Comments on: Ten Years Later After, a New Media World: Napster’s 10-year Anniversary http://blogs.gartner.com/mike_mcguire/2009/06/01/ten-years-later-after-a-new-media-world-napsters-10-year-anniversary/ A member of the Gartner Blog Network Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:38:09 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Hank Barry http://blogs.gartner.com/mike_mcguire/2009/06/01/ten-years-later-after-a-new-media-world-napsters-10-year-anniversary/comment-page-1/#comment-100 Hank Barry Thu, 04 Jun 2009 01:12:29 +0000 http://blogs.gartner.com/mike_mcguire/2009/06/01/ten-years-later-after-a-new-media-world-napsters-10-year-anniversary/#comment-100 Mike - good article and thanks. Let's be clear about one thing - Chris Gorog (the previous commentor's boss) was able to buy Napster out of bankruptcy and launch a service because he had the backing of Universal Music. UMG and Sony were for a time Roxio's largest shareholders and UMG representatives (both Larry Kenswil and Brian Mulligan) were on his Board of Directors. http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1122787/000119312503025769/d10ka.htm Universal and Sony were the companies primarily responsible for viciously (and I mean it just like that) putting Napster out of business. Comments like the above are designed to confuse the original Napster with Mr. Gorog's (now Best Buy's) company. But . . . not the same. Hank Barry Mike – good article and thanks.

Let’s be clear about one thing – Chris Gorog (the previous commentor’s boss) was able to buy Napster out of bankruptcy and launch a service because he had the backing of Universal Music. UMG and Sony were for a time Roxio’s largest shareholders and UMG representatives (both Larry Kenswil and Brian Mulligan) were on his Board of Directors.

http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1122787/000119312503025769/d10ka.htm

Universal and Sony were the companies primarily responsible for viciously (and I mean it just like that) putting Napster out of business.

Comments like the above are designed to confuse the original Napster with Mr. Gorog’s (now Best Buy’s) company.

But . . . not the same.

Hank Barry

]]> By: Christopher Allen http://blogs.gartner.com/mike_mcguire/2009/06/01/ten-years-later-after-a-new-media-world-napsters-10-year-anniversary/comment-page-1/#comment-97 Christopher Allen Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:06:37 +0000 http://blogs.gartner.com/mike_mcguire/2009/06/01/ten-years-later-after-a-new-media-world-napsters-10-year-anniversary/#comment-97 Mike - Agree that it has been an interesting 10 years - and Napster's new offer is closer to the initial vision of Shawn Fanning than ever before. We look forward to continuing to help consumers discover and play music and accelerating the growth of digital music! You can check out some of our thoughts on the past 10 years and the next 10 years in digital music at http://blog.napster.com/napster/2009/06/the-state-of-digital-music-10-years-after-the-birth-of-napster.html -Christopher Mike – Agree that it has been an interesting 10 years – and Napster’s new offer is closer to the initial vision of Shawn Fanning than ever before. We look forward to continuing to help consumers discover and play music and accelerating the growth of digital music!

You can check out some of our thoughts on the past 10 years and the next 10 years in digital music at http://blog.napster.com/napster/2009/06/the-state-of-digital-music-10-years-after-the-birth-of-napster.html

-Christopher

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