Napster, Circuit City Launch Co-Branded Store

Napster has partnered with Circuit City to offer its music service to the retailer's customers in a co-branded environment starting next week. The service would essentially be the same as the Napster service, save the 'Circuit City+Napster' branding. New customers receive the first month free, and will be billed $14.95 per month thereafter, which includes five free song downloads.

"Increasingly, consumers are turning to the digital environment for entertainment and this new service will give our customers easy access to the content they want, when and how they choose to enjoy it," Circuit City's entertainment chief Irynne MacKay said.