Comments on: Fired: Napster CEO Ousted by Best Buy

By: Rhapsody, Now Independent, Reboots With a Price Cut

Rhapsody, Now Independent, Reboots With a Price Cut — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 13:02:13 +0000

[...] end of 2009, according to RealNetworks, down from a peak of 800,000 earlier in the year. Competitor Napster, owned by Best Buy since fall 2008, no longer reports the size of its subscriber base, but was last [...]

By: 5 Reasons I’m Still Not Paying for a Music Subscription Service – GigaOM

5 Reasons I’m Still Not Paying for a Music Subscription Service – GigaOM — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:01:24 +0000

[...] access is renewing interest in on-demand music subscriptions. Older services such as Rhapsody and Napster now appear prescient, though they never quite went mainstream, and newer ones such as Spotify and [...]

By: As MOG Goes Mobile, the U.S. Waits (and Waits) for Spotify – GigaOM

As MOG Goes Mobile, the U.S. Waits (and Waits) for Spotify – GigaOM — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:19:59 +0000

[...] addition to the on-demand component. Music service providers, including Rhapsody and Best Buy-owned Napster, have long hoped that adding on-demand mobile access would boost consumer interest in subscribing [...]

By: Thumbplay’s Mobile Music Service Goes Live – GigaOM

Thumbplay’s Mobile Music Service Goes Live – GigaOM — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:49:47 +0000

[...] mobile experience is one key differentiator that sets it apart from incumbents such as Rhapsody and Napster as well as upstarts MOG and Spotify, the latter of which hasn’t launched in the U.S. [...]

By: Newly Independent Rhapsody’s Subscriber Base Still Shrinking – GigaOM

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:32:50 +0000

[...] rekindle interest in a model that has flagged somewhat over the years. Rhapsody and longtime rival Napster now face competition from upstarts such as MOG and Spotify, which offer updated models that have [...]

By: Play.me Jumps on the Freemium Bandwagon, But Will the Model Stick? – GigaOM

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:32:06 +0000

[...] market that includes Spotify, incumbents Rhapsody (owned by RealNetworks) and Best Buy-owned Napster, new entrant MOG, and forthcoming Rdio. As I’ve written before, the key differentiators will [...]

By: cliverozario

cliverozario — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:37:09 +0000

Blimey. Napster pretty much started the whole internet based music industry didn’t it http://tiny.cc/cHtQu ?

By: jimjerky

jimjerky — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:45:32 +0000

http://www.tracked.com/person/william_gorog/compensation

Don’t cry for him. He’s making a ton of dough!