The original Napster went out of business in 2001 but, despite its short, fiery life and premature, litigation-fueled death, ...

Since 2016, Napster has been operating as a (legal) streaming service. It claims to have over 110 million high-fidelity ...

Now owned by XR company Infinite Reality, the onetime music-sharing platform may once again turn the industry on its head ...

Napster is getting acquired by Infinite Reality for $207 million, the latest chapter for a company whose brand is synonymous ...

A tech startup announced Tuesday it had bought Napster in hopes of transforming the streaming service into a social music ...

Napster’s new owners say they intend to turn the brand into a social-first music platform, aimed at letting fans engage with artists and their music more directly. Back in the day Napster ...

Beating a dead horse to a 4-4 beat Napster, the original file-sharing troublemaker that shook the music industry, is about to change hands once again in yet another attempt to drag the brand into ...

Napster CEO Jon Vlassopulos, a former head of music at Roblox who invested in the first iteration of Napster at Bertelsmann, will continue to lead the brand as ... was the big value proposition.” ...

Napster changed the music industry. Today, Napster is based in Nashville and is part of a major deal. Napster has been acquired by Infinite Reality for $207 million.

It turns out it's hard to repurpose the Y2K-era tech company’s brand for Web3, but Napster's new owners are trying.

Since its file-sharing operation was shut down in 2001, Napster has been bought and reimagined several times. Harry McCracken ...