Last.fm strikes Sony music deal

Last.fm strikes Sony music deal

Slimy on 09 July 2007 - 17:13 · 11 comments & 7301 views

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Social music site Last.fm, bought in May for $280m (£140m) by CBS Corporation, has signed a deal with the Sony BMG record label. The partnership will give the service's 20 million users access to the entire Sony catalogue of music, including songs by the Foo fighters, Kings of Leon and Natasha Bedingfield. Started in 2002, the new deal will make Last.fm the largest web radio service the world, according to the company. "We've always aimed to have everything ever recorded available to listen to on our site, and having access to Sony's collection of some of the world's most popular music takes us another huge step closer," said Martin Stiksel, co-founder of Last.fm.

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(2 replies) #1 +GreyWolfSC on 09 Jul 2007 - 17:21

A shunning for last.fm it is, then. I avoid anything that Sony does if possible, especially related to music!

*cough*rootkit*cough*

#1.1 fivehorizons on 09 Jul 2007 - 17:56

paranoid much?

#1.2 thenay on 09 Jul 2007 - 18:57

That was so 2005!

(1 reply) #2 +Dannyarr on 09 Jul 2007 - 17:49

All this means is that last.fm will be allowed to broadcast music made by the Sony record label. They don't have any influence on what applications are used, or anything else regarding last.fm for that matter. So while I hate Sony, I love last.fm.. and I don't see it as a bad thing if they get more music on their radio stations.

#2.1 noroom on 09 Jul 2007 - 21:30

Yeah, I also understood it like that... So, I agree.

#3 ataris_kid on 09 Jul 2007 - 18:57

Oh, if only most major label music didn't suck..

(4 replies) #4 Croquant on 09 Jul 2007 - 21:38

Meh.. I just don't care about Internet radio. I've got plenty of local over-the-air FM stations in my city, and they all tune in just fine.

#4.1 Doli on 09 Jul 2007 - 21:49

ok?

There is more than the radio stations.You can also listen to a song on demand, click it and it will play. You cant do that with OTA FM stations.

#4.2 noroom on 10 Jul 2007 - 08:40

It's not about the radio stations. It's about the community. The charts. The concerts. The music and the music you might discover there.

#4.3 brianshapiro on 11 Jul 2007 - 02:57

Quote - (noroom said @ #4.2)

It's not about the radio stations. It's about the community. The charts. The concerts. The music and the music you might discover there.

The social music revolution. ™

#4.4 Toology on 12 Jul 2007 - 01:08

Quote - (noroom said @ #4.2)

It's not about the radio stations. It's about the community. The charts. The concerts. The music and the music you might discover there.

Excellent sales pitch.

That's why I use it.

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