The music-streaming service Napster has sold for $207 million to the tech firm Infinite Reality.

Napster’s new owners say they intend to turn the brand into a social-first music platform, aimed at letting fans engage with artists and their music more directly. Back in the day Napster ...

While Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker’s original site shuttered when Napster filed for bankruptcy in 2002, the brand has taken ...

Since its file-sharing operation was shut down in 2001, Napster has been bought and reimagined several times. Harry McCracken ...

Since the original Napster was shut down by a US court in 2001 over copyright infringement, the brand has changed hands ... and we are thrilled … to unlock value for the entire ecosystem and ...

Infinite Reality, a media, ecommerce, and marketing company focused on 3D and AI-powered experiences, has entered an agreement to acquired Napster. That means that the brand originally launched in ...

By Ethan Millman Napster, the brand that ushered in an era of rampant music piracy before later being reborn as a subscription music streaming platform, has been sold for $207 million. Tech ...

Infinite Reality, a tech company working on digital experiences and extended reality, has agreed to acquire AI firm Touchcast Inc. for $500 million in cash and stock, in a deal that values Infinite ...

The bet is the Napster brand has some life left in it still, but the new owners face a challenge. The recent history of Napster shows it’s hard to buy an old brand for parts and transfer its ...

While Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker’s original site shuttered when Napster filed for bankruptcy in 2002, the brand has taken on many forms — and just as many owners — between then and now.

McCarty Carino: Do you think the Napster brand still kind of holds a unique ... they’re hoping that they can still get some residual value from that as well. But we’re talking about the ...