Tag archive: Martin Stiksel

Warner Music Group has pulled its content from CBS's on-demand streaming music service Last.fm…and, of course, the disagreement is all about money. Warner Music Group was the first major music label to sign a distribution agreement with Last.fm back in February 2007, and has been letting the streaming service carry music from its catalog on a month-to-month basis. Last year, broadcast network CBS purchased Last.fm for some… Read More

Music streaming service Last.fm says it's new free, on-demand music streaming service has an impact on music sales—but its the the effect the major record labels would seem to want people to believe. Instead of cannibalizing sales of traditional CDs and encouraging piracy, Last.fm says overall CD and download sales through partner Amazon.com have increased 119 percent since the service launched in January. “In just over… Read More