The deal: Best Buy will acquire Napster Inc. for $121 million, or $2.65 per share. Between the lines: Napster has $67 million in cash and investments. So in reality, Best Buy is paying about $54 million.
What Best Buy gets: Based in Los Angeles, Napster boasts more than 700,000 paid subscribers and annual sales of $127.5 million.
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