Napster Taps Former Roblox VP and Music Chief as CEO

Napster has tapped former Roblox music chief for its new CEO as the company looks to reinvent itself and its brand.

Ellen DeGeneres: Did She Cheat on Portia de Rossi?

Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi have been in the headlines for weeks, with headlines of divorce rumors, meltdowns, and a stint in rehab for Portia thrown straight into the public eye. Now one source says Ellen cheated on Portia…

Former Napster COO Milton Olin Jr. Dies After Being Hit By Police Car

Milton Olin Jr., who once served as COO of Napster, is dead after being hit by a police car while riding his bicycle. The accident happened at 1:05 PM at the 22000 block of Mulholland Highway in Los Angeles on…

Winamp Media Player Shuts Down In December 2013

Many of us remember from the Windows 98 days, as well as the introduction of MP3s, the uprising and popularity of Winamp Media Player. Before iTunes, it was the only well-known alternative to Windows Media Player at that time. Known…

Sean Parker and Lars Ulrich Are Buddies Now

In the year 2000, Metallica’s Lars Ulrich was fuming over the fact that an unfinished Metallica track had wound up on the Sean Parker-founded filesharing service Napster. That led to a famous lawsuit and the eventual demise of Napster as…

Sean Parker’s Airtime Has 2,000 Users

Airtime, a new video chat service from Napster co-founders Sean Parker and Shawn Fanning, already has about 2,000 monthly users, even though the site has yet to officially launch. Airtime, which is still in a testing phase, has been running…

Napster Merges With Rhapsody

It’s a sad day for fans of old school file-sharing, as Napster is no more. Starting yesterday, Napster officially began merging with Rhapsody, the largest on-demand music service in the United States. Back in October, Best Buy, the parent company…

Napster Acquired by Rhapsody

Rhapsody announced today that it has agreed to acquire Napster from Best Buy. That includes the subscribers and “certain other assets” which remain unspecified. For the acquisition, Best Buy gets an also unspecified minority stake in Rhapsody. As a result…

Spotify Gets Sean Parker’s Approval…In a Big Way

It’s always interesting when past voices in a particular area talk about the up and coming, brand new thing. It was interesting when MySpace’s Tom Anderson discussed Google+ shortly after it launched. And today, it is even more interesting to…