Looking east.A couple of local companies are trying to establish footholds in Japan. Los Angeles-based digital music service Napster An online music store from Napster, LLC, New York (www.napster.com) that lets you download copyrighted titles for a fee. In October 2003, the Napster site went live again after being dormant for many months. Inc. has launched its mobile service in Tokyo. Napster said that its mobile over-the-air song and ring tone service is now available on NTI' DoCoMo's iMode mobile Internet Refers to gaining access to the Internet using a lightweight, handheld device. See Mobile IP, PDA, smartphone and mobile TV. service. Napster began offering PC-based music subscription services in Japan last month with Tower Records Japan. The new service is available for approximately $3 per month. Separately, Los Angeles-based MySpace.com and Japanese firm Softbank are teaming on a 50-50 joint venture to launch a Japanese version of the popular social networking Web site See social networking Web sites and social networking site. . MySpace KK will feature a localized Translated into the spoken language of the country. See localization. version of the MySpace Web site, and will operate as a separate company. MySpace said that the new company will maintain headquarters in Tokyo, with local operations and staff, and will be headed by Makoto Kouyama. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Japanese press reports, Softbank and News Corp. Inc., the parent company of MySpace, are each putting up about $8.4 million on the venture. |
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