Tameka Kee
Nov 17, 2009 1:35 PM
*Microsoft* rolled out a slew of new social features for the Xbox 360 today, making its already popular Xbox LIVE network a much more comprehensive source of entertainment. The upgrade lets people post status updates to Twitter and Facebook, view and share photos, and even stream music from Last.fm. The…
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Robert Andrews
Jun 10, 2009 11:34 AM
Last.fm’s founding trio is leaving the social music site, a few weeks its parent reorganised it in a new CBS Interactive Music Group. Martin Stiksel (pictured), Felix Miller and Richard Jones announced their decision in a blog post: “After two years running Last.fm within CBS (NYSE: CBS). we feel the…
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Robert Andrews
Apr 1, 2008 10:16 AM
CBS (NYSE: CBS) Radio is to begin adding its streams to Last.fm, in the first real integration of the social music site with its new owner since the $280 million acquisition last May. CBS Radio says it will this spring launch a new player that will be added to Last.fm,…
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Robert Andrews
Feb 28, 2008 12:41 PM
After its $280 million acquisition by CBS (NYSE: CBS) last year, London-based social music net Last.fm seems keen to please its new paymasters on American soil. A press release trumpeting its US growth rate last week and a high-profile panel appearance in Manhattan for all three founders tonight seem designed…
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Joseph Weisenthal
Jan 23, 2008 10:00 AM
I’m here at Studio 19 at CBS (NYSE: CBS) headquarters, as Last.fm unveils its new direction: a free on-demand music streaming platform. Some quick details, from a press release that’s just been passed around: —The company has signed deals with all four major record labels and 150,000 independents to offer…
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Staci D. Kramer
Jan 22, 2008 12:54 PM
Update: Today’s last.fm announcement is about music—an on-demand music service, to be exact. Details here. As for that video service, we’ll keep you posted. One of the questions that comes up repeatedly in chats about CBS: what is the company doing to move last year’s $280 million Last.fm acquisition beyond…
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