Napster Inc.

Facebook mogul Sean Parker's wedding not 'liked' by officials?

2013-05-17 08:13:00

You can buy a lot of things when you’re the founder of Napster and former president of Facebook, but a free pass from the California Coastal Commission apparently isn’t one of them. The extravagant wedding Facebook billionaire and tech mogul...

Will Twitter's new #Music app boost the recording industry?

2013-04-19 14:00:00

Twitter Inc. says its new music service helps users discover songs and artists. But the music industry isn't sure it's something to sing about just yet. The #Music app recommends songs based on the artists Twitter users follow. It also shows what...

Fairy-tale wedding will cost tech billionaire about $10 million

2013-04-16 00:00:00

SAN FRANCISCO — Even in the annals of over-the-top celebrity weddings, Sean Parker's planned nuptials may take the cake. The Facebook Inc. billionaire who also co-founded Napster is dropping nearly $10 million on a fairy-tale wedding in Big Sur...

Steal his movie and Simon Klose will thank you

2013-03-30 09:00:00

AUSTIN, Texas — Simon Klose would like you to steal his movie. Stream it, download it, share it with someone in Croatia or Brazil and remix it with videos of kittens playing patty-cake, if that's your kind of thing. Klose, 37, is the director of...

Stageit: Playing live from the living room ...

2013-03-21 06:30:00

Imagine a service that allows you to see your favorite acts in concert without ever leaving your home, let alone changing out of your pajamas. Stageit, a Los Angeles-based online company, does just that. The two-year-old service allows performers to...

Jon Fitzgerald named executive director of Hollywood Film Fest

2013-03-20 10:25:00

Jon Fitzgerald, co-founder and former executive director of the Slamdance, AFI Fest, Santa Barbara and Abu Dhabi film festivals, was named executive director of the 17th Hollywood Film Festival. "Jon's experience in the online, film festival and...

SXSW 2013: Napster film 'Downloaded' comes alive as a documentary

2013-03-09 08:00:00

AUSTIN, Texas -- More than a decade ago, Alex Winter saw a revolution brewing. Winter is perhaps best known as Bill, the blond-haired high school slacker from the 1989 comedy “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure.” But he’s also a tech...

ISPs become copyright enforcers

2013-02-25 17:06:00

This week the entertainment industry finally is getting a version of something it has been craving since the original Napster transformed online piracy into a mass-market phenomenon: a new Copyright Alert System that turns Internet service providers...

Justin Timberlake, David Fincher are a smooth fit in 'Suit & Tie'

2013-02-14 11:07:00

In David Fincher's "The Social Network" -- the best studio film of 2010, whatever "King's Speech" partisans may argue -- Justin Timberlake was perfectly cast as a smarmy, cynical version of Napster co-founder and former Facebook President Sean Parker....

E-book reading jumps as print declines

2012-12-27 13:45:00

Surging sales of tablet computers are driving a fundamental change in how Americans read books. Twenty-three percent of Americans age 16 and older say they have read an e-book in the last year, according to a new survey from the Pew Research Center....

Aaron Swartz, a casualty in the battle over the Internet and property rights

2013-01-14 14:04:00

Aaron Swartz was a wunderkind, a gifted boy who became a remarkable young man. He created a Wikipedia-like Web app and RSS software when he was a teenager. As a college student, he co-founded the website service Reddit. But like a figure in a fairy...

Metallica leaves Warner Music with its masters, forms Blackened Records

2012-11-30 11:57:00

Metallica has gone indie. The band announced on Friday that it has officially left its longtime home, the Warner Music Group, taken its master recordings and formed a new independent label, Blackened Recordings. All forthcoming Metallica projects --...

Documentary about Napster. Musicians and Napster creators are featured. Screens 4:30 p.m. May 10 at Charles Theatre 1; 7:30 p.m. May 11 at Charles Theatre 2

2013-05-01 00:00:00

Timberlake gained attention for playing Sean Parker, the Napster kingpin who takes Jesse Eisenberg's Mark Zuckerberg, right, under his wing in this year's film about the early days of social media website Facebook.

2013-03-27 16:01:00

Founder of Napster Sean Parker and fiance Alexandra Lenas in March.

2013-03-10 00:00:00