mortslim;424436 Wrote: > I am very concerned that you mention that the VC (venture capital) money > may be running out for Napster. Sorry, I was referring to Spotify running out of VC money. There's a 'timely piece on The Register today' (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05/18/spotify).
Your nice long post wasn't in vain however; Napster are having issues of their own. They were bought last year by Best Buy, who seemed to be more interested in the "platform" (read: mobile framework) rather than the existing subscription base. Analysts think music subscriptions services just aren't working, due to static revenues against a changing environment. This may be Napster's attempt at starting a price war and, as you say, it can only end in tears. To be honest I don't quite understand why subscription services -wouldn't- work and be the most popular approach - but maybe that's because they fit my needs the best. -- simbo *bedroom:* squeezebox boom; *study:* squeezebox 3; *lounge:* softsqueeze; *conservatory/garden:* squeezebox receiver; *anywhere:* squeezebox controller 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/buggle52) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ simbo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11481 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=63479 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
