the
Company's dependence upon a key employee, namely, Eric H. Paulson, Chairman of
the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer who has been with the Company
since its inception in 1983, the ability of the Company's majority-owned
subsidiary Encore Software, Inc, a videogame and CD-ROM publisher, to
successfully develop and distribute new and existing products, the ability of
the Company to integrate the business of BCI Eclipse, and the ability of BCI
Eclipse to develop and distribute DVD/Video prodiucts. A detailed statement of
risks and uncertainties is contained in the Company's reports to the Securities
and Exchange Commission, including in particular the Company's Form 10-K for the
year ended March 31, 2003. Investors and shareholders are urged to read this
document carefully. The Company can offer no assurances that any projections,
assumptions or forecasts made or discussed in this release "NAVARRE CORPORATION
ACQUIRES BCI/ECLIPSE", dated November 5, 2003, will be met, and investors should
understand the risks of investing solely due to such projections. The Company
undertakes no obligation to revise any forward- looking statements in order to
reflect events or circumstances that may arise after the date of this press
release.


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