The popular music streaming service Rhapsody is set to make its European debut this year, following its acquisition of Napster International. The service will launch in the U.K. and Germany where it will take over from Napster in March, though it will continue to operate under the Napster name. While Napster hasn’t exactly been a

Napster has met its maker. The seminal peer-to-peer music sharing service has finally bowed out, as the company is officially merging with Rhapsody today, December 1, 2011. The news confirms an earlier report that claimed Rhapsody signed an agreement with Best Buy, Napster’s parent company. Originally launched in 1999, Napster is most widely known for altering the way

I recently read a combative statement in a BBC article that was amplified by one of my favorite guitar-smashing rock legends, Pete Townshend. He deemed iTunes a “digital vampire” that bleeds artists dry without attempting to nurture their creativity. Mr. Townshend then fired a legitimate homing missile at the general fate of the music industry as

Competing with Apple’s iTunes music store — the world’s number one music store — was always going to be a difficult task for Walmart, and after eight years of trying the company has finally decided to throw in the towel and close its digital music store at the end of this month. Walmart launched mp3.walmart.com