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# Napster Subscribers Up 50%
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/napster_subscri/
- Published: 2005-02-11T04:45:00.000Z
- Updated: 2005-02-11T04:45:00.000Z
- Description: Napster announced that it ended its third quarter with a total of 270,000 paying subscribers to its digital music service, including 44,000 from universities, representing a 50% increase from the. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2005/02/napster_subscri.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Streaming, Vinyl, Cassettes & Retail, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:10

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Napster announced that it ended its third quarter with a total of 270,000 paying subscribers to its digital music service, including 44,000 from universities, representing a 50% increase from the second quarter. While reporting a loss of $16.4 million for the quarter, the company also said it earned $12.8 million — which included gains from the sale of its Roxio CD and DVD burning software unit — compared with a loss of $25.6 million in the same period a year ago. Los Angeles-based Napster expects to earn $14 million in its coming quarter, and raised its full-year revenue projection to $43 million, up from an earlier estimate of between $35 and $40 million.