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Wippit To Launch At 4pm - Sans Major Labels
News Despite still being in negotiations with two record labels, Wippit's chief executive Paul Myers took the decision to launch the service. We're doing it and we're doing it from today," said Myers. Some of our techies are asleep under their desks...
[October 4, 2001, 14:05]
Indie Bands Sign Up For Legal MP3 Sharing
News Chief executive Paul Myers has told ZDNet News that he is hoping to persuade at least two major record labels to allow their songs to be available through Wippit. Myers claimed that this deal showed that Wippit's appeal would extend beyond the...
[September 28, 2001, 16:40]
X-Stream On Course 'to Be UK's Biggest ISP'
News X-Stream, the free Internet service yesterday registered its 20,000th user which, according to the company's sales manager Paul Myers, "puts us on course to be the UK's biggest ISP by the end of the year.
[May 15, 1998, 15:35]
UK Music-swapping Service Bites At Napster's Heels
News Rubbishing suggestions that the company was having problems, chief executive Paul Myers told ZDNet News that Wippit would launch within a couple of months. We're all ready to go, and you can expect to see an announcement from us in the next few...
[August 10, 2001, 16:13]
Startup Spotlight: Wippit Tries To Beat The MP3 Competition
News The company was set up in May 2000 by Paul Myers, previously managing director of UK Internet Service Provider X-Stream. Wippit Gold will contain extra features and what Myers called "different levels of content", which could include exclusive...
[February 22, 2001, 13:46]
X-Stream To Trial Free Net Access
News Anyone can sign up to access the Net through an 0800 number, avoiding local call charges, provided they have the 3.5 version of X-Stream's software -- but Paul Myers, managing director of X-Stream, is not promising miracles.
[December 10, 1999, 15:34]
Wippit Wants To Make MP3-sharing Legit
News At the moment it's a grey area legally," admitted chief executive officer Paul Myers. Myers admitted that releasing the alpha version of Wippit was something of a gamble. Wippit users will have to pay for a yearly licence, which Myers describes as...
[November 6, 2000, 15:30]
Half Online Youth Share Music - Report
News Finance is the key factor, as it's the cheapest way to do things for students with no disposable income," said Paul Myers who plans to launch a subscription based song-sharing site called Wippit. They're going to be turned on by the controversy...
[December 14, 2000, 14:53]
UK Site Will Be First For Legal Music Swapping
News Paul Myers, the company's chief executive, told ZDNet News that Wippit has been successful in persuading several record companies to allow their songs to be shared online by Wippit users. Myers hopes that the once-per-year £50 fee will prevent...
[August 28, 2001, 17:20]
P2P To Revolutionise Internet By 2004
News Wippit, run by Paul Myers, formally of UK ISP X-Stream, is planning to launch a legal MP3 sharing service later this year. Myers is convinced that record labels will use Wippit as a profitable way of distributing their content across the Web using...
[August 13, 2001, 12:45]
X-Stream Does Free Weekends - Again
News UK Managing director Paul Myers said: "The ethos of the X-Stream Network is to drive the market in the interests of the consumer. Access and calls will be free from midnight Friday to midnight Sunday for the next three week-ends.
[March 10, 1999, 6:11]
Norway X-Streamly Keen On Free Net Access
News X-Stream Network COO Paul Myers says X-Stream is set to take the Norwegian ISP market by storm. Norway will soon be experiencing the joys of free Internet access, UK style, after a deal struck today between pioneering free UK ISP X-Stream Networks...
[September 9, 1999, 16:13]
More Portals Announced Today
News X-Stream managing director Paul Myers says the new portal model provides customers "with everything from news to games" with the launch of X-Stream Central and The X-Stream Games Network. The plan is to increase Microsoft's online presence fourfold...
[October 1, 1998, 13:40]
X-Streamly Free Internet Meets Lukewarm Reception
News Managing director of X-Stream Paul Myers is happy with the service so far. X-Stream claims its new free Internet service is doing well Monday, but experts remain sceptical. Free ISP X-Stream introduced 24-hour, 7 day a week free Internet access...
[December 13, 1999, 11:40]
BT Click Gets The All Clear... For Now
News It's a shame Oftel isn't acting within its remit," says Paul Myers, managing director of ISP X-Stream "Click is a clear abuse of BT's power, Oftel seems to be the only organisation that can't see it and that's going to hurt a lot of smaller ISPs.
[September 9, 1998, 12:32]
Musicians Lobby EU Over Copyright Vote
News Even if it were released as a legal subscription-based product there are nearly two years worth of unpaid royalties that someone, somewhere is taking into account," said Paul Myers, chief executive officer of Wippit.
[February 13, 2001, 16:35]
Introducing The IT Ninja
News Our department participated in an interesting exercise last year — a Myers & Briggs personality type test. Paul scans his ID and pushes on the door to the second floor. Paul doesn't appear amused. According to Wikipedia, the word "ninja" loosely...
[October 9, 2006, 13:05]
Free Net Access: Industry Questions CallNet Scheme
News Paul Myers, outspoken MD of the UK's first almost free ISP, X-Stream gave the principle a clear thumbs up, but says in practice it will not cope with demand. Myers also questions a statement made by Peter Gbedemah of North American Gateway, the...
[October 28, 1999, 12:40]
Music Labels Are Not Taking Napster's Bait
News Paul Myers, chief executive of Wippit, a company that is developing a Napster-like service that will let users swap MP3 files on a royalty basis, dismissed the offer as no more than a PR tactic. It's just a headline grabber," said Myers.
[February 21, 2001, 15:34]
Legal MP3 Download Service Due Within Weeks
News Paul Myers, Wippit's chief executive, told ZDNet News recently that a number of significant deals would be announced soon. Myers believes that this will allow subscribers to track down a favourite piece of music if they hear it in a club.
[August 23, 2001, 13:08]
