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  | NY man sentenced to prison for music piracy scheme Found at 9/19/2008 via news.ino.com
(AP:ALEXANDRIA, Va.) A New York man has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for his involvement as a paid member of a music piracy group. Barry E. Gitarts, 25, was sentenced Friday in Alexandria federal court. More...
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| Nokia's first Comes with Music handset on sale 10/17 in UK Found at 9/19/2008 via www.engadget.com
Filed under: Cellphones , Portable Audio A recent Reuters article doesn't mention a specific model (although we have our hunches ), but one thing's for sure: some kind of Comes with Music handset is launching on October 17th. We had previously assumed that October 2nd would be the go-live date for the intriguing music bundle, but retailer Carphone Warehouse has now made clear ... More...
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| Napster Faces Stiff Competition Found at 9/18/2008 via biz.yahoo.com
Napster faces stiff competition because many big players have concentrated on the emerging digital music market. More...
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| New Ways to Dial into Radio Stations Found at 9/17/2008 via www.hispanicbusiness.com
There have been some subtle shifts in digital music this year, trends that will accelerate over the next few months as the holidays near. I'm not talking about MP3 players and the new models to tempt you (reviews to come). More...
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| Napster Being Purchased By Best Buy Found at 9/16/2008 via www.wlbz2.com
CHICAGO (AP) -- It's a new life in the ongoing metamorphosis of Napster. It's gone from an idea launched in a dorm room to the sworn enemy of the recording industry to a legitimate music seller to a company that has been bought out by a major electronics retailer. More...
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| News & Views Found at 9/16/2008 via www.pollstar.com
Phil Spector murder trial ruling, Warner Music Group shuffles execs, EU skips over 3 strikes downloading, BitTorrent raises big funding bucks, Nick Cave tackles a Q&A and interpreting music videos for the deaf in News. More...
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| Napster in Best Buy portfolio for $127 million Found at 9/16/2008 via www.journalgazette.net
CHICAGO - Napster Inc., the online music community that rose from a dorm room project to became the scourge of the global recording industry, is being purchased by Best Buy Inc. for nearly $127 million as the electronics retailer tries to boost its digital music business. More...
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| Napster sold to Best Buy in $127 million cash deal Found at 9/16/2008 via www.courierpostonline.com
Napster Inc., the online music community that rose from a dorm room project to became the scourge of the global recording industry, is being purchased by Best Buy Inc. More...
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| New convention space 4 times the size of Anchorage?s old Egan Center Found at 9/15/2008 via aprn.org
Last Friday Anchorage?s new Dena?ina Convention and Civic Center hosted its first event. The ?sneak preview? of the 215,000 square foot facility drew about 200 people. Live webcam view Len Anderson, KSKA - Anchorage Download Audio (MP3) More...
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| New evidence indicates sharks toured Alaska?s ancient waters Found at 9/15/2008 via aprn.org
Researchers have located the remains of ancient sharks in Southeast Alaska. Until recently these sharks were only found in Europe and Russia. Jay Marble, KRBD - Ketchikan Download Audio (MP3) More...
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| Napster Bought for $121 Million Found at 9/15/2008 via www.vibe.com
Napster Bought for $121 Million Revolutionary digital music subscription company copped by Best Buy More...
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| Napster snapped up by Best Buy Found at 9/15/2008 via www.theinquirer.net
IN A MOVE MEANT to shake Apple to its core, Best Buy has snapped up digital music service Napster in a surprise challenge to Itunes. More...
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| Napster Sold to Best Buy for $121 Million Found at 9/15/2008 via www.mobilemag.com
For a lot of people, iTunes has become the be-all and end-all of digital music downloads, but there are some other major players out there as well. Best Buy has swooped into the digital download business with the acquisition of Napster, costing the company a total of $121 million. More...
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| Napster A 'Best Buy' at $121 Million Found at 9/15/2008 via blog.wired.com
The retail chain Best Buy says it will buy the ailing online music service Napster for $121 million -- about twice the price at which the stock market had valued the company. Napster stock has plummeted 95 percent over the past six years. More...
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| Napster to be absorbed into Best Buy in $121 million deal Found at 9/15/2008 via www.betanews.com
A filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday confirms that retailer Best Buy has entered into a deal to completely purchase online music service Napster, for $121 million including $54 million up front. More...
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| Netbytes: Passionato woos classical music fans Found at 9/15/2008 via www.guardianfeeds.co.uk
Launching a classical music download store is a very brave, or perhaps foolhardy, thing to do. While kids shell out loadsamoney for ringtones, classical music buyers tend to be pernickety about recordings, and careful with their money, as Passionato may soon discover. Passionato is a straightforward site offering classical music albums at decent quality but not at low prices. Typically, ... More...
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