Last.fm bought by CBS

02007-06-02 | Internet, Radio | 1 comment

BBC NEWS | Technology | Music site Last.fm bought by CBS
Social music site Last.fm has been bought by US media giant CBS Corporation for $280m (£140m), the largest-ever UK Web 2.0 acquisition.

Here is a link to a commentary regarding the CBS acquisition.

PS: and StumbleUpon was bought by Ebay… sigh
Feedburner was bought by Google.

1 Comment

  1. Adam Solomon

    Oooooh boy. I really hope these are just ways from CBS and eBay to make money and nothing more. last.fm especially…it’s a fantastic service, and its staff built it from the ground up and does a great job of maintaining it.

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