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Napster offers subscribers MP3 player

June 30, 2006 Music service quietly begins offering customers a branded digital music player when they subscribe to the service. TAGS: Napster Inc., digital music player, music player, MP3 player, digital music, MP3, Apple iPod, Apple Computer

Napster touts subscriber growth

January 13, 2005 Digital music service's subscriber base increases 50 percent in its third fiscal quarter, compared with its second quarter. TAGS: Napster Inc., digital music

Napster eyes ring tone market

December 9, 2004 The music company ties up with Dwango Wireless to test the emerging ring tone market. TAGS: Napster Inc., digital music, U.S., PC

Circuit City, Napster sing music download duet

April 20, 2007 Electronics retailer is partnering with music site to offer both subscriptions and 99-cent download options. TAGS: Circuit City Stores Inc., Napster Inc., music download, Best Buy Co. Inc., digital music, AT&T Corp.

Napster, Ericsson join forces for mobile music

June 15, 2005 Combined elements of both companies' technologies will offer a catalog of digital music to mobile phone customers around the world. TAGS: Ericsson Inc., Napster Inc., digital music, mobile phone, brand

Roxio sells software division, focuses on Napster

August 9, 2004 Software company sells old business for $80 million and stakes future on digital music. TAGS: Roxio, Napster Inc., digital music, subscription service, Apple iTunes, Apple Computer

Napster befriends PayPal

October 25, 2004 Customers of the digital music company can now pay monthly subscriptions or buy single tracks and albums using eBay's service. TAGS: Napster Inc., PayPal, eBay Inc., digital music, payment, MP3

Best Buy, Napster partner on promotions

June 24, 2004 The two will offer a co-branded version of the Napster music service through Bestbuy.com. TAGS: Best Buy Co. Inc., Napster Inc., promotion, digital music, Apple Computer, finance

Dell, Napster ink higher-ed deal

July 6, 2005 University of Washington is first to sign on for service intended to ease pressure of simultaneous digital music downloads. TAGS: Napster Inc., university, student, digital music, server

Napster on the ropes?

January 18, 2006 Digital music company disputes reports of layoffs or liquidation, saying its service now boasts more than 500,000 subscribers. TAGS: Napster Inc., digital music, layoff, subscriber, Apple iTunes, Apple Computer, Yahoo! Inc.

Betting it all on Napster

September 1, 2004 Chris Gorog sold Roxio's software business so that he could compete with Microsoft in digital music. Is he crazy? TAGS: Napster Inc., Roxio, online music, space, digital music, brand, Apple Computer, Sony Corp., Microsoft Corp.

Napster fills in the blanks with CD deals

January 7, 2004 The digital music service teams up with media products maker Imation to market and distribute Napster-branded blank CDs and DVDs via retail giant Target. TAGS: Imation Corp., Napster Inc., music company, online music, Roxio, digital music, RIAA, CD, CD-R, DVD, Apple iTunes, U.S.

Napster launches, minus the revolution

October 9, 2003 The one-time file swapping king is reborn as a legitimate, for-pay music download service with the record labels' blessing. TAGS: Napster Inc., Roxio, Shawn Fanning, online music, file-swapping, RealNetworks Inc., digital music, RealNetworks Rhapsody, Apple iTunes, Apple Computer, brand, song, music, Microsoft Windows

Napster makes gains in colleges

July 19, 2004 The now-legal song service signs up six new universities for its cut-rate campus music plan. TAGS: Napster Inc., university, student, digital music, college, Roxio, school, P2P

Napster offers service to AT&T Wireless users

November 3, 2004 The service lets users of the Audiovox SMT5600 smart phone download an unlimited number of songs for $14.95 monthly. TAGS: AT&T Wireless, Napster Inc., Napster To Go, AudioVox, smart phone, handset, flash memory, song, digital music, MP3 player, MP3

Sailing the seas of MP3s

July 19, 2004 Apple, Virgin hum different tunes when it comes to new digital music players. Also: Napster enrolls in college (again). TAGS: college, Napster Inc., digital music player, digital music, music player, electronics, MP3, entertainment, Apple Computer, Microsoft Corp.

Napster chief to depart

January 30, 2004 Mike Bebel, who came to Napster after Roxio's acquisition of Pressplay last year, is leaving as part of a corporate reorganization that will also consolidate Roxio's offices in Los Angeles. TAGS: Roxio, Pressplay, Napster Inc., subscription service, digital music, Los Angeles, development, acquisition, radio, Apple Computer

This week in digital music

May 13, 2005 Music download services crank up the volume, with newcomer Yahoo taking aim at market leader iTunes. TAGS: RealNetworks Inc., Napster Inc., Yahoo! Inc., music download, Apple iTunes, Apple Computer, digital music

Digital music's move back to the Web

November 4, 2005 AOL, Napster and RealNetworks are all pushing their music services online, but will this help them catch Apple's elusive market share? TAGS: digital music, RealNetworks Inc., RealNetworks Rhapsody, software application, Napster Inc., Apple Computer, America Online Inc., technology company, Apple iTunes, music, MSN, hard drive, CEO, Microsoft Corp.

Napster's 'rental' music service takes on iTunes

February 3, 2005 The company is putting $30 million in marketing behind a new Microsoft-backed portable subscription service. TAGS: Napster Inc., music subscription service, marketing campaign, Napster To Go, Apple iTunes, subscriber, Apple Computer, RealNetworks Inc., MP3 player, digital music, song, music, MP3, idea, Microsoft Corp.