When Napster m ade its d ebut in June 1999, few knew its potential impact. The software would let you share music files online for free, but at the time consumers were still buying hundreds of ...

Three decades since breaking the music biz, erstwhile file-sharing site Napster has been sold to Infinite Reality for $207M The XR company is just the latest tech biz to shell out for the platform in ...

Napster announced today that it has launched a new version of its service, which will be completely web-based. "Napster 4.0" will enable customers to play music on any platform through the browser ...

Napster, the original music disruptor and long-running independent music streaming service, has acquired Web3 music startup Mint Songs. Mint Songs runs a non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace that ...

Seattle-based Rhapsody International, which operates the Napster music service, posted a profit of more than $1.6 million in the third quarter on record revenue of more than $54 million, several ...

If Napster Inc. goes out of business, it will leave two legacies: a dazzling invention that allowed millions to swap music over the Internet and one of the biggest botched financial opportunities of ...

Tue, 06 Feb Ruling forces music industry to identify songs it wants removed from Napster, and gives the music swapping service 72 to hours to comply with each request Universal throws Napster a ...

SoundMachine and Napster are looking to provide on-brand music experiences for businesses. By Katie Krzaczek, Billboard SoundMachine announced a new premium music subscription, in partnership with ...

Artificial intelligence startup Infinite Reality has acquired the music-pirating app turned music streaming service Napster in a $207 million deal and plans to add a music-focused metaverse. Infinite ...

On Halloween 2000, German media giant Bertelsmann horrified the record industry. The company, which owns the major record label BMG Entertainment, announced plans to invest in Napster--even while BMG ...

With its relaunch on Thursday, Napster, the most notorious name in music downloads, will collide with the hottest music player on the market, the iPod. That's because music downloaded from Napster ...

Struggling to make new song-blocking software work, Napster on Monday temporarily stopped all file trading on its once-popular service. The hiatus comes shortly after Napster disabled old versions of ...