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Rhapsody

Petabyte Technology raises $8M to build Rhapsody enterprise software for veterinarians

Petabyte Technology, a Seattle-area startup building a cloud-based platform to modernize how veterinary clinics manage their practices, has raised $8… Read More

Tech Moves: OneLogin snags ex-DocuSign security leader; Hootsuite’s longtime CEO steps down

— Identity management startup OneLogin hired Vanessa Pegueros, the former chief information security officer of DocuSign and Expedia, to lead… Read More

Tech Moves: Rhapsody adds CCO as ‘Powered by Napster’ formally launches; DreamBox hires CFO following cash infusion; and more

Napster parent company Rhapsody snagged Angel Gambino as its chief commercial officer. Gambino founded and was CEO of Sensai, which… Read More

RealNetworks doubles stake in Napster to 84% in deal valued at up to $40M

RealNetworks doubled its stake in Rhapsody International, which owns music streaming service Napster, from 42 to 84 percent. RealNetworks will… Read More

Rhapsody and Sony Music Entertainment bring ‘Powered by Napster’ streaming service to Japan

Napster is coming to Japan. Or, at least, its underlying technology is. Seattle-based Rhapsody International and Sony Music Entertainment (Japan)… Read More

From Rhapsody to Napster: How this pioneering music service coulda been Spotify — and why it isn’t

In streaming music, Spotify gets the celebrity. Spotify gets the global reach. Spotify gets the IPO. Yet the music service… Read More

Napster parent Rhapsody cuts jobs, CEO departs amid debt challenges and strategic review

Rhapsody, the Seattle-based company that operates the Napster subscription music service, is cutting an undisclosed number of jobs, part of an… Read More

Rhapsody/Napster posts surprise $1.6M quarterly profit after years of losses, filing reveals

Seattle-based Rhapsody International, which operates the Napster music service, posted a profit of more than $1.6 million in the third quarter… Read More

Rhapsody will rebrand as Napster, creating ‘one global brand’ for longtime music service

Rhapsody, the granddaddy of music streaming services, will dump its longtime name in the U.S. in favor of the Napster… Read More

Rhapsody International taps Mike Davis as first-ever CEO for streaming music company

Seattle-based Rhapsody International — composed of music streaming services Rhapsody and Napster — announced Mike Davis as the first CEO in… Read More

Rhapsody debuts social network to match music lovers and improve discovery

The move to streaming music has overwhelmed us with too many choices to count. While we can find the entire back… Read More

Rhapsody brings music streaming catalog to Nintendo’s Wii U

One of the glories of streaming all your music is that you never have to sync any of your devices… Read More

Music service Rhapsody posts record $35M net loss even as revenues climb to $202M

Rhapsody International, the company behind the subscription music service that predates Spotify by five years, posted about $202 million in revenue… Read More

Talk about a revolution: The Beatles, finally, are streaming on Christmas Eve

Streaming may have loved you yeah, yeah, yeah, but the Beatles catalog sure never did love it. Until now. For… Read More

Rhapsody reports 45% subscriber growth past year, even as competition mounts

The music streaming business may be more competitive than it was a year ago, but 14-year-old Rhapsody says its prospects have… Read More

Rhapsody KIDS launches to bring tunes to tikes

Streaming is the future of music, but you might not want your kids getting into every tune on Spotify or… Read More

Rhapsody teases kid-centric music streaming, looking to stand out in crowded market

Rhapsody is adding a new section to its streaming app designed just for kids. In a teaser trailer released today, the… Read More

Rhapsody posts record quarterly revenue of $50M — and a $12M loss — amid big growth spurt

Rhapsody International has expanded the customer base for its Rhapsody and Napster music services by 50 percent over the past year, to… Read More

Rhapsody and Napster top 3M subscribers, growing 50% over past year

Rhapsody International says it has surpassed 3 million subscribers combined for its Rhapsody and Napster music services, representing 50 percent… Read More

Chart: Apple Music vs. Spotify, Pandora, Rhapsody and the rest of the streaming competition

 Apple unveiled its new $9.99/month streaming music service this morning, staking its claim in a market with a large number… Read More

Former Rhapsody execs launch startup that lets you share items, services with neighbors

A new Seattle startup wants to help neighbors share items and expertise with each other while donating to a good… Read More

Filing: Investors loan Rhapsody $10M as losses deepen at pioneering music service

Rhapsody, the Seattle-based streaming music service, has received new loans totaling $10 million from RealNetworks and another of its investors,… Read More

Rhapsody acquires anonymous chat app Reveal to ‘connect people around music’

That didn’t take long. This past September, Seattle entrepreneur Nick Soman launched Reveal Chat, a startup that built an anonymous chat… Read More

Chart: This is how crowded the streaming music industry is

It’s hard out there for a streaming music service in the U.S. A new chart from Statista shows just how… Read More

Rhapsody launches music sharing on Twitter: Full-track playback without subscription

A new initiative from streaming music service Rhapsody will let its subscribers share songs from its 34-million track catalog with their Twitter followers… Read More

Filing reveals $21M annual loss for Rhapsody, despite big jump in revenue and subscribers

Rhapsody International, the parent company of the Rhapsody and Napster music services, posted a $21.3 million loss in 2014, even as… Read More

How developing a personal brand can help women boost their career potential

Recently, I had the opportunity to attend a small networking and branding event for professional women, organized by Fuel Talent… Read More

Rhapsody tops 2.5M subscribers, up 60% from last year

Rhapsody, the Seattle-based music streaming company, said today it now has 2.5 million paid subscribers around the world using its… Read More

Filing reveals Rhapsody loss of nearly $8M in Q3, despite record revenue

Rhapsody International, the Seattle-based streaming music service, posted a net loss of $7.97 million in the third quarter, falling further into… Read More

Rhapsody names interim CEO, looks to bolster music service worldwide

Rhapsody, the Seattle-based music streaming service that’s battling the likes of Apple, Spotify and Pandora for the eardrums of consumers,… Read More

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