{"id":300512,"date":"2010-02-09T16:51:08","date_gmt":"2010-02-09T21:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gearlive.com\/news\/article\/q110-realnetworks-rhapsody-spin-off\/"},"modified":"2010-02-09T16:51:08","modified_gmt":"2010-02-09T21:51:08","slug":"realnetworks-spinning-rhapsody-off-into-separate-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/300512","title":{"rendered":"RealNetworks spinning Rhapsody off into separate company"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/assets.gearlive.com\/blogimages\/rhapsody-real.jpg\" alt=\"Rhapsody spinoff\" style=\"float: right; margin: 5px 5px;\" width=\"327\" height=\"73\" \/>RealNetworks has just announced that it will be spinning off its Rhapsody music service into a separate, independently-operated company that will be based in downtown Seattle. This move follows the departure of founder Rob Glaser as CEO of the company, and about 150 RealNetworks employees will make the transition over to the new Rhapsody. Rhapsody, a joint venture between RealNetworks and Viacom MTV Networks, will no longer see it&#8217;s majority stake held by Real, which currently has a 51 percent share. RealNetworks says this is a move that is focused on streamlining company operations. Interesting, to say the least, since as far as we&#8217;re concerned, Rhapsody is the most interesting and mainstream product that RealNetworks has to offer.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tags:<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gearlive.com\/news\/tag\/music\" rel=\"tag\">music<\/a>,<br \/>\n\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gearlive.com\/news\/tag\/music+services\" rel=\"tag\">music services<\/a>,<br \/>\n\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gearlive.com\/news\/tag\/music+streaming\" rel=\"tag\">music streaming<\/a>,<br \/>\n\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gearlive.com\/news\/tag\/real\" rel=\"tag\">real<\/a>,<br \/>\n\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gearlive.com\/news\/tag\/realnetworks\" rel=\"tag\">realnetworks<\/a>,<br \/>\n\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gearlive.com\/news\/tag\/rhapsody\" rel=\"tag\">rhapsody<\/a>,<br \/>\n\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gearlive.com\/news\/tag\/rhapsody+spinoff\" rel=\"tag\">rhapsody spinoff<\/a>,<br \/>\n\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gearlive.com\/news\/tag\/spinoffs\" rel=\"tag\">spinoffs<\/a>,\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#FFCC66; padding:5px; margin-top:5px;\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gearlive.com\/news\/article\/q110-realnetworks-rhapsody-spin-off\/\" title=\"RealNetworks spinning Rhapsody off into separate company\">RealNetworks spinning Rhapsody off into separate company<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gearlive.com\/\" title=\"Gear Live\">Gear Live<\/a> on Tue, February 09, 2010 &#8211; 1:51:08\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/LhLNfsCfHSVQtzb5nLZeImrEJuk\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/LhLNfsCfHSVQtzb5nLZeImrEJuk\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/LhLNfsCfHSVQtzb5nLZeImrEJuk\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/LhLNfsCfHSVQtzb5nLZeImrEJuk\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gearlive.com\/~ff\/rss_2?a=iHcjcW0wZ9s:GaKBmcBlMk4:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/rss_2?i=iHcjcW0wZ9s:GaKBmcBlMk4:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gearlive.com\/~ff\/rss_2?a=iHcjcW0wZ9s:GaKBmcBlMk4:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/rss_2?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/rss_2\/~4\/iHcjcW0wZ9s\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RealNetworks has just announced that it will be spinning off its Rhapsody music service into a separate, independently-operated company that will be based in downtown Seattle. This move follows the departure of founder Rob Glaser as CEO of the company, and about 150 RealNetworks employees will make the transition over to the new Rhapsody. 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