Virgin Digital shuts down its U.S. service

January 05, 2007 Like the short-lived Virgin Electronics MP3 player, the Virgin Digital subscription music service is no more, at least in the U.S. Over the holiday break, Virgin Digital U.S. emailed subscribers informing them the service would be shutting down. A Napster spokeswoman said Virgin has provided its full subscriber contact list to the company, and that Napster will be e-mailing former Virgin customers to invite them to join the Napster service. Virgin Digital struggled to gain a foothold in the incredibly competitive digital music market, and its subscription service never took off after relaunching the service in early 2005.

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