Roxio Sells Software Division, Focuses On Napster

KingFishKingFish
edited August 2004 in Science & Tech
Roxio said Monday that it will sell its consumer software division for $80 million and focus wholly on its Napster digital music business in the future.
The company plans to officially change its name to Napster, taking the brand of the onetime file-swapping revolutionary that it purchased nearly two years ago. For the last nine months it has operated Napster as a paid digital music download and subscription service, competing in part with Apple Computer's iTunes. The decision marks a dramatic and relatively rapid change in the company's identity and strategy. Once a leading company aimed at helping consumers burn CDs, it has seen that business slowly decline as other software programs such as iTunes have added their own automatic disc-burning capacity.
Source: c|net

Comments

  • DanGDanG I AM CANADIAN Icrontian
    edited August 2004
    [sarcasm]Wow, that's too bad, their software was so good....[/sarcasm]
  • KingFishKingFish
    edited August 2004
    Yeah, and the future of napster is soooo bright.

    KF
  • entropyentropy Yah-Der-Hey (Wisconsin)
    edited August 2004
    I actually didn't mind their software. I find Nero's main UI too cluttered. If you tweak the hell outta everything, Neros for you. If not, then I'd suggest ECDC 6 (Media Creator 7 blew the donkey's balls). Just my two cents.
  • GobblesGobbles Ventura California
    edited August 2004
    They made a decent noob burning software. Shame as thats probably the end of the business that was making them some money.

    Gobbles
  • EyesOnlyEyesOnly Sweden New
    edited August 2004
    Hey i like that app and have been using it for some time. BTW what's wrong with Media Creator 7. I've got ECDC 6 but was planning to get media. Should i not get it. I never really liked nero either but it lookes like i will have to rethink that. Are there any other good apps for cdburning out there.
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