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===Rhapsody===
In April 2001, TuneTo.com was acquired by Listen.com,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising/listencom-buys-tunetocom-47939| title=Listen.com Buys TuneTo.com | date=2001-05-01 | publisher=Adweek | access-date=2012-11-10}}</ref> a startup founded in [[San Francisco]] by author and entrepreneur [[Robert Reid (author)|Rob Reid]], that had built a large online music directory. Aladdin was transformed into the Rhapsody music service during the summer and fall of 2001 and was launched on December 3, 2001.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Music-firms-open-online-services-but-will-fans-2845907.php | title=Music firms open online services, but will fans pay? | date=2001-12-03 | publisher=San Francisco Chronicle | access-date=2012-11-10}}</ref> 

Rhapsody was the first streaming on-demand music subscription service to offer unlimited access to a large library of digital music for a flat monthly fee,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Industry-starting-to-endorse-Net-music-2801248.php | title=Industry starting to endorse Net music / Listen.com to offer songs from all five major labels | date=2002-07-01 | publisher=San Francisco Chronicle | access-date=2012-11-10}}</ref> a concept advocated by business theories such as the [[Open Music Model]]. At launch, Rhapsody's library was formed of content mostly from [[Naxos Records]] and several independent labels. Over the next several months of 2002, they secured licenses from [[EMI]], [[Bertelsmann Music Group|BMG]], [[Warner Bros. Records]], and [[Sony]] to add their music to the service. In July 2002, Rhapsody added [[Universal Records]] to their catalog, signing the last of the five major record labels of the time. 

[[RealNetworks]] announced plans to acquire Listen.com on April 21, 2003, one week before the launch of the iTunes Music Store on April 28, 2003. The transaction closed on August 3, 2003. The Rhapsody service was briefly known as ''RealRhapsody'' shortly after the acquisition, but was since shortened back to "Rhapsody". 

By 2004, some [[blog]]s providing sharing of [[playlist]]s with comments, with names such as "Rhapsody Radish".<ref>{{Cite web |title= Rhapsody Blogs Make Subscribing More Fun |date= January 18, 2005 |work= GiantPath |url= http://giantpath.com/news/20050118_RhapsodBlogsMakeItFun.html |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20050208162511/http://giantpath.com/news/20050118_RhapsodBlogsMakeItFun.html |archive-date= February 8, 2005 |access-date= August 1, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title= Welcome to The Rhapsody Radish |publisher= ScoreCreep |url= http://www.scopecreep.com/Rhapsody/ |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20040818020141/http://www.scopecreep.com/Rhapsody/ |url-status= dead |archive-date= August 18, 2004 |access-date= August 1, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title= The Rhapsody Radish – Music Playlist Archive |url= http://www.rhadish.com/ |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070202004748/http://www.rhadish.com/ |archive-date= February 2, 2007 |access-date= August 1, 2013 }}</ref>
In late 2007, [[MOG (online music)|Music On the Go]] (MOG) partnered with Rhapsody to allow Rhapsody subscribers to access all of Rhapsody's content through MOG.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnet.com/news/rhapsody-harmonizes-with-music-blog-network-mog-com/|title=Rhapsody harmonizes with music blog network Mog.com|last=McCarthy|first=Caroline|date=11 December 2007|work=[[CNET]]|access-date=20 November 2019}}</ref> In August 2007, RealNetworks formed a [[joint venture]] with Viacom's music network [[MTV]] named Rhapsody America. The underpinning software running the service would come from MTV's [[Urge (digital music service)|Urge]], a discontinued music service MTV developed in partnership with [[Microsoft]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/2007/08/rhapsody-mtv-an|title=Rhapsody, MTV Form Joint Digital Music Venture|last=Van Buskirk|first=Eliot|date=Aug 21, 2007|magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]|publisher=[[Condé Nast|Condé Nast Publications]]}}</ref>