Last.fm Radio Drops Free Service to Mobile and Home Entertainment Users
The Last.fm service will remain free for users of the website, Xbox Live, Windows 7 mobile phones, and users of the desktop application. Users looking for continued premium streaming support will now be asked to pay $3 per month or $36 per year, just like rival Pandora users.
Last.fm alludes that keeping up with the costs of expensive streaming is a losing battle, given their lack of an ad sales team to offset the costs. Which makes sense and is the same reason why 80% of Pandora’s employees are part of their in-house ad sales team.
The reality here is that there are currently a dozen ways to get free radio online and just like there wasn’t room for a dozen online pet stores five years ago, there isn’t room for a dozen free streaming services today.
This kind of news is simply another opportunity for Sirius XM to pounce on. As refugees of other online music services look for a new home and perhaps more bang for their buck, Sirius XM needs to be there to welcome them with open arms… before someone else does.
We need a SiriusXM Windows Phone 7 App now.
One reason not to pay for anything with a credit card over the phone . . . Sirius satellite radio.
Paid over the phone on 2009 and now that it’s 2011 and I no longer have a satellite radio they took it upon themselves to clear my bank account of over $125.00. These crooks are the reason that this country has a ban on Monopolies!!
{The reality here is that there are currently a dozen ways to get free radio online and just like there wasn’t room for a dozen online pet stores five years ago, there isn’t room for a dozen free streaming services today.}
An excellent way to put it! While Sirius will continue it’s distribution monopoly model for cars, it will also gain a further foot-hold in the internet streaming platform, while the others (Pandora, Slacker,etc) continue to fight for survival in a world where their castle doesn’t have a moat to protect them.
When is sat. comercial free, tv comming ? All you see is comercials any more . I would gladly pay a subscription fee,
Tivo. For a small subscription fee you can skip commercials to your hearts content.