Napster sells Roxio business

Napster's owners Roxio have sold off their original business to an organisation called Sonic Solution, and will now operate as a stand alone download company. Before buying the Napster brand at the legendary P2P company's bankruptcy sale, Roxio were a software firm best know for their CD and DVD burning software. That part of their business - and the 200 employees who work on it - is now part of Sonic Solutions. Roxio will now exist simply as Napster, both in name and operations. It is an interesting move because some question the commercial viability of having a company that only operates in the download space. Two of its biggest competitors – Apple and Sony - benefit from a business model where they can make money from the sale of MP3 players even if their download platforms don't generate much profit.