Napster On the Block

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."

Metallica?

[corroncho]

Maybe Metallica would be interested in this fine venture!!!!
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Napster brand associations

[EVil Lawyer]

At one point the Napster brand might have had all the gravitas of a Che Guevara shirt. At this point it has all the gravitas of a Jar Jar Binks shirt.

Finally!

[RumGunner]

I'm glad someone is finally sticking it to that sell-out Che Guevara. His marketing campaign drives me nuts.

Now they know...

[stonedonkey]

...what it's like to be on the artist's end of the contract.

Time to go...

[tommasz]

...Web 2.0!

1) Change name to Napstr.

2) Profit!

I have the original Offspring Napster T-shirt...

[CPE1704TKS]

In retaliation for Napster giving away free songs, the Offspring started selling t-shirts with Napster's logo on it. I got one during the brief time they were selling it. As the original poster said, Napster just isn't cool anymore unfortunately, so I can't bare to wear it.

Heh

[Anonymous Coward]

You'll never shut down the real Napster.