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01/25/2006, 2:05pm, EST

Wednesday, January 25th

Napster begins layoffs

Napster has reduced its workforce by ten percent, mostly in the programming and marketing departments. According to Digital Music News, Napster employees "were told to exit immediately, and were not given prior warning." This reducation comes amid speculations that the pioneer download service may not be able to recover from government regulations and stiff competition that has been forced upon it. Although Napster's subscriber total has doubled to 500,000 in the past year, it still trails far behind the industry-leading iTunes.


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Eriamjh
Ha Haw!
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01/25, 8:06pm, EST
Beleaguered Napster is doomed!!
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01/25, 11:25pm, EST
Chris Gowrong ... Chris Gowrong ... please return to the dining room. Your plate of hot crow is getting cold.
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01/25, 11:26pm, EST
... please return to the dining room. Your plate of hot crow has arrived.
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good riddance!
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01/26, 1:07am, EST
now if you'll excuse me, i'm gonna go listen to my ipod.
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Apple Could Buy It
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01/26, 11:01am, EST
As a way of introducing their own subscription service (in parallel with their existing download service, of course!), Apple could buy Napster and claim that they already have 500,000 subscribers! There'd be a manic scramble to put the upgraded-to-subscription-capability version of iTunes into all the current Napster subscribers hands, but thats why Al Gore "invented the internet" - its only a download away! It would give Apple some good karma too, for dominating Napster to death in the first place.

I'll put the bottle down now and return you to your regularly scheduled programming.
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