Napster On the Block

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday September 19, 2006 @08:32AM from the strong-balance-sheet dept.

Ars Technica has a good wrap of Napster hanging out a "For Sale or Partner" sign. With half a million subscribers (down from the previous quarter) and $100M in annual revenue, the company is still bleeding cash. El Reg pinpoints the trouble: "The subscription crowd – and Apple via iTunes – must fight over a few pennies per song in profit. More from the Vulture: "You have to wonder if Napster's customer base is really worth the effort for a company such as Microsoft or even Real. The Napster brand has all the gravitas of a Che Guevara t-shirt."

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Che Guevera was Castro's executioner! by Anonymous Coward · 2006-09-19 08:56 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Guevera was to Castro as Himmler was to Hitler or Beria was to Stalin.

As soon as Guevera used up his usefulness to Castro, he was sent to South America with about 6 guys to try and start a "revolution" there. I bet Castro shed a lot of tears when his executioner bought the farm....

Guevera is NOT cool or anything like that. Might as well romanticize Pol Pot.