The way we purchase and listen to music has changed significantly over the years. 25 years ago Napster was all the rage.

The news on Tuesday that Napster had been sold for $207 million sparked disbelief as millennials experienced a hearty dose of nostalgia. The controversial OG music-sharing platform, founded in ...

Yes, Napster is still alive and kicking. The peer-to-peer file-sharing company that became synonymous with music piracy in the early 2000s was bought by a company called Infinite Reality Labs last ...

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Napster is back? If you're confused, you're not alone. Internet users expressed disbelief that the brand still existed — let alone had sold for $207 million. "Napster? Is it 1999?" The news on ...

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The original Napster went out of business in 2001 but, despite its short, fiery life and premature, litigation-fueled death, it has soldiered on throughout the years, thanks largely to newer tech ...

Napster, founded in 1999, was a peer-to-peer file sharing platform that infamously kicked off a wave of pirating software and applications, later followed by the likes of LimeWire and ThePirateBay ...

Does Napster still exist after its 2001 falling out? Yes, and the company — which was re-branded to a music streaming service — was bought in 2025 for millions of dollars. The huge pay day for ...

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 ...

Napster, the brand notoriously connected to music piracy before reemerging as a subscription music service, has been sold to Infinite Reality for $207 million (€192m). The tech startup announced ...