Napster Back In Music Scene
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Napster founder Shawn Fanning has returned to the online downloading arena with the approval of some significant members of the music industry.
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Virgin has today launched a music download service that will go head to head with established players including iTunes and Napster.
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By ANNA FIORENTINO Staff Writer  Forget the Napster disaster. iTunes didn't stand a chance.  At least with those looking for free music online.  Just when it seemed the World Wide Web had succumbed to $1.99 download deals, at least one site prevailed.
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U.S. music-downloading service Napster has launched a preview version of its Napster To Go portable music service, which incorporates  Microsoft's (Nasdaq: MSFT) latest digital-rights management software, Janus.
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Whether you like Napster To Go, the online store's new music subscription service, depends on whether you think of it as all-you-can-eat or all-you-can-pay.
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Napster on Thursday said it&#39;s testing a monthly subscription service that would let customers download an unlimited number of songs and play them on portable music devices
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Snocap, the digital music company  founded by Napster creator Sean Fanning, is testing a new  service that enables bands to sell their music from Web sites  like MySpace.
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Microsoft earlier this year developed a new copyright protection plan that allows for the transfer of subscription songs to portable players. For &#36;5 more a month, consumers can transfer Napster's entire catalog to their device - and listen as often as they'd like - as long as they subscribe.
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- Napster Inc , one of the largest  digital music retailers, said it will partner with Swedish  telecom equipment maker Ericsson   and  Chilean telecommunications company Entel PCS  to launch  its mobile music service in Latin America for the first time.
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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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Napster announced yesterday that it is testing a new subscription service model that would add portable devices to the list of its subscription service&#39;s supported devices.
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German media conglomerate Bertlesman AG has settled yet another lawsuit surrounding its involvement in the original Napster, which brought music sharing into the mainstream. The National Music Publishers' Association alleged that Bertlesman encouraged copyright infringement.
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Internet music download company Napster launched a Japanese service Tuesday aimed at tapping the growing demand for music-to-go and catching up with Apple's iTunes in one of the world's biggest music markets.
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Music download company Napster launches a service in Japan, the world's second largest music market
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British radio station Virgin Radio (which is not part of Virgin Group anymore) has teamed up with Napster UK to launch an online music chart called (very creative..) The Napster Online Music Chart.
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The Napster To Go portable digital music subscription service, which was previewed in September, works via a plug-in to Windows Media Player 10.
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This service leverages new Windows Media 10 technologies to enable Napster subscribers to download music to portable devices, a technology called Janus.