Rhapsody’s planned acquisition of Napster is expected to complete next month, but what will it mean for the latter company and its services? GigaOm has a good report pulling together some previously unannounced details. It claims Napster’s offices in LA and San Diego will close, with only a handful of its 120 staff expected to transfer to Rhapsody.
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Rhapsody announces plans to buy Napster
Consolidation is afoot in the digital music subscriptions market, as Rhapsody announced plans last night to acquire Napster. Well, at least to acquire its subscribers and ‘certain other assets’, with Napster’s current owner Best Buy taking a minority stake in Rhapsody in return.
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SoundCloud, Deezer, Rhapsody and Vevo added to Facebook Music rumours
We’re just a few days away from Facebook’s big music announcement at its f8 conference in San Francisco – Music Ally is stepping on a plane to California immediately after pressing ‘Send’ on this Bulletin. And rumours continue to circulate about which music services will be confirmed as launch partners
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Rhapsody adds more social features to its service
Subscription-based music service Rhapsody is getting more social, adding profile pages for its subscribers showing their recently-played songs and playlists – with those songs able to be played directly from the profile by other subscribers.
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Report claims ticketing may be part of Facebook Music. We agree.
A lot has been said and written about the streaming music aspects of Facebook’s upcoming music offering: Spotify, Mog, Rhapsody and others are all expected to be on board when it’s unveiled at the f8 conference next week. Now Business Insider has another piece of speculation: concert ticketing could be part of the mix too.
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Rhapsody inks bundling deal with US carrier MetroPCS, but WMG sits it out
US streaming music service Rhapsody has struck a deal with mobile operator MetroPCS to bundle its service into its $60 monthly tariff for Android handsets. People on the plan will get full access to the Rhapsody Unlimited service, meaning this deal goes beyond previous agreements with operators to preload the Rhapsody app on devices but not bundle its cost into their mobile bills.
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Music Ally Report : Mobile Mania
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– Space audity: digital music brings the noise
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Rhapsody aims for profitable second half of 2011
Subscription music service Rhapsody is aiming to turn a profit in the last two quarters of this year, with mobile driving new subscriptions according to chief product officer Brendan Benzing. He tells PaidContent that Rhapsody has added 100,000 gross customers since spinning out from RealNetworks and Viacom….
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Rhapsody boss talks mobile growth and cloud competition
Subscription service Rhapsody now has 750,000 paying users, with mobile fuelling that growth. “Portability coming to digital music in a real way via the power of these smartphones has been the primary driver of growth.
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Apple’s new iOS subscriptions are ‘economically untenable’ says Rhapsody
Apple has formally announced its new subscription billing service for iPhone and iPad apps, allowing publishers to charge recurring subscriptions through iTunes.
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Rhapsody iPhone app finally gets offline music
It’s taken a while, but Rhapsody’s iPhone app can finally be used to play music offline, bringing it into line with rival apps like Spotify and we7. However, it’s the first app to offer the feature in the US, where those rivals aren’t yet available. However, the app only lets users cache their playlists on their device, rather than individual albums and songs.
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Newly-independent Rhapsody drops its price and plots mobile domination
Having been successfully spun off from MTV and RealNetworks, music service Rhapsody has slashed its monthly subscription price from $14.99 to $9.99. The renamed Rhapsody International has also launched its Android application, with president Jon Irwin revealing that its iPhone app has already been downloaded more than 1.5 million times.