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June 3, 2010
Rdio To Debut New Subscription Music Service
European tech gurus NIKLAS ZENNSTROM and JANUS FRIIS, who gave the Internet KAZAA and later created SKYPE that sold to eBAY for north of $3 billion, are entering the crowded subscription music area with the debut today of RDIO.COM. The model will … more »
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January 7, 2010
Napster Heads Roll In 'Reorganization'
Long-time NAPSTER CEO CHRIS GOROG and president BRAD DUEA have exited as part of a reorganization at the music streaming service, reports PAIDCONTENT.ORG. Eighteen months ago, the duo helped facilitate the sale of NAPSTER to BEST BUY for $121 million, … more »
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December 7, 2009
It Was 10 Years Ago That The RIAA Sued Napster
Who knew, at the time, what an affect NAPSTER would have on the music business. Amazingly, it was exactly 10 years ago TODAY (12/7) that the RIAA sued NAPSTER, the online, peer-to-peer file sharing service that allowed millions of computer users to score … more »
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June 9, 2009
Next Music Pirate Target: Spain's Blubster
SPAIN's PABLO SOTO launched BLUBSTER, "one of the world's most popular peer-to-peer Internet file-sharing programs of recent years -- with no training and operating out of his grandmother's apartment," writes THE WASHINGTON POST. "Now SOTO … more »
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May 19, 2009
NY Times: Can Price Cuts Save Napster?
Will $5 a month work for music subscriptions when $13 a month failed? SAUL HANSELL blogs in THE NEW YORK TIMES that "BEST BUY, which bought the NAPSTER service last fall, is introducing a new version with a great deal more value than its … more »
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March 26, 2009
Interactive One Names Wolfe Chief Product/Operating Officer
INTERACTIVE ONE, the digital connection for Black America and the digital division of RADIO ONE, has named NAPSTER CTO DAVID WOLFE as its Chief Product and Operating Officer. WOLFE will drive the direction and strategy for INTERACTIVE ONE's network of … more »
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March 6, 2009
The Music Industry's New Internet Problem
BUSINESSWEEK.COM's DOUGLAS MACMILLAN has written an article explaining the music business' "new Internet problem."He writes, five years ago, that NEW YORK-based graphic designer GITAMBA SAILA-NGITA spent around $100 a month buying CDs and … more »
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November 11, 2008
Bertelsmann Nearly Triples Net Profit
GERMAN media company BERTELSMANN AG said TUESDAY it nearly tripled its net profit for the first nine months of the year. Net profit rose to 387 million euros ($491 million) in the JANUARY-SEPTEMBER period, up from 132 million euros a year ago. Sales fell … more »
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September 15, 2008
Best Buy Buys Napster
BEST BUY has announced plans to buy NAPSTER for $121 million in cash. The consumer electronics giant will pay $2.65 per share, nearly double the amount of last FRIDAY's closing price, REUTERS reports. The deal includes NAPSTER's approximately 700,000 … more »
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September 9, 2008
NY Post: Unrest At Napster
A dissident shareholder group's bid to muscle its way onto the board of struggling digital music service NAPSTER is getting a thumbs-down from a pair of leading independent proxy advisers, reports TODAY's NEW YORK POST. NAPSTER yesterday released select … more »
