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News Napster originally saw life as a public company when Roxio bought the online song shop in 2002, only to see the minnow turn tail and swallow its parent when Roxio sold its consumer software business in December of this year. [05 Jan 2005]
Napster swallows parent Roxio
News Napster's owner Roxio is to sell its consumer software division for $80m in order to focus wholly on its digital music business. The company plans to officially change its name to Napster, taking the brand of the one time file-swapping... [10 Aug 2004]
Leader: Are download services the new free ISPs?
Leader So after what seems like dozens of launches for legal digital music download services over the past year, imagine our déjà vu this week when it was announced that The Sun has teamed up with Roxio-owned Napster to offer its readers free - though... [23 Jul 2004]
The Weekly Round-Up: 23.07.04
Round-Up The former illegal P2P music stalwart has long been part of the respectable business world since it's acquisition in 2002 by Roxio (see here). If the sight of a semi-inebriated father dancing at his teenage daughter's birthday party is the height... [23 Jul 2004]
Napster gives free downloads to Sun readers
News The pair will be kicking off the download giveaway with a competition for one downloader to snag a trip to Napster LA HQ, with other prizes of Samsung and Rio Chiba music players, NTL broadband subscriptions and Napster parent Roxio's software. [22 Jul 2004]
Napster: 'The college kids love us'
News The company, a division of Roxio, has taken a lead in approaching college administrators to offer cut-rate subscriptions to its legal digital music service in an attempt to entice students away from popular file-swapping networks like Kazaa. [20 Jul 2004]
'Dealing' hackers sell knocked-off code
News The Napster software appears to be related to the original file-sharing service, not the current legal music service, according to a statement from Roxio, which bought Napster's intellectual property. [15 Jul 2004]
Napster gets ready for UK and gets into bed with Dixons
News However, Roxio, the company that owns Napster, has been giving out its financial details, with yearly results announced yesterday. The loss hasn't dampened Roxio's enthusiasm for its download subsidiary, with the company expecting Napster to post... [06 May 2004]
Microsoft unveils online song shop
News Apple recently said it has sold 50 million songs through iTunes, while smaller players, such as Roxio's Napster, have sold as many as 5 million. Microsoft said on Friday that the second half of the year will see the launch of its online music store... [22 Mar 2004]
50 million songs: Apple's slice of the pie
News Despite being the leader in online music stores, Apple does face increasing competition from existing stores such as Roxio's Napster and MusicMatch, as well as a host of others looking to join the fray, including Microsoft and Virgin. [16 Mar 2004]
Roxio Rocks with MAS 500
White Paper Since its inception in 2000, Roxio had utilized the SAP business software of its parent company, Adaptec, Inc. But when Roxio was spun off as a separate company in May 2001, it needed its own system. They picked MAS 500 because it was cost... [24 Feb 2004]
Paid-for Napster launches
News The reception given the new Napster - developed and marketed to the tune of tens of millions of dollars by parent company Roxio - may be one of the best indicators of the paid market's attractiveness to a generation of computer users raised on... [30 Oct 2003]
Napster II ready for launch next week
News The reconstituted Napster music service will be unveiled on 9 October, according to CD and DVD software company Roxio, its new corporate parent. Roxio has spent tens of millions of dollars over the past year to position itself in the increasingly... [02 Oct 2003]
Microsoft enters music download fray in the UK
News Pressplay, recently purchased by Roxio and renamed Napster, already plans a pay-by-the-song music store, slated to be launched this winter. A new pay-by-the-song music service that puts an iTunes-like digital download store inside Microsoft's... [14 Aug 2003]
Music services rush to be the next iTunes
News Napster's new owner, Roxio, is scheduled to launch a legal version of the service by Christmas. Musicmatch said it would use the jukebox music player as the gateway into the music store - as Apple has - and, at least for now, the company is... [29 Jul 2003]
