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MusicNet, Pressplay closing in on labels

MusicNet and Pressplay are close to rounding out their music offerings with deals that would... Read more

16 October, 2002 by Lisa M Bowman

Pressplay to offer unlimited downloads

...market reception to its online music subscription service, major music label-backed Pressplay plans to offer listeners access to an unlimited supply of music for... Read more

1 August, 2002 by John Borland

Music industry seriously off-key

...six months or so. I would suggest we all boycott MusicNet and Pressplay as an appropriate reward for their foolishness. But that would require actually... Read more

28 November, 2001 by David Coursey

Justice Dept ends scrutiny of record labels

...the regulators' investigation was said to be focused on the MusicNet and Pressplay online-music joint ventures and the possibility that the record labels were... Read more

24 December, 2003 by John Borland

Why I'm glad to see Napster go

...file-swapping sites myself. But I'm also a paying member of Pressplay, one of the new for-pay sites being promoted by the music... Read more

20 May, 2002 by David Coursey

Vivendi presses play on music site

Pressplay, which will charge people a monthly subscription fee to download and stream... Read more

19 December, 2001 by Jim Hu

Universal copy-protected CD shuns media players

On the eve of Universal's kickoff of its long-awaited Pressplay online music subscription service, the record label is distributing its first copy... Read more

19 December, 2001 by John Borland

Anti-piracy feud bodes ill for Web music

...Computer's iPaq will not be able to play music from the Pressplay and MusicNet subscription services, which for the first time will make songs... Read more

26 November, 2001 by Gwendolyn Mariano and John Borland

Pressplay slips onto MP3.com

Pressplay said on Tuesday that it has launched its online music subscription service... Read more

23 January, 2002 by Gwendolyn Mariano

MusicNet and Pressplay have sympathy for the devil

Doing deals with former enemies By Lisa M Bowman MusicNet and Pressplay are close to rounding out their music offerings with deals that would... Read more

16 October, 2002 by CNET Networks

Pressplay wins access to Britney Spears

Brit's hits to go online... Online music service Pressplay has added pop acts Britney Spears, Nsync, and the Backstreet Boys to... Read more

5 February, 2002 by Sonya Rabbitte

Mac users get Pressplay support

Sony and Vivendi opens up site to Apple platform... Music download website Pressplay will provide support for Mac users later this year. The site, jointly... Read more

18 January, 2002 by Heather McLean

Pressplay fast-forwards the future of music

An industry-friendly Napster makes its first big play Pressplay is the music industry's answer to Napster. Backed by Sony and... Read more

11 December, 2001 by silicon.com staff

Making the music gamble

...Napster brand name at a bankruptcy auction, bought the record-label-backed Pressplay subscription service and relaunched the Napster brand as an iTunes song store... Read more

2 September, 2004 by John Borland

Napster shuffles executives

...Mike Bebel, who came to Napster after Roxio's acquisition of the Pressplay subscription service last year, will be leaving the company after a "transitional... Read more

30 January, 2004 by John Borland

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