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CBS Buys Last.fm for $280 Million
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.
CBS Cuts a Deal with Brightcove
Once again, CBS demonstrates its growing understanding of how to benefit from online video distribution through multiple channels. They’re announcing a deal with Brightcove on Wednesday. Brightcove’s Jeremy Allaire explains the arrangement.
(Via Pete Cashmore.)



