Napster Unveils MP3 Download Store

Los Angeles, CA (AHN) - Napster unveiled Tuesday an Internet store selling 6 million MP3 music files, rivaling Amazon and Apple. Individual songs will cost $0.99 each while albums are priced at $9.95.

The move allows the Los Angeles-based company to attract owners of iPods and other digital music devices. Although Apple's iTunes service offers MP3s, they are only from one studio - EMI Group - and cost more, points Napster said they will highlight when promoting the new service.

With 6 million MP3 files, Napster has a larger number of available copy protection-free music files than Amazon, which sells 5 million songs from all main music studios in MP3 format.

Napster has around 760,000 subscribers.