Items tagged with Napster

by Jennifer Johnson - Tue, Oct 04, 2011

Rhapsody announced plans to purchase Napster from Best Buy. Although the full details of the deal have not been released, we do know that Best Buy will retain a minority stake in Rhapsody. The deal is expected to close on or around November 30 of this year. As a result of the deal, the subscriber bases of the two largest on-demand premium... Read more...

by Dave Altavilla - Wed, Aug 18, 2010

A History of The Internet: From Concept To Napster and Facebook (Infographic)

Do you recall a day when the Internet was first referred to as the "Intergalactic Network?" Perhaps you recall a little company called CompuServe? Okay, you're dating yourself now, so be careful. The sad truth is we recall CompuServe all too well and a few other milestones along the way in this... Read more...

by Shawn Oliver - Sun, Aug 30, 2009

Internet Age Redefines Music Industry, Encourages Interactivity

As the legendary Bob Dylan would attest, the times are a changin' in the music industry. In fact, they've already changed. Ever since the original Napster took the Internet by storm back in 1999, physical record sales have been slipping while music consumption has been growing. The RIAA has put up a vicious fight over... Read more...

by Jennifer Johnson - Mon, May 18, 2009

Napster Re-launches, Offers $5/month Plan

Napster unveiled its latest plan to compete in the subscription music space by offering a $5 per month service that is similar to what Zune users enjoy. Through Napster’s latest offering, you’ll enjoy a combination of on-demand music streaming and five tracks to download and keep each month. At that price, you basically buy five tracks each... Read more...

by Gregory Sullivan - Tue, May 20, 2008

Zombie Napster Wants Apple Brains

Back in the day, it looked like Napster was going to bust the digital music business wide open. They were sued back to the stone age over copyright infringement, and more or less dropped from sight. Apple leaped into the breach, offering legal but locked music for their iPods through their own online store. Well, zombie Napster is back... Read more...

by Michael Santo - Mon, Oct 22, 2007

AT&T, Napster Team on Wireless Downloads

Don't bother to try this on your iPhone as it's tied to iTunes (naturally), but for other phones, AT&T has announced the Napster Mobile via AT&T Mobile Music service. Starting in mid-November customers will be able to browse 5 millions songs in the Napster catalog and download them directly to their phones.Songs will cost... Read more...

by Chad Weirick - Tue, Oct 16, 2007

Napster: Now With 100% More Web Interface

Napster, now offering legal music via streaming, has decided to move to a complete web-based format. No more software to download, and anyone who can run a browser (probably with Java enabled) should be able to enjoy songs from Napter's library of over 5 million tracks.The question remains whether or not people will be happy to stream... Read more...