The Nine Lives of Napster

Posted by michael on Tuesday March 2, 2004 @07:59AM from the plz-die-thx dept.

lisa langsdorf writes "There's an interesting article on BusinessWeek.com today about Napster's race to gain greater market share in the music download business. According to a recent study, Apple has 75% of the pay for music download market, but Napster could soon gain more market share due to a new upcoming market push. BusinessWeek says: 'Napster could start to increase market share in the more profitable business of selling monthly subscriptions, where customers can listen to -- but not own -- as many songs as they want each month for $9.95. While Napster is far behind RealNetworks' Rhapsody service, AOL's MusicNet, and others, it's taking the lead again in the old Napster's stomping ground: college campuses.'"

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Napstser's nine lives? by e-Motion · 2004-03-02 08:06 · Score: 1, Offtopic

Hmm, sounds like a motto for catster, dogster's competitor
Xbox approach by NeoTheOne · 2004-03-02 08:08 · Score: 0, Offtopic

yea just keep throwing money at it and it can be successful. They keep doing these things were colleges buy it for their students and such. Screw that, my costs are high enough as it is and I really dont give a flying fuzz about helping the RIAA out. They can kiss my ass and keep their music.