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Napster Looks For Fivefold Hike In 3 Years
- Computer Business Review , Tuesday, June 4, 2013 1:55 PM
The subscription music-streaming service Napster has revealed its aims to boost its subscriptions by fivefold in three years to at least five million, as part of its efforts to expand its offering throughout Europe to take on Spotify. Rhapsody International-owned service, which costs around €10 per month, is currently offered in 14 additional countries in Europe, which include France, Spain, Italy and the Netherlands. Rhapsody president Jon Irwin was cited by Bloomberg as saying that the music-streaming service has about one million subscribers in the US, UK and Germany.
