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Industry Moves: Last.fm Taps Ex-Xbox Brand Manager For First Marketing VP - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 22 Apr 2008 07:43 AM PST

CBS (NYSE: CBS) has named former Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) Xbox brand manager Orlena Yeung as Last.fm’s first marketing VP - a post we reported the company would create last week.…

Last.fm’s Free Music ‘Boosts Sales’; Unlimited Services ‘To Kick In By 2012’ - 3 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 09 Apr 2008 09:21 AM PST

Last.fm claims its 12-week-old free, full-track music streams have resulted in 119 percent more CD and download sales through its Amazon.com (NSDQ: AMZN) click-through partnership. Some of that is attributable…

CBS Radio Getting Closer To Last.fm; Partnership For Streaming - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 01 Apr 2008 08:16 AM PST

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…

London Mixer Multimedia Report: Q&A With Martin Stiksel, Last.fm Co-Founder - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 28 Mar 2008 08:19 AM PST

Ten months after CBS (NYSE: CBS) bought social music engine Last.fm for $280 million, how is the east London-based site fitting in to a US media megacorp? “We are getting…

CBS’ Last.fm Courts U.S., Gets Half Of Users Off-Site - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 28 Feb 2008 10:41 AM PST

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…

@ Last.fm Announcement: Free On-Demand Music Platform; CBS To Ramp Up Promotion - 9 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 23 Jan 2008 08:00 AM PST

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…

CBS Will Try To Convert Last.FM Acquisition To Video Value - 8 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 22 Jan 2008 10:54 AM PST

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…