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# Napster Loses 52K Subscribers In 90 Days
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/napster-loses-5/
- Published: 2008-08-12T09:44:03.000Z
- Updated: 2008-08-12T09:44:03.000Z
- Description: The latest financial report from Napster showed only slightly wider losses of 4.4 million up from 4.3 million in the previous quarter. But a closer look at the numbers painted. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2008/08/napster-loses-5.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Uncategorized, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:06

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The latest financial report from Napster showed only slightly wider losses of 4.4 million up from 4.3 million in the previous quarter. But a closer look at the numbers painted a much bleaker picture..

Raising the music subscription price from $9.95 to $12.95 monthly has led to to drop in subscribers from 760,000 to 708,000 just 90 days prior. A switch to DRM free mp3 downloads failed to ignite much interest with download sales rising just 5% overall for the quarter. Read the full financial report [here](http://investor.napster.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=327525&ref=hypebot.com).