AOL partners with Napster

AOL Music Now bites the dust as customers are transferred

AOL has ditched its own music service in favour of Napster’s rival subscription platform.

AOL Music Now will roll its 350,000 paying subscribers into the Napster service unless they opt out within the next 60 days.

AOL set up Music Now after buying Circuit City Stores’ online music business in 2005. As part of the deal, AOL will advertise Napster on its free AOL Music site.

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