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Prepare to party like it’s 1999 because Rhapsody is changing its name to Napster

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Infamous music-sharing website Napster is coming back — kind of.

CNN Money is reporting that music streaming service Rhapsody is officially changing its name to Napster, which is purchased back in 2011.

Word apparently leaked this week on a Rhapsody blog post, according to CNN.

“No changes to your playlists, favorites, albums, and artists,” the post states, with no other real information. “Same music. Same service. Same price. 100% the music you love. Stay tuned!”

More from CNN:

Napster shut down in 2001 and filed for bankruptcy in 2002. Since then it tried to remake itself as a subscription music service. It was bought by a series of companies since then, including German media conglomerate Bertelsmann, electronics retailer Best Buy, and most recently Rhapsody, which bought Napster from Best Buy four years ago.

Rhapsody was one of the first subscription music streaming services, starting in 2001 under the name Listen.com. Today it says it has 3.5 million global subscribers in 34 countries. But it has struggled to compete with Spotify and Pandora. And it faces increased competition from new streaming services from Apple, Amazon, and Google.

Rhapsody uses the Napster name in other countries, like Canada.

More to come.

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