Roxio is a division and brand of Sonic Solutions. It was originally a digital media company created from the 2001 spin-off of Adaptec's Software Products Group followed by the 2002 acquisition of MGI Software. Roxio's management chose to pursue the digital music download and subscription market at the expense of Roxio's CD and DVD products, and soon acquired both Pressplay and the remains of Napster. Needing cash to keep the online music service going, Roxio sold the rest of the company to Sonic Solutions in 2004 and changed its name to Napster, Inc.. Sonic Solutions NASDAQ: SNIC is a digital media company. ... Adaptec, Inc. ... pressplay was an online music store created by as a joint venture between Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment. ... Second version (revised 2001) of Napster logo: Cat wearing headphones. ... Sonic Solutions NASDAQ: SNIC is a digital media company. ... Napster, Inc. ...
Products
Roxio Easy Media Creator 9 Review
Roxio Popcorn 2 Review
Easy Media Creator (in Germany a nearly identical version is sold as "WinOnCD 8")
Easy Media Creator is optical disc authoring software, produced by Roxio. ... Toast is a CD and DVD authoring and media conversion software application for Mac OS X. Its name is a play on the word burn, a term used for the writing of information onto a disc. ...
Links
http://www.roxio.com/
http://www.roxio.de/ (for WinOnCD 8 information)
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Roxio's purchase of Napster's assets is subject to approval of the bankruptcy court.
Roxio expects the deal will close after the approval of the Delaware bankruptcy court, this is expected to happen on or about November 27, 2002.
Roxio, spun off in September, 2000 as a independently operating company by Adaptec, is the leading developer of Media recording and authoring software, such as the popular Toast Titanium and Jam for the Apple Macintosh, and Easy CD Creator Platinum for PC’s running Windows operating system.
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