Best Buy eliminates Napster CEO, president positions
Summary
Best Buy has decided that the Napster music service is too top heavy and eliminated the music service's CEO and president positions.
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Best Buy has decided that the Napster music service is too top heavy and eliminated the music service's CEO and president positions, a company spokeswoman said Wednesday.
Chris Gorog announced that he was leaving as CEO, a move that comes some 15 months after the Web music service was acquired by retail chain Best Buy on the company's blog. Brad Duea, Napster's president, is also leaving the company, the spokeswoman said. She said that Best Buy wanted to "streamline Napster's executive structure."
Christopher Allen, Napster's chief operating officer, will run the site and has been named Napster's general manager. "We began with a simple idea--legalizing Napster," Gorog wrote, "and spent almost a decade trying to perfect that dream."
For more, read "Best Buy eliminates Napster CEO, president positions" from CNET News.
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Napster is my favorite music service
but I doubt that they'll stay that way given the way that Best Buy seems driven to run it to the ground.
voyager5296th Jan 2010 -
RE: Best Buy eliminates Napster CEO, president positions
Napster still around? wow, who knew. I dont think they
will ever take off until they improve their website. They
don't even show an explanation of the Napster interface
and what songs/bands/movies they have to offer. Sure,
they let you sign up for a free trial but I think most
people dont want to install demo software just to see how
things work. They need a website similar to the iTunes
Preview website.
smartin00720th Jan 2010
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