CBS Buys Last.fm for $280 Million

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After buying an online video show for its superdistribution, CBS now buys a music-sharing service for its community-building. They just bought Last.fm for $280 million, cash. Quite fitting, really, since CBS ran the first commercial radio station in the US.

May 31, 2007

Comments

1. issai says:

   May 31, 2007 at 4:49 am

   is that a typo on the title? $480 vs $280

   Reply
2. Mike Abundo says:

   May 31, 2007 at 11:46 am

   I really should stop blogging at 2am, Issai. Fixed.

   Reply

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