Online portal, buffeted by competition from Google and Yahoo, plans asset sale after failing to find buyer.
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Hank Barry, venture capitalist, and Napster CEO during the bubble years, returns to his first love, the legal profession.
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German media giant ponies up $63 million for digital media startups.
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Sharman Networks says $115-million settlement with entertainment industry sets stage for collaboration in the digital age.
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Hummer Winblad says it did not intentionally delete email related to its Napster investment.
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France plans six tech projects, including one aimed at Google; observers raise doubts.
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Film studio follows Warner in launching European movie digital download service.
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Attorney William Lerach alleges that record companies are fixing prices for online music.
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The e-tail giant is planning to offer music players in addition to a music service to rival Apple’s iPod and iTunes.
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Movie studio teams with Bertelsmann mobile arm to offer movie and TV downloads in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
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German media giant prepared to go public to satisfy minority shareholder’s request.
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Security experts say Sony music CDS are still vulnerable to spyware despite patches.
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Texas suit, and another by the EFF, allege Sony BMG installed spyware through its CDs.
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California consumers have filed a class-action suit against music giant Sony BMG over its anti-piracy software on CDs.
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Universal Music Group throws its weight behind Sony-backed Blu-ray’s next-generation DVD format.
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Thomas Middelhoff Faces the Music at Bertelsmann.
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Bertelsmann: Buying its way to the top
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The staid German media mammoth acquires the online music-retailing pioneer, clearing a distribution channel for its content.
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