This article was written on May 30, 2007 by CyberNet.
The big news today for Last.fm is that CBS has acquired them for 280 million! In their statement, CBS said that Last.fm fits well with their plan to attract a younger crowd (as though this isn’t obvious) to help transform CBS from a “content company” to an “audience company.” CBS has been on a roll lately by fully immersing themselves in Web 2.0 and all it has to offer.
If you haven’t paid much attention to Last.fm, it reminds me a lot of Pandora in that it ultimately provides users with a personalized streaming radio. They are different though, and both have a set of loyal users who use the services on a regular basis.
This leads me to to the following question: Which do you prefer and why? I know for non US users, the answer is simple. It was just a month ago that Pandora started to exclude non-US users from their service due to issues with the Digital Millennium Copyright act.
On a whole, I’d say Pandora is easier to use, however Last.fm has a social aspect that attracts people in. Each service is good in its own way whether it be the user interface, or selection of music, it just becomes a matter of preference.
Feel free to head on over to the forum to continue the discussion that Chris has already started on this topic.
Source: Reuters [via PCMag.com]
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