Is Free Napster Circling The Drain?

Napster is apparently phasing out its Free Napster initiative that features grainy-sounding streams of a handful of albums. The ad-supported initiative can only be accessed by going directly to the free.napser.com domain; there are no links from Napster.com. With much fanfare, Napster unveiled the free streaming service last May and declared it to be the next digital music paradigm. However, the incredibly poor sound qualtity and...

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Wall Street Journal Exposes Marié Digby

The Wall Street Journal did an amazing job of unearthing the real story behind YouTube music sensation Marié Digby in a brilliant exposé. Writers Ethan Smith and Peter Lattman pulled no punches in investigating how Hollywood Records manufactured Diby’s grassroots campaign and coached her to lie to reporters about “being discovered on YouTube.” According to the Journal, Hollywood’s well-crafted, promotional...

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