Napster also announced that it has hired Mint Songs’ Nate Pham to lead its Web3 product initiatives. Prior to Mint Songs, Nate held senior product roles at Pandora and UnitedMasters.
Former Roblox executive Jon Vlassopulos joined Napster as CEO at the end of last year. This is the first of a series of acquisitions Napster intends to make to speed up its Web3 feature rollout plans.
Mint Songs’ co-founder and CTO, Garrett Hughes, will join Napster as an adviser where he will work closely with Jon Vlassopulos to integrate Mint Songs’ technology into the Napster platform. 