It turns out it's hard to repurpose the Y2K-era tech company’s brand for Web3, but Napster's new owners are trying.

The original Napster went out of business in 2001 but, despite its short, fiery life and premature, litigation-fueled death, ...

The tech startup announced Tuesday it had bought Napster in hopes of transforming the streaming service into a social music ...

Vlassopulos had known one of the co-founders of Infinite Reality, which purchased Napster last week for $207 million, for a ...

Napster has been sold for $207 million to Infinite Reality, a digital media and e-commerce company based in Norwalk, ...

Chances are that if you’re of a certain age and were sufficiently up to speed with the tech and able to spring for one of ...

The music, ahem, sharing platform that refuses to die.

In 2022, Napster was purchased by a pair of Web3 players, Hivemind and Algorand, who also promised to reinvent digital music ...

Napster was bought out for a huge chunk of money in March 2025. Learn about the company’s history, ownership and revenue here ...

Napster has been sold to immersive technology company Infinite Reality, are aiming to bring it back as a streaming service ...