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Acquired byBest Buy
Price$121M
Date9/08
TermsCash

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Websitenapster.com
CategoryConsumer Web
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Los Angeles, USA
9044 Melrose Ave.
Los Angeles, CA, 90069
USA

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Napster

Napster offers interactive music experiences, creating better ways to discover, share, acquire and enjoy music. The company’s offerings include Napster – an on demand music subscription, Freenapster – a web experience offering free on demand music legally, and Napster Mobile – a mobile music platforms. Napster is headquartered in Los Angeles, with offices in New York, Luxembourg, Frankfurt and Tokyo.

The company was purchased by BestBuy for $121 million in September, 2008.

Milestones

  • Napster — Best Buy announces acquisition of Napster for $121 million, or $2.65 per share (9/16/08)
    Posted 9/16/08 at 4:54pm
  • Acquired by Best Buy for $121M. (9/14/08)
    Posted 8/28/09 at 6:46am
  • Ali Aydar, Senior Director, Technology added. (1999)
    Posted 11/2/09 at 11:32am
  • David Phillips, SVP, Music Services added.
    Posted 12/23/08 at 3:03pm
  • Vince Thompson, VP Sales Consultant added.
    Posted 9/17/08 at 11:22am
  • Sean Parker, Co-Founder added.
    Posted 7/21/08 at 11:08am
  • David Wolfe, Chief Technology Officer added.
    Posted 6/13/08 at 1:10pm
  • Jeff Hurlow, Associate Creative Director added.
    Posted 3/22/09 at 11:55pm
  • Bradford D. Duea, President added.
    Posted 5/20/08 at 4:47am
  • Chris Gorog, Chairman and CEO added.
    Posted 5/20/08 at 4:47am
  • Don Dodge, VP Product Development added.
    Posted 5/7/08 at 10:31pm
  • Ross Levinsohn, Board of Directors added.
    Posted 4/10/08 at 4:59am
  • Shawn Fanning, Founder added.
    Posted 3/14/08 at 4:46pm
  • Jordan Mendelson, Chief Architect added.
    Posted 3/2/08 at 1:30am
  • Jordan Ritter, Co-Founder, Chief Server Architect added.
    Posted 5/10/09 at 11:44am
  • Christopher Allen, COO added.
    Posted 5/20/08 at 4:47am

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Napster is the download client available from Roxio’s Napster.

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Above: Napster Screenshot -- #1
Uploaded: 3/15/08

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  1. Best Buy Puzzles With Napster Acquisition (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  2. NYTimes (bits.blogs.nytimes.com) [edit]

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