Tag: NAPSTER

It wasn't that long ago that Napster was the dominant force in online music distribution. Of course, at that point, Napster didn't have a business model, nobody (including the record companies) was making any money off the service, and while the peer to peer network was extraordinarily popular with users, it was soon sued into oblivion. The Napster music service that eventually emerged out of the ...

Napster and Best Buy have entered into an agreement that will result in Best Buy paying $121 million for the online music retailer. It's been a while since Napster's really been the big name in online music (you know, like since the company started charging for music), but Napster currently has about 700,000 subscribers, which ain't exactly nothing. According to the press release, Best Buy has no ...

Napster has launched its anticipated MP3 music store, bringing the service a bit closer to its roots. But you know, without the piracy. Now Napster customers have two options. You can sign up for a subscription based service that lets you listen to any of 6 million songs for a monthly fee. But if you stop paying, your music disappears. Thanks DRM. Or you can individually purchase any of those 6 ...

Three little letters, about a year ago, had a death-grip on the music industry: DRM. Seriously, who thought this was a good idea? DRM limits the unauthorized copying and sharing of music. We can see that argument. It also limits what music can be played on certain devices. Should you get a new computer or device and need to transfer your licenses, all we can say is -- good luck with that. We speak ...

Napster has redesigned its subscription music service and the company is launching favor of a web-based service. Napster 4.0 lets you listen to your music collection on any internet-connected computer. The advantage to web-based software is obvious. Suddenly Napster is compatible with every Mac, Linux, and PC machine on the market, without requiring you to download and install any software. You'll ...

If you've seen one music matching service, you've seen them all, right? Think again. The Goombah music service doesn't just throw general recommendations at you that are loosely based on genres you select. This cool tool scans your iTunes library and makes realistic suggestions that are actually, you know, good. Don't use iTunes? Not to worry, other music players will be supported shortly. In the ...

AOL is trying to find a winning music service to feed to its users once again. AOL bought MusicNow from CircuitCity a while back, but apparently that wasn't working out so well. AOL is trying again, this time with Napster at the musical helm. Sure, Napster isn't perfect, but it is much better than MusicNow. AOL will do much better with Napster, and Napster is apparently pretty happy too, since ...

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It appears that Napster might be ready to say uncle, ZDNet is reporting. The company has stated they "do not have our heads in the sand regarding an M&A (merger and acquisition) transaction", which is more or less a nice way of saying they just might be licked. Over the march quarter their 512,000 strong subscriber base fell 7 percent as they transitioned to its free website model, but ...