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I've asked it
Others have asked it
But nobody has supplied a credible answer to the question......

Why is no effort being made to reinvigorate the marketing of the existing Napster proposition to attract some new members ahead of the revamped app launch ? ...... it seems a no brainer

Surely one extra tweet a week is not too difficult, or perhaps it is ?

Or is it going to be a free giveaway subscription to a premium channel/service of 3 or 6 months at app launch, on the basis that it is all about price and 6 months free takes you up to the start of festival season 2022, just when you are most likely to pay

The Napster thing seems to me to be at the bottom of it's particular pit
I call it a "Thing" because nobody outside of AM's clique really know what we will be presented with at the end of the year

What I think can be said is that user numbers of the VR/360 element of the "The thing" will grow
User numbers of audio element of "The thing" wil grow
History of such "Things" suggest that more money will be called for at the relaunch at the end of the year

My only hope is that "The Thing" doesn't turn out to be a horror story

Just for interest,

??Top Duo/Groups by Monthly Listeners on Spotify (05.27)??

#1 Maroon 5 — 52.43M
#2 Coldplay — 44.93M
#3 Imagine Dragons — 39.59M
#4 Queen — 37.23M
#5 Black Eyed Peas — 34.37M
#6 One Republic — 31.81M
#7 The Chainsmokers — 29.97M
#8 @BTS_twt — 28.89M
#9 Silk Sonic — 27.80M

It would be nice to see the numbers go up
https://www.similarweb.com/website/napster.com/#overview

Does anyone think that "The Management" will be getting on the phone to Glastonbury to say 'fancy doing a proper live stream next year' or will it be a case of waiting for the phone to ring ?

Did I miss something happening to Bill Patrizio, erstwhile CEO of Napster US
He seems to have disappeared from the corporate team, I don't remember an announcement

AM said a couple of times that they were not trying (not said - with a supportive music industry) to build a competitor to Apple
However, watch his eyes each time he says it and I think you might come to a different conclusion.

My mind goes back to an interview with the Sony UK's top man a couple of years who more or less said that the music industry hated the pricing policy of music apps such as Apple and if only they could build their own !

Lordfont, be a bit more positive, the share price didn't go down today !

On the theme of MelodyVR being asleep, is it possible that they have furloughed all their London staff except the App writing team ?

HorsesGob - Napster do have modest marketing activity, my point is that with b#gger all else to do why not make some effort to attract some new customers, it can't hurt, can it ?

MelodyVR are, as we know asleep, nit at the wheel, but in the back seat

Can anyone offer an explanantion as to why you would not want to boost the marketing effort of Napster when you have nothing else to do other than wait around for a revamped app ?

Anyone, anything ?

Coffee cup question - What did they mean by Native VR ?

MrH_m, interesting job description, sounds like they are looking for someone to make it all work and generate money, which is a positive step in the right direction

I suggest that the person who can do that job will be on a significant notice period wherever they are currently working.

I also suggest that there are a very small number of people with a strong enough Cv to do the job, and that most, if not all, would be known in the industry.

Do such people really look at job adverts, or do they just get a telephone call out of the blue ?

Have to agree with HGob
Don't forget that the BOD will have known since last summer that Napster would have to be cranked up to make it pay for everything and would have been making plans, unless they really do believe that imersive VR is going to provide their imminent financial salvation

Just in case you missed it... downloads of the MelodyVR app now stand at over 100,000 on Google Play store (android devices only)
As before, a rule of thumb is to double up the number to account for Apple iphone downloads - Apple do not publish download numbers

Progress is being made

Should the new super App be launched in Q4 2021 then any improvement in the financial position of the company will not materialise until the interim financial report in September 2022

Between now and then

June 2021 - results to end 2020 (no Napster contribution)

September 2021 - Interims, presumably with some Napster contribution, but as they have made no changes to the Napster proposition these will (if reported in an identifiable way) only serve as a baseline for the future, which may be useful as they may answer the question as to whether Napster's income can fund the merged entity and guide in respect of any ongoing funding requirement.

June 2022 - Finals to end 2021, full year of baseline Napster contribution and presumeably minimal MVR contribution. The new App, if launched probably won't come in time to show much of a contribution to these numbers

September 2022 - Interims with contribution from the revamped App and the revamped Napster/MVR proposition, it will probably be a bit of a D Day for the share price.

So, only 18 months, or so, until a financial signpost and not just promises, sorry news, are available.

I may have missed it, but has the possibility that the majority of their UK staff have been furloughed been considered ?

Go to MelodyVR's Instagram page and put down a comment like

"Where have you been"
"Worst CEO on AIM"
"Thought you had given up"
"Share price is a scam"

It seems to get something new out of them

Some, like me, may have missed this;

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/mick-fleetwood-peter-green-concert-stream/

It brought to my attention nugs.net who boast of 15,000 live concert audio recordings that can be streamed with lossless CD quality

SingTel advert for MVR now up to 150,000 views

SingTel only has 75,000 subscribers on their channel

https://youtu.be/K2UR2nQnYOQ