Roxio liefert Software für Dell-Computer.

Kurs z.Z. +28% bei 5,50$



 

... wird das Gap bestimmt bald geschlossen!!!  

Gruss E.

Napster sold to Roxio for $5.3 million

Bankruptcy court approves deal after hearing several objections during lengthy proceeding.
November 27, 2002: 6:53 PM EST



LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) - Renegade song-swap service Napster found a new home on Wednesday after a bankruptcy court approved the sale of revolutionary and legally-challenged company to software maker Roxio Inc.

After a lengthy proceeding during which several objections were heard, the bankruptcy court in Delaware, which has been overseeing the sale of Napster assets since the service filed for Chapter 11 protection earlier this year, approved the sale, said Rick Chance, managing director for Trenwith Securities, the U.S. investment firm handling the asset sale.

Roxio, which bid about $5.3 million in cash and stock to buy the Napster technology portfolio, brand name, trademarks, will not assume any of the Napster's pending liabilities.

In a statement, the Santa Clara, Calif. company said it will be announcing its plan for the development of Napster in the coming months.

More than a dozen bidders, including Barcelona-based adult entertainment company Private Media Group , had emerged as possible buyers.

Additionally, there are several objections outstanding against the Roxio bid, including two by technology suppliers and by former Napster chairman John Fanning, who believed he owned some of the technology, said people familiar with the proceedings.

Trenwith reached a sale agreement with Roxio after conducting numerous rounds of negotiations with multiple parties.

Chance said the court-appointed trustee will now form a plan for distribution of funds to pay the company's creditors.

WHAT A DEAL

Some experts believe that Roxio's purchase price was relatively cheap for a service that, in its heyday, attracted tens of millions of young music fans, a group highly desirable to record labels looking to cultivate a loyal following.

Trenwith Securities originally asked that offers for Napster's technology begin at $6 million.

With the exception of Private's $2.4 million all-stock bid, none of the offers, nor the identities of the bidders, have been made public.

While the music industry has succeeded in idling Napster, several similar services have emerged in its wake and are attracting millions of Internet users to the practice of downloading recordings, video games and movies for free.

The major music labels, which blame online piracy for a dramatic drop in CD sales, took Napster to court for copyright infringement, essentially shutting it down in July 2001.

In the midst of its legal battle, one of the big music companies, Germany's Bertelsmann AG , broke ranks and invested tens of millions of dollars in the service, hoping to cash in on the outfit's global audience of avid music fans.

But Napster ran out of money before it could figure out a way to legitimize the technology and charge consumers for downloads. In September, the bankruptcy court blocked Bertelsmann's bid to buy the Napster assets.

Roxio, a maker of a range of software products that allow computer users to copy and edit music, photos and video onto CDs and DVDs, has expanded its product range over the past year to allow consumers to record and share digital media.  



 

Roxio hat gestern Kyocera und heute Logitech ins Boot geholt, das ist der Durchbruch.

Kaufen bis die Schwarte kracht, alles unter 5 Dollar einsammeln.

Gruss E.


Kyocera Wireless Corp. Chooses Roxio's PhotoSuite for smartphone  
       WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2002 1:03 PM
- PR Newswire

SAN DIEGO and SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec 18, 2002 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Roxio Inc. (ROXI) The Digital Media Company(R), provider of the best-selling digital media software in the world, and Kyocera Wireless Corp., North America's leading manufacturer of CDMA mobile phones, announced today that Roxio's PhotoSuite(R) Mobile Edition is the imaging software to be included with the soon-to-be-released Kyocera 7135 smartphone. The Kyocera 7135 smartphone is an integrated wireless phone, Palm Powered(TM) handheld, portable computer and entertainment center.

PhotoSuite Mobile Edition allows consumers to do light editing to images on their personal computer desktops. They can then HotSync(R) images, slideshows and video clips to the Kyocera 7135 smartphone via Kyocera's USB synchronization cradle and view them through PhotoSuite.

"With its large, 65,000-color display, the Kyocera 7135 smartphone is an ideal platform for image viewing," said Dave Whalen, corporate vice president of sales and marketing at Kyocera Wireless Corp. "From digital snapshots to full-motion video, the multimedia capabilities of Roxio's PhotoSuite and our Kyocera 7135 smartphone combine to create a rich user experience."

"Kyocera shares our mission of making personal media and communications accessible, anywhere and anytime," said Roxio's Brad Duea, vice president of worldwide OEM sales. "By providing our PhotoSuite technology to Kyocera, we can introduce the Roxio brand to new customers and demonstrate the flexibility of our multimedia software. We are very pleased to work with a proven innovator like Kyocera."

Information on the Kyocera 7135 smartphone and its full line of accessories is available at www.kyocerasmartphone.com. Those interested may join the list of more than 50,000 people who have registered for email notification when the device reaches retail availability. Customers who want additional editing and advanced project capabilities can also purchase Roxio's full-featured PhotoSuite 4 Platinum, available direct from Roxio at www.roxio.com or at their local retailer.

About Roxio

Roxio, Inc. provides the best selling digital media software in the world. Roxio makes award-winning software products for CD/DVD burning, photo editing and video editing. Roxio's family of products includes category leading products Easy CD Creator(R) (Windows) and Toast(R) (Macintosh) for CD/DVD burning, PhotoSuite(R) for digital photography, and VideoWave(R) for digital video. Roxio also makes GoBack(R), the #1 selling system recovery software that enables PC users to instantly recover from system crashes, virus attacks and data loss. Roxio's current installed base is in excess of 100 million users. Roxio distributes its products globally through strategic partnerships with major hardware manufacturers, in stores with the leading worldwide retailers, through Internet partnerships and also sells its products direct at www.roxio.com. Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, Roxio also maintains offices in Minnesota, Canada, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Germany and Japan. The company currently employs more than 400 people worldwide. Roxio is a member of the S&P SmallCap 600 and the Russell 2000 Index.

About Kyocera Wireless Corp.

Kyocera Wireless Corp. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Kyocera International Inc., which acquired QUALCOMM Incorporated's CDMA consumer wireless phone business in February 2000. Kyocera Wireless Corp. is a leading supplier of innovative, feature-rich CDMA handsets and accessories for customers worldwide. Based in San Diego, the company is ISO-14001 and ISO-9001 certified and has won city, state and federal awards for its environmentally friendly manufacturing and recycling practices. For more information, please visit the Kyocera Wireless Corp. Web site at http://www.kyocera-wireless.com .

About Kyocera Corp.

Kyocera Corporation, the parent and global headquarters of the Kyocera Group, was founded in 1959 as a producer of advanced ceramics. By combining these engineered materials with metals and plastics, and integrating them with other technologies, Kyocera has become a leading supplier of telecommunications equipment, semiconductor packages, electronic components, cameras, laser printers, copiers, solar energy systems and industrial ceramics. During the year ended March 31, 2002, Kyocera Corporation's consolidated net sales totaled US$7.78 billion (JPY 1,034,574 million) with net income of US$240.25 million (JPY 31,953 million).

Safe Harbor Statement

The matters discussed relating to Roxio in this press release, in particular matters related to Roxio's OEM relationships, include forward-looking statements that are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, including delays in product development, competition in the software industry, and failure to maintain OEM relationships, that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. Additional information on these and other factors are contained in Roxio's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K as filed with the SEC on July 1, 2002 and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q as filed with the SEC on November 13, 2002, copies of which are available at the website maintained by the SEC at http://www.sec.gov . Roxio assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements included in this press release.

NOTE: Roxio, the Roxio tagline, PhotoSuite, VideoWave, Easy CD Creator, GoBack, and Toast are registered trademarks of Roxio, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. Kyocera is a registered trademark of Kyocera Corporation. HotSync is a registered trademark and Palm and Palm Powered are trademarks of Palm Inc. or its subsidiaries. All other trademarks and product names are the property of their respective owners.


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Logitech Chooses Roxio's Digital Imaging Software as Powerful Complement for Webcams  
       THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2002 6:30 AM
- PR Newswire




SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec 19, 2002 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Roxio, Inc. (ROXI) The Digital Media Company(R), provider of the best selling digital media software in the world, today announced a new OEM agreement with Logitech. Under the terms of the latest agreement, Roxio will be the preferred provider of photo and video editing software that ships with Logitech's line of cameras and webcams.

For the first time, Logitech will bundle Roxio's new VideoWave Movie Creator(TM) Lite with many of its webcams and will continue to include PhotoSuite(R) 4 Standard Edition with Logitech(R) Pocket Digital(TM).

"We chose Roxio as our preferred digital media software partner because of Logitech's commitment to the customer to provide quality solutions people love to use," said Spencer Johnson, director of product marketing for Logitech's Video Division. "Adding Roxio's powerful tools for editing, managing and sharing photos and videos will give our customers a complete digital imaging solution right out of the box."

"We're pleased to enhance our relationship with Logitech," said Brad Duea, Roxio's vice president of worldwide OEM sales. "Logitech's brand, extended through their industry-leading peripherals, represents a lot of the same values as Roxio's, starting with ease of use. With Logitech and Roxio, consumers have an easy way to create, manage and share digital media."

Customers who want additional editing and advanced project capabilities can upgrade to Roxio's full-featured PhotoSuite 4 Platinum and VideoWave Movie Creator available direct from Roxio at www.roxio.com or at their local retailer.

About Roxio

Roxio, Inc. provides the best selling digital media software in the world. Roxio makes award-winning software products for CD/DVD burning, photo editing and video editing. Roxio's family of products includes category leading products Easy CD Creator(R) (Windows) and Toast(R) (Macintosh) for CD/DVD burning, PhotoSuite(R) for digital photography, and VideoWave(R) for digital video. Roxio also makes GoBack(R), the #1 selling system recovery software that enables PC users to instantly recover from system crashes, virus attacks and data loss. Roxio's current install base is in excess of 100 million users. Roxio distributes its products globally through strategic partnerships with major hardware manufacturers, in stores with the leading worldwide retailers, through Internet partnerships and also sells its products direct at www.roxio.com. Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, Roxio also maintains offices in Minnesota, Canada, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Germany and Japan. The company currently employs more than 400 people worldwide. Roxio is a member of the S&P SmallCap 600 and the Russell 2000 Index.

Safe Harbor Statement

The matters discussed relating to Roxio in this press release, in particular matters related to Roxio's OEM relationships, include forward-looking statements that are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, including delays in product development, competition in the software industry, and failure to maintain OEM relationships, that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. Additional information on these and other factors are contained in Roxio's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K as filed with the SEC on July 1, 2002 and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q as filed with the SEC on November 13, 2002, copies of which are available at the website maintained by the SEC at http://www.sec.gov . Roxio assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements included in this press release.

NOTE: VideoWave Movie Creator is a trademark of Roxio, Inc., which may be registered in some jurisdictions. Roxio, the Roxio tagline, PhotoSuite, VideoWave, Easy CD Creator, GoBack, and Toast are registered trademarks of Roxio, Inc. in the United States and may be registered in other jurisdictions. All other trademarks used are owned by their respective owners. Logitech, the Logitech logo and other Logitech marks are owned by Logitech and may be registered.


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Nie wieder dieses Jahr, da geh ich mal von aus bei all den guten News.

Tschüss für heute.

Gruss E.  

ROXI pfeffert fast jeden dritten Tag AdHocs raus, DVD-Brenner sind ein einträglicher
Zukunftsmarkt.

Gruss E.

Was meint Rumsfeld nur mit Angriffen, die man noch zuvor gesehen hat, da wird mir Angst und Bange, es wir nicht bei den gezielten Angriffen bleiben.
Kollateralschäden schlage vorsorglich ich zum Unwort des Jahres vor.  

Heute wird es sehr spannend, ob das High genommen wird, dann haben die Bullen ROXI fest im Griff.

Gruss E.  

6,50. Gruss E.  

Da ich den Kurssturz nicht nachvollziehen konnte, bin ich bei 5$ eingestiegen.


 

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/19/technology/19TUNE.html?
ex=1053921600&en=563cfca1e07d15b9&ei=5062&partner=ARIVAKICKSASS" target="_new" rel="nofollow">NY-Times Artikel

und hat damit eine interessante Ausgangsbasis für den Aufbau eines legalen Online Musikdienstes ala Apple unter der bekannten Marke Napster (die auch Roxio gehört).

Gerade mit den sehr positiven ersten Ergebnissen des Apple Musicstores und dem Medien-Hype darum herum, könnte sich da einiges an (Kurs-)Phantasie einstellen.

Und wenn Sie es richtig angehen, auch ein tatsächlicher wirtschaftlicher Erfolg. :-)  

Im Zuge der Eliminierung aller meiner Tradepositionen am Freitag, da ich den heutigen Börsenverlauf befürchtet hatte, wurde auch ROXI verkauft.
Das gleiche Glück hatte ich letzte Woche auch schon mit STAA.


 

Roxio kauft Pressplay

Bald auferstanden aus Ruinen? Der Spezialist für digitale Medien Roxio arbeitet fleißig am Relaunch der gescheiterten Musiktauschbörse Napster. Das Unternehmen gibt heute bekannt, den US-Online-Musikdienst Pressplay erworben zu haben und somit Katalogrechte bei den fünf großen Musiklabels -- die Grundlage für den Neustart von Napster auf legaler Basis.

"Das Online-Musikgeschäft spielt eine zentrale Rolle in der strategischen Ausrichtung unseres Unternehmens. Mit der Akquisition von Pressplay können wir die Entwicklung dieses Geschäftsbereiches enorm beschleunigen", so Roxio-CEO Chris Gorog. Als Teil der Vereinbarung hat Roxio alle Anteile an Pressplay, dem Joint Venture zwischen Universal Music Group und Sony Music Entertainment, übernommen. Den Kaufpreis dafür gibt das Unternehmen mit 12,5 Millionen US-Dollar in bar und 3,9 Millionen Roxio-Stammaktien an; damit entspricht der Kaufpreis insgesamt etwa 39,5 Millionen US-Dollar.

Ende Februar hatte Roxio erste Gerüchte bestätigt, denen zufolge das Unternehmen einen Neustart von Napster plane. Universal und Sony senden jeweils einen Vertreter in den Aufsichtsrat von Roxio. Der bisherige Führungsstab von Pressplay und die Büros in Los Angeles und New York werden weiterhin bestehen bleiben.

"Wir planen etwa 20 Millionen US-Dollar für den Launch von Napster zu investieren. Für die Zeit nach dem Neustart gehen wir davon aus, dass das neue Geschäft zunächst negativen Cash-Flow mit sich bringt, bis das Angebot flächendeckend angenommen wird", umreißt Roxio-Finanzchef Elliot Carpenter seine finanziellen Erwartungen. (tol/c't)

Q: http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/tol-19.05.03-004/ 

 

Gr.

luki2

 

waren noch Zeiten. Yes sir, I can boogie.

Gruss E.  

Apple is in talks to buy Napster, Mac rumours site LoopRumors has claimed, citing "reliable sources".

Well, not Napster per se but Roxio, the CD burning software specialist, which itself acquired Napster's assets for $5 million after the peer-to-peer pioneer declared itself bankrupt last summer.

Roxio also owns PressPlay, the online music service launched by major music labels Sony and Universal in 2001.

It's not hard to see what might interest Apple in Roxio. Roxio's Mac portfolio is limited, but does include Toast, long the leading CD tool until Apple shipped iTunes and built disc burning into the Mac OS. But for many pro users, Toast remains the best solution for disc creation.

But of greater interest to Apple is Roxio's Windows offerings, which include Toast, video editing and digital photo software. Apple bought MP3 jukebox software from Casady & Greene, reworked the user interface and renamed it iTunes. You can see it doing the same with Roxio's Photosuite (iPhoto for Windows) and Videowave (iMovie for Windows).

Now that Apple is charging for its iLife bundle - iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie and iDVD - its entirely possible that the company believes it can make more money selling the software than by giving it away to encourage consumers to buy a Mac. It certainly has to port iTunes to Windows to broaden the availability of its Music Store - indeed, it has been looking for a new member of staff to handle the port - so why not the rest of iLife?

iLife for Windows might prove a cunning tactical move: make money out of Windows users who may never switch, while establishing the Apple brand beyond its established user base.

But back to the online Music Store and related matters. Roxio wants to rename PressPlay using the Napster brand. While it might piss off P2P purists, the Napster name has a very high level of public mindshare that PressPlay itself simply does not possess. Roxio has said it doesn't expect PressPlay to generate a profit until the service is "widely adopted". It's betting that the strength of the Napster brand will make that happen.

Apple may well agree, and acquiring Roxio might be as much about neutralising a threat to Music Store as grabbing the Napster name for itself. We can't see Apple wanting to use the Napster brand, given not only the strength of its own branding, but just how much pain using it would bring to the company's new-found chums in the music industry. And Apple want to keep them sweet: witness its recent move to knock iTunes-based music sharing via the Internet on the head.

One other point: acquiring PressPlay/Napster would bring Apple a ready-made user base for its Windows Music Store launch.

In addition to its source, LoopRumors points to recent "erratic stock activity" and "very high volume trading" as an indication that something's going on. Certainly there was strong trading in AAPL shares during early May, but that's more likely to have been the fallout from the launch of the Music Store. Roxio stock (ROXI) saw above average trading during mid-May - circa the PressPlay acquisition. Early trading this past Friday drove ROXI stock up to $7 from around $6.2. It closed at $6.54.


Quelle: http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/39/31096.html (also mit ein wenig Misstrauen betrachten)  

habe mir gerade einen dell pc gekauft...auch roxia easy cd-creator drauf...aber leider nur "basic"..für platinum verlangen sie dann schon 100$

s.broker  

Kursrücksetzer gibt es immer wieder....

Der Trend is your friend.

Gruss E.  

Wake-Up Time for Napster
By Dave Marino-Nachison
November 5, 2004

On Wednesday night investors got a closer look at what kind of company will be left standing when Roxio (Nasdaq: ROXI) morphs itself from its current form as a downloadable-music and consumer-media-software company into a pure-play Napster online music company. Based on the nearly 5% appreciation in its shares in yesterday's trading, they liked what they saw.

This summer the company announced plans to sell its software division, which offers programs that can be used to mix and burn CDs and DVDs, to Sonic Solutions (Nasdaq: SNIC). That deal is expected to close by the end of the company's fiscal year -- it just reported first-half results through Sept. 30 on Wednesday -- and already has government clearance: A shareholder vote is all the approval that's left.

That would seem to be a rubber stamp based on the market's acceptance of Wednesday's numbers, which afforded them a better glimpse into the kind of company they'll own when Roxio becomes Napster and adopts the "NAPS" ticker full-time. Napster revenues, about a third of the company's current business, grew 18% to $9.3 million from their Q1 figures. Annualize that, and you've got perhaps $10 million of gross profit on $40 million in revenues -- not a bad place to start.

Granted, Napster will surely start out as a money-losing company in a competitive space where it will compete with everyone from Apple Computer's (Nasdaq: AAPL) well-known and big-spending -- did you see those U2 advertisements? -- iTunes to Virgin Music to offerings from Sony (NYSE: SNE), Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT), and beyond. That challenge won't go away.

But its balance sheet, as Rick Aristotle Munarriz noted in August, will be refreshed with cash -- and stock in the Sonic venture -- and its business will be energized by its independence. It looks like a company that will represent an interesting opportunity for investors who are looking for a pure play in the downloading business -- and who make sure to take time to understand the financial dynamics of what they're getting into.

 

Gruss E.

http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/charts/...=4610&mocktick=1&rand=463"  

Für einen Nasdaq Wert eine massive Steigerung. Immerhin über 100% in 3 Monaten. Ich bin seit Mai 04 investiert, manchmal lohnt sich das Warten.
Auf Yahoo spricht man davon das Mark Cuban einsteigt.
Was das bedeutet hat man zeitweise bei MAMA gesehen.
 

was für ein geiler Move.

Gruss E.  

Snocap: Napster-Gründer will Tauschbörsen legalisieren
Dienst will unautorisierten Musiktausch verhindern
Mit Snocap startet Napster-Gründer Shawn Fenning einen neuen Anlauf in Sachen Peer-to-Peer, diesmal aber in Kooperation mit Unterstützung der Musikindustrie. Snocap soll einen legalen Download-Dienst mit der Tiefe von P2P-Tauschbörsen bieten. Als erstes Major-Label hat Marktführer Universal Music seine Unterstützung zugesagt.

 


Snocap ist als End-to-End-Lösung für den Online-Musikvertrieb, einschließlich Lizenzierung und Rechtemanagement, konzipiert. Nutzer sollen neue Musik in einem schier unüberschaubaren Katalog entdecken, tauschen und kaufen. Neben Shawn Fanning (Chief Strategy Officer) sind Jordan Mendelson und Ron Conway an Snocap beteiligt.

Die aktuellen Online-Musikshops hätten nur ein sehr begrenztes Repertoire im Angebot und auch die Nutzerzahlen seien eher gering, so Fenning. Im Gegensatz dazu stehen unautorisierte Dienste mit großen Nutzerzahlen und reichhaltigen Inhalten, die aber den Rechteinhabern ein Dorn im Auge sind. Snocap soll nun eine Brücke zwischen diesen beiden Welten bauen.

Die Idee dabei ist recht einfach: Rechteinhaber können ihre Musikkataloge in Teilen oder ganz bei Snocap anmelden, diese sorgen in Kooperation mit P2P-Anbietern dann dafür, dass die entsprechenden Titel nicht mehr illegal getauscht werden.

P2P-Anbieter, die mit Snocap zusammenarbeiten, müssen dazu ihre Client-Software anpassen. Diese prüft, wann immer ein Nutzer einen Titel in der Tauschbörse findet, ob dieser bei Snocap registriert ist und erlaubt nur dann den Tausch gegen eine Gebühr. Ist der Titel nicht registriert, wird ein Herunterladen durch die Client-Software verhindert.

Preise und Regeln bezüglich des Musiktausches setzen die Unternehmen selbst, Snocap tritt nur als Clearing-Anbieter auf. Ob die Titel als per DRM gesichert sein müssen, entscheidet der Rechteinhaber. Snocap ist dabei auf die freiwillige Zusammenarbeit der P2P-Anbieter angewiesen, verspricht teilnehmenden Tauschbörsen aber, für eine höhere Qualität zu sorgen und schlechte Aufnahmen auszusortieren.

Finanziert wurde Snocap von den Risikokapitalgebern WaldenVC und Morgenthaler Ventures mit 10 Millionen US-Dollar. (ji)
Artikel Kommentieren:

Re: Snocap: Napster-Gründer will Tauschbörsen legalisieren (censorshit, 03.12.04 11:43)

Re: Snocap: Napster-Gründer will Tauschbörsen legalisieren (Captain Code, 03.12.04 11:33)

Re: Snocap: Napster-Gründer will Tauschbörsen legalisieren (Henna, 03.12.04 11:25)