The site had been slated to reopen by the end of this year, but is delaying the launch until the first quarter of next year.
Napster chief executive Konrad Hilbers said yesterday that Napster is facing "big hurdles in obtaining content" and that it must license "more major record labels before it launched".
Napster has been offline since July after a court ruling banned it from offering copyrighted material online.
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