Napster Entering Ringtone Market
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Online music service Napster on Thursday said it reached a deal to enter the ringtone market with mobile content publisher Dwango Wireless .
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Music download company Napster launches a service in Japan, the world's second largest music market
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Group is selling source code to Napster and Cisco's firewall software.
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Blog: Want to make that music track a ringtone? Get ready to spend $.99 all over again.
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Napster Inc, one of the largest  digital music retailers, said on Monday it would start selling  downloads in the MP3 format from the second quarter of this  year in the latest blow to copy protection for songs bought  online.
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AT&T Inc. is making Napster Inc.'s entire music catalog of more than 5 million songs available for wireless download starting early next month.
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Los Angeles-based music downloading service Napster has partnered with another company to sell mobile phone ringtones, ITObserver.
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(InfoWorld) - Napster, the remade version of the popular Internet music sharing service, is in talks over a sale or possible strategic partnership, the company said Monday. The announcement comes as a steady stream of new competitors enter the market, includingÂ SanDisk with partner RealNetworks, andÂ Microsoft with its Zune MarketplaceÂ strategy. It also comes amid a sharp downturn in user figures for Napster, which has seen its user base erode to 512,000 users at the end of June, from 606,000 at the end of March. Napster said it has hired UBS Investment Bank to assist management in the "evaluation of strategic alternatives," in response to interest from a third party in potentially acquiring or establishing a venture with the company. Napster also said it remains in a strong position to continue building its own business, with or without such a deal, highlighting its cash position of $97 million. The announcement sent Napster's Nasdaq-listed stock up 12.4 percent in after-market trading, to $3.99. The company set no timetable for finalizing the evaluation, and said the talks may not result in any deals. Formed in 1999, Napster popularized peer-to-peer music sharing on the Internet, gaining notoriety when a recording industry lawsuit ultimately shut it down and set the precedent for further legal victories over similar online services. A few years after the legal defeat, RoxioÂ bought the rights to its name, and in late 2003Â re-launched itÂ as a legal music download store. Napster faced stiff competition from the moment of its rebirth, mainly from Apple ComputerÂ and its popular iPods, and the iTunes Music Store. Napster currently offers a free 512MB digital music player, or a 1GB one for $50 to users who sign up for its monthly service for three months. It also started an advertising-supported music service in May that allows users to listen more than two million songs at no charge, up to five times each. The company reported a net loss of $9.8 millionÂ in the three months ending June 30, on revenue of $28.1 million.
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Infosync is reporting that Napster will be available through AT&amp;T/Cingular wireless services for $14.99/month. &quot;Napster today announced that Napster To Go, the first portable music subscription service for
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MUMBAI: Napster today announced that it has forged an agreement with Dwango Wireless, a leading mobile developer and publisher of entertainment content to launch Napster Mobile across major North American carriers.
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Napster is offering pre-pay cards for buying tracks, opening up its online store to under-18s in the UK.
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Ringtones have proved to be such a lucrative side business for cellular phone companies that record labels in the United States have decided they want a piece of that revenue.
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Napster Inc. NAPS.O said on   Monday it was considering selling the company or other possible   ventures with outsiders looking to hook up with the   once-notorious online music service.
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Currently both Napster and RealNetworks offer music services with a subscription option where users who subscribe get to listen to all the music they want for a flat fee of around US$9.95 a month.
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US mobile phone giant AT&T says it will give its customers direct access to digital music service Napster.
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NEW YORK/TOKYO  - Napster Inc. NAPS.O said on   Tuesday it launched an online song distribution site in Japan,   challenging Apple Computer Inc. AAPL.O and popular music   phones.
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Can we offer you a cute logo and losses? A brave Napster is willing to keep pounding away at the unprofitable online music market. Er, unless someone wants to buy the company.â¦