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Last.fm signs deal with Warner Music Group

Contributed by aubin. Posted by chris on Wednesday, February 7, 2007 at 11:00 PM (EST)

Warner Music Group has signed a deal with popular social networking music service Last.fm for users to listen to the label's entire catalog online.

Last.fm is a free service that works by linking to a registered user's music player, such as Winamp or iTunes, and then recommends on the user's online account by tracking their music-playing habits and automatically linking them to fans with similar tastes. The site currently boast more than 15 million registered accounts, with major markets in the United States, Britain, Japan, Germany, Poland, Brazil, Turkey and Finland, where 8 percent of Finnish Internet users are Last.fm users.

Warner Music is comprised of a collection of labels including Atlantic, Elektra, Lava, Maverick, Nonesuch, Reprise, Rhino, Sire, Warner Bros. and Word. For a listing of label artists, check out the Warner Music Group Punknews label profile page.

Interested in joining Last.fm, or currently a member? Be sure to check out the Punknews Last.fm user group.

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Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way. Seriously.

Banal242 (February 7, 2007)

Better delete my profile.

FuckYou0iOi0i (February 7, 2007)

Sellouts

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Someone (February 7, 2007)

Omg selloutzzz!

good thing you and i stay tru punx

allison_le_gnome (February 7, 2007)

I knew that was coming.

ConsolationPrizefighter (February 7, 2007)

Seriously I'm on this website...but why? It might be the single most useless thing on the internet.

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Someone (February 7, 2007)

you should learn it better then. greatest thing is the recommended music

BTown (February 8, 2007)

I think their recommendations are crap.

punkbytheounce (February 7, 2007)

Apparently you've never been to myspace.com

ConsolationPrizefighter (February 8, 2007)

Good call. And to the guy above you, when I listen to all the music they recommend me already it's not that useful.

Jimbojones (February 8, 2007)

i second the myspace being useless call

Someone (February 8, 2007)

At least myspace is a convienient way to keep up with friends I don't see very often.

Dakotacore (February 8, 2007)

I agree. I don't go trolling for 300 friends, but I use it to say hey to friends I have in other parts of the country. It is cheaper than using cell minutes and more personal than a regular email.

punk1088 (February 7, 2007)

amazing site.... more ppl = better for this

I-type-poorly (February 7, 2007)

The only profile site I have embraced. I discovered Gang of Four and Destoyer through it, so it's worth something.

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ChokingVictim (February 8, 2007)

The number of bands I've discovered through Last.fm is ridiculous.

Someone (February 8, 2007)

last.fm helped me discover fall out boy and my chemical romance...i love that site

kvzuky (February 7, 2007)

And what will be the negative impact the users will see?

There has to be one.

allison_le_gnome (February 7, 2007)

Easily my favorite profile-type site, probably since I don't use it for that at all.

Is anyone still around in the Punknews group since the creation of APN?

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punkbytheounce (February 7, 2007)

I posted there once since APN and Jordan called me a douchebag.
So I don't anymore.

Someone (February 8, 2007)

HAHAHAHAHA. I don't know why this made me laugh so hard, but it did.

Maybe because I can imagine you shaking your fist in frustration and screaming, "Damn you, Jordan! Damn you to hell!"

Sorry. I'm done.

kingofsuck (February 8, 2007)

You better not post there anymore, douche bag.

punkbytheounce (February 8, 2007)

I will murder you.

mustard (February 7, 2007)

i miss the old forum

Someone (February 8, 2007)

colin is a docuhe

I-type-poorly (February 7, 2007)

I joined once to read why Scott was all pissed at Dr. Frank, but after that I ditched it in favor of groups with simply funny/random titles.

Big_Guy (February 7, 2007)

Scott was right about Mxpx

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maverick (scott) (February 8, 2007)

I can't wait for fallingupwards84 to find out.

-Scott

baseball (February 8, 2007)

snap!

BTown (February 7, 2007)

thats cool, right?

lostandclowned (February 7, 2007)

music is music.

YasserBossin (February 7, 2007)

welll whaddayano...

Someone (February 7, 2007)

Best band with a warner release? Jawbox

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kingofsuck (February 8, 2007)

The Ramones.

leecorsoisapenis (February 8, 2007)

Built to Spill.

Jim

daved4 (February 8, 2007)

be your own pet

Someone (February 7, 2007)

Link pointing to the Warner page is wrong, you have /article/ in there.

- Kirby

http://www.punknews.org/labels/warner

Someone (February 7, 2007)

is this a suicide girl?

http://www.sherdog.net/forums/image.php?u=95395&dateline =1169771024

anyone know who that is?

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David_Arquette (February 8, 2007)

It's me.

punkbytheounce (February 8, 2007)

That pic looks fake.

YasserBossin (February 8, 2007)

thats nadia from american pie

Jimbojones (February 8, 2007)

you mean shannon elizabeth?

TheOneTrueBill (February 8, 2007)

I'm the leader of the Last.fm group and don't you forget it.

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ThreeChordsAndTheTruth (February 8, 2007)

Your power there means nothing now!

Someone (February 8, 2007)

first.

Someone (February 8, 2007)

this is bad.

Someone (February 20, 2007)

Last FM is alright, but I think Mercora has more music available, and you can basically create your own radio station. Definitely worth checking out.

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