Laura Hazard Owen
Oct 3, 2011 2:30 PM
Streaming music service Rhapsody is acquiring Napster’s subscribers and “certain other assets,” the companies announced today. Napster is currently owned by Best Buy, which will retain a minority stake.
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Robert Andrews
May 19, 2011 9:43 AM
To Spotify, We7, Radio and Mog and the rest of the subscription mobile unlimited-music services, now add Napster. Napster today releases its iOS and Android apps, which debuted in the U.S. a few months back, in the UK, including unlimited mobile streaming of 15 million tracks plus the ability to…
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Staci D. Kramer
Sep 1, 2009 9:59 AM
While RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK) looks for Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) to approve its Rhapsody iPhone app and newcomer Spotify prepares to launch, the wait for a similar streaming app from Napster is over: there won’t be one. A Napster rep e-mailed this morning to explain that the Best Buy subscription music…
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Joseph Weisenthal
Sep 15, 2008 11:25 AM
Napster (NSDQ: NAPS) has fallen into the arms of a surprise buyer: Best Buy. The big-box electronics giant will pay $121 million or $2.65 per share. Shares of Napster closed at $1.36 on Friday, so this is nearly a double for those die-hards that have held on for the long…
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James Quintana Pearce
May 27, 2008 3:31 PM
Napster (NSDQ: NAPS) Japan has added music videos to its unlimited over-the-air subscription service, Napster To Go. The new service is dubbed Napster Clips, and is only available on the N906iL onefone handset on DoCoMo (NYSE: DCM). This is Napster’s first video service and operates over DoCoMo’s 3G network or…
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Rafat Ali
Mar 13, 2008 10:50 PM
Napster (NSDQ: NAPS), very slowly building up its mobile operator clients, has signed on UK and European operator O2, to launch a music service on the operator’s platform. Five million songs will be available, from major labels and 168 indies. O2 subscribers will be charged 99 pence for downloading single…
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Rafat Ali
Nov 19, 2007 1:17 PM
AT&T (NYSE: T) plans to launch a mobile phone with Samsung that will be their first to support Napster’s (NSDQ: NAPS) mobile music service, in time for the holiday season, the company said. The phone, exclusive to AT&T, will be available in stores from November 23. Does that mean Napster…
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