Music subscription service Rhapsody announced Monday that it was acquiring a familiar brand — Napster, the peer-to-peer service that spurred music’s piracy crisis in the late ’90s — from Best Buy.

Napster’s long, troubled life is finally coming to an end, with Rhapsody acquiring the service’s subscribers and assets from Best Buy. The Napster brand will be phased out as part of the deal. Napster ...

Rhapsody is officially taking music service Napster off of the hands of electronics retailer giant Best Buy, according to Rhapsody reps. According to the deal, Rhapsody will acquire Napster ...

This week, in a brief announcement on its blog, music streaming company Rhapsody announced it will become Napster-- the music industry-hated service that allowed users to download songs for free and ...

Improving music discovery on a virtual jukebox with millions of songs, is a major focus for all streaming services. Those that get it right, like Spotify has with Discover Weekly, stand the best ...

Rhapsody has just announced it’s buying Napster’s business in Europe. Rhapsody’s European expansion begins today with the acquisition of Napster International, Napster’s European subscription music ...

Rhapsody has acquired the Napster service in the U.K. and Germany, following up on its acquisition last year of Napster’s U.S. operations from Best Buy. The Napster brand will be retained in Europe, ...

A collection of judges from CNET put Napster and Rhapsody through their paces, pitting the music stores head-to-head in five bone-shaking rounds. See who comes out on top in this subscription music ...