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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.
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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
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Acquired by Best Buy for $121M.
(9/14/08)
Posted 8/28/09 at 6:46am
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Ali Aydar, Senior Director, Technology added.
(1999)
Posted 11/2/09 at 11:32am
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David Phillips, SVP, Music Services added.
Posted 12/23/08 at 3:03pm
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Vince Thompson, VP Sales Consultant added.
Posted 9/17/08 at 11:22am
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Sean Parker, Co-Founder added.
Posted 7/21/08 at 11:08am
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David Wolfe, Chief Technology Officer added.
Posted 6/13/08 at 1:10pm
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Jeff Hurlow, Associate Creative Director added.
Posted 3/22/09 at 11:55pm
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Bradford D. Duea, President added.
Posted 5/20/08 at 4:47am
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Chris Gorog, Chairman and CEO added.
Posted 5/20/08 at 4:47am
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Don Dodge, VP Product Development added.
Posted 5/7/08 at 10:31pm
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Ross Levinsohn, Board of Directors added.
Posted 4/10/08 at 4:59am
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Shawn Fanning, Founder added.
Posted 3/14/08 at 4:46pm
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Jordan Mendelson, Chief Architect added.
Posted 3/2/08 at 1:30am
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Jordan Ritter, Co-Founder, Chief Server Architect added.
Posted 5/10/09 at 11:44am
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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.
Above: Napster Screenshot -- #1
Uploaded: 3/15/08
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Sources
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Best Buy Puzzles With Napster Acquisition (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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NYTimes (bits.blogs.nytimes.com) [edit]