After two years running Last.fm within CBS we feel the time is right to begin the process of handing over the reins. This is the latest stage in a long journey for us founders, which began in a living room in East London in 2002, and took us to the headquarters of one of the biggest media companies in the world.
It’s been a privilege working with the incredible team here in our London office, and we’re extremely proud of what we’ve achieved together. Last.fm’s users have more than doubled in the last 12 months (we are now at an all-time high of 37.3M monthly unique visitors), and we’re confident the site will continue to go from strength to strength. Being a part of CBS, and the recently formed CBSi music group, continues to open up many opportunities for Last.fm. Recent product releases such as the new visual radio, and the Last.fm on XBox announcement, are an indication of how much more Last.fm will achieve.
A huge “Thank You!” has to be said to all of you in front of your computers. With your contribution, enthusiasm and scrobbles you have helped to make Last.fm into what it is today: the best place for music online. Big up yourself for that, as we say here in East London.
That’s all folks, we are going to miss you!
Felix, RJ and Martin
Comments
Steven Gravell
10 June, 14:55
It was a huge privilege to have been given the chance to work with you guys so closely from so early on, and that I’ll never forget. Thank You.
I hope Last.fm moves on in leaps and bounds as it always has.
Felix Miller
10 June, 14:58
Thanks Steve, hope you enjoyed the lunches too ;-)
mkb
10 June, 15:01
So what’s next then?
Jem
10 June, 15:01
Best of luck for the future, guys.
Remco
10 June, 15:02
Sorry to see you guys leaving, you’ve really made last.fm into the great service it still is!
So long and thanks for all the fish!
Wes
10 June, 15:02
Cheers guys.
Mo
10 June, 15:04
Best of luck to the three of you, and to CBS.
James I
10 June, 15:07
…so our favourite website is going to be entirely in the hands of corporate bigwigs…:(
Tony Dodd
10 June, 15:07
I second what Steve said, and hope whatever you guys do in the future is an equally big success.
Best of luck guys.
Alex Muller
10 June, 15:08
You’ve made something amazing guys, thanks. Like mkb, I’m wondering what’s next for you three… all the best for the future.
Neil
10 June, 15:10
Good luck for the future – one of the great British web success stories. Hope you’ll continue to keep an eye over your child occasionally.
Sheema
10 June, 15:10
Thanks for making such a great site. Best of luck to you guys.
Paul
10 June, 15:11
good luck, can’t wait for the next big thing.
gwawr
10 June, 15:13
Great innovations, marvellous work, thanks and good luck in the future!
Alex W
10 June, 15:13
Oh the lunches!
Chris Lake
10 June, 15:13
Well done chaps. You did something amazing. I wonder what you’ll come up with next?
Rakesh_Patel
10 June, 15:14
guys, It’s a great site, you’ve done yourself proud.
Chris
10 June, 15:14
Good luck for the future guys and thank you for bringing us such an amazing service.
Suneet
10 June, 15:15
All the best for the future guys and thanks
اس ام اس
10 June, 15:15
Thanks
Liz Rice
10 June, 15:15
Hi Felix, Martin & RJ – you really started something amazing with Last.fm. Best of luck whatever you do next!
Andreas
10 June, 15:16
The rats are leaving the sinking ship?
RJ
10 June, 15:16
Thanks all!
In response to the “what’s next” question the answer in the short term is “a much needed holiday”. Then we need to plan an epic farewell party, so stay tuned for invites.
Last.fm is in good hands and is all set for the future :)
Nicky
10 June, 15:16
Thanks for everything. We’ll miss you over the road. Come over to tech terrace before you go and have fun in the future :-)
anon
10 June, 15:17
This would have nothing to do with CBS passing all user data to the Recording Association of America, would it?
I stopped using Last.FM when I heard about it.
Tecfan
10 June, 15:17
We’ll miss you
voodooflux
10 June, 15:18
You can certainly leave reflecting on a job well done with last.fm. All the best with your future endeavours.
Marie
10 June, 15:18
Sad to see you all go but I’m sure you have something even more exciting up your collective sleeves. I’ll keep my eyes peeled!
Michael Saunders
10 June, 15:18
Wow. I’ve been using this site almost daily since 2003, and I can’t believe how it has grown. I always knew that Audioscrobbler/Last.fm was a great idea, so thanks for bringing it to us. Good luck with the future.
the big boss
10 June, 15:19
It’s not in good hands. we have to pay now.
Ammo City
10 June, 15:21
Well done and good luck!
An amazing achievement.
orhan aka 8261759
10 June, 15:23
now, where are you guys heading for? I deleted my lastfm account two months ago and I’m looking for a new place to listen to radio. It was not the last.fm’s shiny look that attracted me, it was the minds behind it. now, tell us what you’re gonna do? would you dare start a new social music revolution?
james governor
10 June, 15:25
thanks for all the music. this is splendid news for the local tech scene i reckon.
Jensy
10 June, 15:30
Thanks for everything, mates! Let’s have beers soon. – Jensy
Attila Györffy
10 June, 15:30
It was a privilege to work with you guys, I’ll never forget it. Have fun, wishing all the best for you guys.
Looking forward to see what else you’re gonna dig into this time. ;)
Michał
10 June, 15:30
Sorry to hear that, Last.fm won’t be the same without you.
Having the chance to work with (or ‘for’ ;)) you guys has been an awesome experience, thanks for that. Good luck with all the awesome new stuff you’ll surely be up to in the future :) In the meantime: enjoy your time off, pretty sure the farewell party will be epic. Cheers!
Paul Webster
10 June, 15:36
Well done for what has been achieved – and long may it continue.
Hopefully you are able to take some benefits with you – both spiritually and in your pocket.
So – what is next?
Torn
10 June, 15:37
@orhan aka 8261759
Check out thesixtyone.com — very nifty music discovery site with a great meta-game and community to it
Fiona McLaren
10 June, 15:38
Thanks for all the opportunities and experience guys; if it wasn’t for you I’d probably still be an unemployed graduate. End of an era. Have great holidays and keep us posted on what happens next!
Anirban aka Banners
10 June, 15:43
Good luck for the future guys…
Enjoy your time off :)
zethraeus
10 June, 15:43
Thanks for everything you guys have done so far and good luck in your future endeavours!
Humbert15
10 June, 15:43
oh man, this is sad news (not for you obviously. best of luck for the future and all that) but it’s bound to end in tears when some crappy corporate takes over someone else’s labour of love innit? Ah well, it’s been fun…
Andrew
10 June, 15:47
Bon voyage guys… Thanks for an amazing service!
Jonatan Jonsson
10 June, 15:52
Wow, I’m still trying to grasp the very concept of Last FM without you lot.
Robert Andrews
10 June, 15:52
Good luck with your next move. Let us know what it is.
Craig Rood
10 June, 15:55
Thank You.
anon
10 June, 15:57
So I guess Mike Arrington was right.
Shame about your service being corrupted.
James
10 June, 16:00
I love you guys. thanks for making last.fm what it is today.
Fabio De Bernardi
10 June, 16:02
Wow! I wasn’t really expecting anything like that. I’m sure you have your good reasons to leave and I’m sure you’re all very proud of your project and achievements. Well, you must be! :)
I hope there’s something as cool as last.fm in your future and please stay in touch with the London scene!!
Best of luck,
Fabio
Sebastian Pietsch
10 June, 16:02
Had an amazing time working for you guys. All the best of luck for the future. Looking forward to the party :)
Elliott Hurst, CEO
10 June, 16:03
Good show, boys. Your creation and story are an inspiration to all of us trying to push out our vision in this fast changing and dynamic world of music 2.0.
To that end, now that it appears you all may have some free time on your hands ;) I welcome you to check out my company www.supernova.com and what it’s doing in the music scene, and please contact me at elliott@supernova.com to discuss.
coxy
10 June, 16:05
Thank you guys. Good times, good times.
Matthew Kempster
10 June, 16:05
Well this sucks a hell of a lot for me.
Last.fm is one of the best things to come out of the UK
… and now what?
Well done though – you have done a brilliant job!
Will be missed.
Ibrahim Evsan
10 June, 16:06
Well done and good luck from the sevenload Team.
Thanks for cool amazing service!
So cool, that it hurts :)
Best wishes from Cologne.
David
10 June, 16:06
Thank you for the site and best of luck in your future projects. :) x
Sean McColgan
10 June, 16:09
Last.fm is a fantastic app – dont turn off the music when you leave the building guys ;)
Congrats & all the Best…
JD
10 June, 16:11
Last.FM did well. No regrets.
Jason
10 June, 16:15
Well, this doesn’t bode well. Especially on the heels of the leaked Scrobble drama.
Something tells me that Libre is about to get very, VERY, popular.
Kimball Packard
10 June, 16:16
Congratulations! I was an early adopter, and remember the days when there were 60 – 70 people online at a time!
Keep us posted on your next project.
Cheers,
Kimball
mark hardwick
10 June, 16:17
hey if you fancy giving some budding east london social entrepreneurs the benefit of your wisdom, we’d love to have a beer.
good luck in the future from http://create.tv
Plingo
10 June, 16:18
So you’re rich and famous now. You all deserve that :-)
I’m leaning back, listening to last.fm and wait patiently for you to bring up last.tv.
nina
10 June, 16:19
Thanks guys for creating one of my fave websites. I remember the days (and I hope to do so correctly) when last.fm wasn’t working because you drove servers from one place to the other (Austria to the UK?).
Hope your next adventure will be just as awesome.
Seopher
10 June, 16:22
Good luck in your future venture guys, since the days it was Audioscrobbler I’ve used this service and shall continue.
Be proud of all you have accomplished, because it truly is one of the finer sites on the Internet.
John
10 June, 16:22
Good luck mates, I hope you found a new EU web 2.0 or 3.0 startup soon. Cheers!
Nike LeBron VI
10 June, 16:29
love you guys. thanks for making last.fm what it is today.
uber alles
10 June, 16:32
Guys, loved the time with you. Good luck
wmluvr
10 June, 16:36
That’s great guys. Thank you for the music, the songs I’m streaming, thanks for all the joy they’re bringing,who can live without it, I ask in all honesty, what would life be? Without a song or a dance what are we? So I say thank you for the music, for giving it to me.
How about in your next venture you whip up an official Windows Mobile streaming client so we can listen without paying an Apple Tax?
Babs
10 June, 16:37
So I said to The Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jun/10/last-fm-founders-to-leave?commentid=df8da9d3-714d-4215-bbb7-20ce2af55cc2
A big thank you and best of luck from me, too. Look forward to what you do next!
We will miss you here, though.
oceanician
10 June, 16:37
Well done. Enjoy a well earned break on a desert island someplace (with wifi ?).
Actually which island? I want in :)
Have fun
Aleks
10 June, 16:41
Best of luck in all your future endeavours!
Rainer
10 June, 16:42
You did a perfect job!
Whats next?
herman
10 June, 16:43
Thanks guys, you have all reason to be proud! I’ve been on the site for over 5 years, so I’m grateful for all that you’ve done in the years.
Good luck in the future!
Robert Gaal
10 June, 17:01
Thanks for being a huge inspiration all these years.
Anup Mankar
10 June, 17:07
As a Last.fm user for the past 2-odd years, I must say you guys have done a marvellous job. All the best in your future endeavours. I hope you keep churning out more such gems for us music lovers :)
Needless to say, you’ll be missed.
Rick Beals
10 June, 17:12
RIP
Michael
10 June, 17:14
Despite the recent bubble sin the bath, Last.fm remains a great site and certainly something an achievement all concerned can be proud of.
Laura
10 June, 17:19
Thank you for all the time and effort you guys have put on the site. Best of luck with whatever you do next
anonanoff
10 June, 17:25
I wonder if this is at least in part to do with CBS sending out user data.
art
10 June, 17:34
thanks for everything guys! I met my fiancée on last.fm — I owe you one!
Y
10 June, 17:35
Is last.fm REALLY “in good hands” or are all these nice statements being made because “Big Brother (pun intended)” is watching?
anon
10 June, 17:37
“I wonder if this is at least in part to do with CBS sending out user data.”
That’s the first thing I thought of too.
HairMetalAddict
10 June, 17:37
You can stop your anonymous trolling, Arrington, we know it’s you. ;)
Good luck, guys.
rikva
10 June, 17:38
Cheers guys!
And please, don’t sell your next cool website to a corporate giant ;)
stas.sh
10 June, 17:41
Thanx for all guys, u’ve created the best site in the world.
Ingrid
10 June, 17:43
Amazing job, seconding Fiona sort of; without you i’d still be an unemployed heartbroken swede with teenage angst. so thank you :) Looking forward to an epic goodbye party!
SkylineAtNight
10 June, 17:46
Goodluck guys!
Ian R
10 June, 17:51
I’ve been a subscribe since 2006, you’ll be sorely missed. I can only hope the next owners are as saavy and generous to their users as you
Adrian Chan
10 June, 17:59
You built something great — and you built it well — best of luck in your next endeavor and thanks for all you’ve done!
Édouard Brière
10 June, 18:05
It was a pleasure and such a great experience to work for you guys. I wish you the best of luck for whatever you’ll be doing next.
Sam
10 June, 18:09
While I don’t like to see the Founders go, I am also excited to see what you can come up with next, like you said, last.fm has come a long way, so you’ve got the talent to go on and do many more great things.
All the best.
JC
10 June, 18:19
I never used the site, but read this blog
What’s the big deal – you guys made a lot of money and can have a long long holiday.
sjc
10 June, 18:27
Good luck to the three of you. Your work has been an oddly large part of my life for the last five years.
Hans Kainz
10 June, 18:31
Ok, so what do you think about Realtime Music Charts on Twitter? http://bit.ly/tweet-tunes
Miguel Pellitero
10 June, 18:32
A well deserve break is coming guys… It was a pleasure and a great experience working with you, learning how to develop a great idea and making possible a dream.
Best regards.
rnsanchez
10 June, 18:42
All the best for you guys on your next journeys. Sorry to see you leaving.
Eric Willis
10 June, 18:45
Seems like just yesterday (Jan 2005) that I was writing myLastFM (Windows desktop player) for Last.FM. It was a lot of fun working with you guys via email and forums while you really got everything set up to run smoothly.
I’ve been a happy member for the last 6 years and look forward to staying that way.
Good luck with your holiday and with whatever you end up doing next!
Julian Stahnke
10 June, 18:48
Ditto what all the others said; it was great working for you guys. If it wasn’t for you, I’d probably still be sitting in Bremen, eating wurst and drinking Beck’s all day. Thanks for everything! Best of luck for the future.
giulivo navigante
10 June, 18:53
forcing people to pay for listening hasn’t been a good move … visitors are probably going down now, very quickly instead of increasing, plus the contents will be subject to the CBS needs and this will make everything even worst
that’s why you should GET IMMEDIATELY OUT
philipp maihart
10 June, 18:56
wish you all good luck! it was a privilege to work with you guys on one of the most exciting projects i’ve ever been involved in…:)
thanks for the effort you’ve put into last.fm and all the best for your future!
CeBollaS
10 June, 19:01
Good luck guys. And fuck CBS.
Dean Nolan
10 June, 19:05
All the best guys. You obviously know what you are doing and I’m sure the site will continue to be as successful.
Any big project ideas lined up for the future/
Cuddies
10 June, 19:05
So long and thanks for all the fish :)
Rob
10 June, 19:05
Uhm, so what’s next?
I was just getting used to this setup and now it’s changing?
Maybe I should head back to Pandora.
Bas
10 June, 19:10
Sad to hear the music industry mafia is forcing you out of what you have created.
Look forward to hear if you guys will do anything else in the future :)
woshblop
10 June, 19:13
I was upset with recent decisions and thought about leaving. Now I finally did, since CBS is going to ruin Last.fm… and I moved to Jamendo, Spotify and Libre.fm. Yeah, they’re not the same, and probably they’ll never be… but that’s even better than what Last.fm is turning into.
Strike
10 June, 19:13
i must say you make a great job, thanks for the good times.
unfortunately, all your work is going down as result.
last.fm is no more
wikk!d
10 June, 19:14
Thank you so much for creating last.fm! I joined right around the time it was founded and haven’t looked back yet.
Big up the east london last.fm massiv!
Stephen S
10 June, 19:21
Thanks guys, you ve delivered us a truly great service, best of luck for the future :)
F. Scott Woods
10 June, 19:22
Macht’s gut Jungs! Es war eine kurze aber intensive gemeinsame Zeit. Ihr habt ein geiles Produkt gebaut und ich bin immer noch der größte Fan!
Stina
10 June, 19:30
Have a great holiday, you deserve it :)
All the best of luck in the future guys!
jk
10 June, 19:31
I just uninstalled the spyware. CBS = gtfo.
Julia
10 June, 19:34
Thank you for the opportunity to work with you. Last.fm is amazing. Best of luck for the future
Ebisu
10 June, 19:38
Cheers guys. You’ve done a splendid job with last.FM. Best of luck to you.
Jeff Orr
10 June, 19:50
Thanks for all you have done. Sadly when CBS started meddling with things I cancelled my last.fm account. But I still appreciate everything you did before they came around.
Gigantoid
10 June, 19:51
Thank you for giving us last.fm,
55174 plays since 2 Aug 2004
Anita
10 June, 19:55
I guess the day had to come, but it’s like the end of an ‘ero as they might say in the East End. Or maybe just the beginning of a new journey. Happy trails guys!
RIP
10 June, 20:36
So sad what has happened to LastFM after the CBS takeover! I used to be a pretty hardcore member, but the latest decisions really killed it for me.
Farewell guys! All the best.
Al T
10 June, 20:40
“Sad to hear the music industry mafia is forcing you out of what you have created.” if you call giving them $280 million “forcing them out “
Thanks for creating a great service that I use daily.
looking forward to whatever you do next.
exlast.fm user
10 June, 20:43
Everybody’s leaving, this site sucks more every day…
YouSellouts
10 June, 21:00
Guess the RIAA got their fill
fuk
10 June, 21:02
hello martin!
nice to hear about you!
Minifig
10 June, 21:28
I really hope CBS doesn’t hand any of the information to people like the RIAA as so many of us use Pandora to listen to music.
shiruken
10 June, 21:44
Thanks for making LastFM so awesome. I can say that it’s been one of my most-used services over the past 4+ years. Good luck to you all.
Arafat Kazi
10 June, 21:51
Best of luck. I miss the old days of last.fm but I guess we all need to move on.
king rat
10 June, 22:02
Rats Leaving a Sinking Ship
Frank
10 June, 22:20
Thanks for making last.fm so awesome. Best wishes for the future.
Cat
10 June, 22:39
This blog post doesn’t really explain much, are CBS pushing out the founders? (which they entitled to since they paid $140 million for it) or do the founders want to leave?
To be honest if the founders want to leave I don’t blame them, they now have millions in the bank, congrats to them.
sabeur
10 June, 23:36
your gona be missed – hope to see new protects.
PDX-listener
11 June, 00:02
Thanks for making a neat site. I hope the big corporation doesn’t screw anything up.
Joe Average User
11 June, 00:28
Say fellas, I know you’re busy and all but before you go would you mind if you leaked a whole bunch of my private data to a protection racket conglomerate for the music industry? I’ve always really wanted to be screwed over by a great service like yours. Do you think you could do that for me? Thanks.
Jeb
11 June, 01:08
Good luck – I’m curious to see what project you’re working on next…
victor
11 June, 01:39
Thank you guys, last.fm was a great site!
Fuck you CBS!
—
Victor from Chile
eleeme
11 June, 02:24
We really really thank you guys for everything you’ve done.
WE’LL MISS YOU TOO…
I totally support your decission..
Best wishes for your future!
serroba
11 June, 02:40
Best of luck to the three of you
mosquitokillah
11 June, 03:17
Thank you and good luck!!
K
11 June, 03:41
Goodbye Lastm
Welcome CBS-Sony-Universal-Microsoft-Emi-Apple (powered by Last.Fm)
Yeah, it sounds funny heh ?
K
11 June, 03:43
But so many thanks for creating and improving every days, one of my prefered websites, i love u <3
janis
11 June, 04:43
Sell Outs!
Austin
11 June, 06:02
Looking forward to your new project!
Oscar C.
11 June, 06:37
As a user since 2004 (it was audioscrobbler back then) I must say… very good work! Good luck to all of you whatever you do from now on.
Goodbye! We’ll miss you!
chiaroscuro2
11 June, 06:53
This is the final nail in the coffin I guess and I’m sad to read this… Well, you guys deserve appreciation for what the site you’ve created which has brought so much happiness into my life over the years.
tommy
11 June, 07:13
thankyou so much :)
last.fm has taken up more of my time than any other website in the last 3 years and its in a good way haha :D
cheers for everything (L)
hupf
11 June, 07:41
It looks like you guys at Last.fm have an incredible poor talent for communicating things…
Bas Reus
11 June, 07:44
Guys, thank you so much for having started this great service.
@Martin, special thanks to you for letting me interview you 3 years ago for my research. I could have finished it without your help.
Jenny
11 June, 09:30
Aww, best of luck with everything in the future and it’s about time I said thanks for feeding my music addiction over the last four years :)
nokiah
11 June, 12:11
All the best guys, audioscrobbler and last.fm were so important for me and my music taste – thanks so much for that. Happy for you making the move now. Well done.
Harsha
11 June, 12:16
Thanks from my entire family in Hyderabad, India. And also to the millions of users who updated so much information about all the artists and categorised them.
Gregor
11 June, 12:18
It’s been a great journey – I’ll never forget the first time I saw the site – and Martin’s mode of transport to the meeting ; – )
Best of luck. Speak soon.
Gregor
anonymous
11 June, 12:22
will shut down my account at Last.fm…now…
Jacob
11 June, 12:30
Well done on the success. Excellent site.
Charlie
11 June, 13:17
thanks guys
Svitch
11 June, 13:52
Cheers.
Peter
11 June, 13:55
Best of luck Guys,
Thank’s for all the work on this site , I do hope all goes well in yours and last.fm’s future. Like you I have put down lots of time in collecting my play’s and stats.If it was not around there would be a massive hole in my music life.
Best of Luck.
Igor Pef
11 June, 14:27
A high time to leave this project and to create another one…much more better, more powerfull and free…
ForTheEMPIRE
11 June, 15:15
Go well lads and thanks. With you lot leaving, I won’t be subscribing to the new last.fm, but I wish you all the best and I sincerely hope you plan on creating a new free independent community radio station (free from CBS).
sleep-er
11 June, 15:17
19 Feb 2003 – have I really been a member that long?
Thanks for creating Audioscrobbler and then last.fm. Don’t spend all your money at once. May I suggest fast cars and easy women
shinobi
11 June, 15:17
It was great being part of last.fm. Just when it was stating to build up a community in chile, you started charging here.. but well.. thats how bussiness are.
-shinobi
Rob
11 June, 15:51
Congratulations on the success of Last.fm. I look forward to seeing where you go from here. Best of luck to you all.
Titus
11 June, 16:47
Fuck you guys, selling out like this wiil earn you a well deserved place in Hell, together with all the other con-men.
Nemo
11 June, 17:18
This ship is sinking…
Name
11 June, 18:07
The 3 bastards are filthy rich now that’s why they are leaving. why not share the details of what you earned from that cbs deal. No word on who exactly is running last.fm now. Really vague. Anyway the money was made and that’s all that matters. Nobody really gives a damn about what will happen to this website.
Michael Fritz
11 June, 18:16
its sad you quit that thing…
rinfm.com
11 June, 20:02
Good bye and welcome to the free world. Think about how good is to be away from the corporate hands of CBS. Go to the beach, lay down and come up with the next big revolution.
Love and respect from Chile.
Radio Isla negra
www.rinfm.com
jajo
11 June, 20:59
Enjoy your holiday – it’s well earned. Amazing to see how you’ve built up so much from so little and how you’ve been such an big part of so many people’s lives. Look forward to seeing what you come up with in the future. All the best.
Ryan
11 June, 23:10
What do I care? What does anyone care? Who’s going to use Last.fm anymore now that CBS charges that steep user fee. I resent these pricks because all the time I spent building my library is completely wasted because they had to sell out. If they in fact are smart enough to start something else, I’ll be sure not to join it because I’ll just be let down all over again. I’ll leave you with the wise words of South Park’s Eric Cartman – “Screw you guys, I’m going home”.
Stephen Robinson
12 June, 03:24
Wait what? Because you have lots of money or what? I don’t trust a big company running this on there own, I bet its going down the shitter. If I have to pay anything for what I have now I will leave and lose all respect for what you have done. Why can’t you explain who exactly is in charge etc?!
MUSTANG
12 June, 12:02
So for now, just enjoy the big money you made.
As for us, get ready to see unwelcome changes :)
Dianna
12 June, 14:39
Congratulations on the site. I’ve been on AS/Last pretty much since it’s inception. I just celebrated my fifth year as an AS/LAST FM listener. And have seen it as a super text Audioscrobbler.com to LastFM and back again. It is my go to place for music on the internet and thanks to you guys; I’ve discovered a lot more.
Thanks for everything. Good luck in the future.
Cheers!
Randolf
12 June, 14:49
Good luck – great work!
anon
12 June, 14:55
You started well, but last fm sucks now. Thanks for NOT listening to your users!
Enjoy spending your millions!
anon
12 June, 15:12
ps… fuck you!
Irdial-Discs
12 June, 17:47
Last.fm is one of the few online services that Irdial-Discs paid for, and we have been users since 2002.
Congratulations to you all on completing your exit.
You won teh internetz!
OH NOT ANOTHER ONE
12 June, 18:11
2 words… SOLD OUT
OH NOT ANOTHER ONE
12 June, 18:14
PS: to a bleeding yankee giant too
kelebek
12 June, 20:32
thank you
Slammer
12 June, 20:59
Way to go on selling yourselves, now Im only waiting for a Hulu-like discrimination of each and every country outside the USA.
ohwhocares
13 June, 06:22
Ok, so… With founders jumping ship with a sack of money and selling out to CBS not to be taken out of business — always smarter and much faster than court rooms —, where is everyone heading to?
RIP last.fm
Oh and I’m glad I never scrobbled. I knew user data would sooner or later end up exactly where it did. I’m pre-Napster era. ;p
bruno
13 June, 08:36
Good luck boys!
And now… everybody migrates to Spotify or Libre.fm
sweeneycat
13 June, 09:32
Will always b grateful for endless precious tunes streaming out of my beloved computer day and night!!!!
Thank u!!!!!!
Music is everything……keep creating amazing wonderful things!!!
rss_ems
13 June, 11:00
Thanks to all! We love you! :(
traded user
13 June, 12:07
It’s the logical end for everything after you sold your asses for the big money to the corporate sharks that turned last.fm into stupid discriminating facebookish shit that spying us and trading with our personal data and scrobbled songs. I guess there will be more interesting things to happen here – maybe the users outside the States/Englad/Germany shall pay for scrobbling or for your preccious musical recomendations? Must we pay for breath? Farewel guys, enjoy your millions made of selling our data, there’s reserved place for you in hell, right to your corporate friends!
Marko Mihelcic
13 June, 12:58
Cheers.
lala
14 June, 14:48
The rats are leaving the sinking ship
=(
14 June, 19:28
Sad to see a good team bending over for the US capitalist fucks.
Miss you guys.
That's Funny
14 June, 22:00
The rats are leaving the sinking ship
Sell outs lol
15 June, 00:35
So, what next fuckos? Last.tv? So you can sell our personal data and discriminate the whole world for America? Fuck you and good riddance.
Josh
15 June, 10:23
Aww. You made music so much better :(
Dogface
15 June, 10:37
Bye! Don’t come back!
mani
15 June, 14:45
aw, dang it… small companies always put more effort into their work. now that cbs takes over its going to be just for the money and not music. You guys did an amazing job, after this though… i dont know whats going to happen. i hoping for the best but i feel like ill be dissapointed.
pissflaps
15 June, 22:00
THANKS FOR HELPING THE RIAA WHO ARE THE SCUM OF THE EARTH!
American pig
16 June, 02:58
The rats are leaving the sinking ship
QOAL
16 June, 16:02
RIP decent last.fm :/
Better to leave than go the nullsoft way I guess.
Thanks for all the work/time you’ve put into AS/Lastfm.
Fox
16 June, 17:33
Andreaurbanfox is quite busy in these comments…
liopic
16 June, 18:10
Sad but noble.
the here and now
16 June, 20:17
America pushing in and messing things up for other people yet again. Round of applause.
p
17 June, 01:05
Last.fm was so awesome before the hand off to CBS. The layout, radio, look and feel were so much better back then; the site had a soul.
Now it’s like every other site out there.
By the way, I would take the old site, with its lagging updates of new scrobbles than the auto-updating new site anyday.
I still say Bring back the old last.fm.
cocountskin
17 June, 23:20
Thank you guys for being with us!
It’s been a journey through a lot. You all not only brought the best on-line radio, but also made good friendships. You all have been great & can be proud of making the best community that there is!
srtenedor
18 June, 05:21
Good luck guys, Don’t really know if it’ll be better for us if last fm is now property of CBS now though, hope it is… but doubt it =/.
Good luck on your future projects though!
Edo
18 June, 09:39
It’s time to change the blog title for Music and business from US.
ANKH ANGEL
19 June, 06:19
JUST TO DROP IN WITH AN EXPRESSION OF APPRICEATION & THANKS FROM
ANKH ANGELS APOCALYPSE.
jynx
19 June, 11:31
All the best. Perhaps you’ll retire and live on your well-gotten gains :-) At least until your coding fingers get itchy, but from the sound of it that’ll be a while yet.
Show must go on, suckas
20 June, 07:22
America pushing in and messing things up for other people yet again. Round of applause.
^ Yep.
So, what stops anyone in the US/UK/Germany from sharing their subscription with friends overseas?
What stops anyone overseas from using a proxy and taking the free ride as if they were logging in from the US/UK/Germany?
What stops young entrepreneurs from selling out in order to become millionaires and then join the baby/laundry/front lawn ordinary life plus some fancy car or stereo system or whatever?
How many of you still think Obama = change?
Will Cuba go back to the OAS just because the US said “ok, now you can?”
Hmmmmmmm… Beaucoup de questions si profondes! Oh et j’aime Deezer. ;p VIVE LA FRRRRRRRRRRRRRRANCE. :D
Jalan
20 June, 18:34
Man, I sincerely wished people would stop saying this site was “so awesome before CBS/etc.” because whenever I see ANYONE saying it, it’s usually people who were never around for the massive amount of problems that it had and basically was and should be more thankful that funding came from somewhere to help alleviate those problems.
Same goes for people whining that this site actually has a business model. Anyone bitching about that clearly hasn’t experienced any part of the real world.
Rick
20 June, 23:50
Sell out your users, then bail out. Stay classy last.fm. :/
lala
21 June, 05:43
fuck u all
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Marcelloz
21 June, 12:00
Thanks guys! You 2 did a great job over the years; however decay has entered this application as features are cut back…
So… buy last.fm back from CBS and take it to the next level bij listening to their users again :)
Anonymous complainer
21 June, 23:52
Thanks for the service you gave us. There are however some of your staff that we will not miss! Who’s that other guy? The one that likes Mooses?
Anyways, hopefully the new corporate atmosphere at Last.fm’s offices will concentrate a bit more on PR.
Best of luck for the future.
Ark
22 June, 05:21
Good luck guys. I guess I’m leaving too, considering that I won’t pay for the service anymore. Still, it was great while it lasted, and thanks for all the effort; seriously.
Luca
22 June, 09:05
Good luck guys, and thanks for this awesome service.
Dane
23 June, 00:28
PROTIP: it has gone to hell, make a new site and sell it to CBS!
Pete
23 June, 09:22
Hey guys, it has been an incredible life-changing experience in so many ways. Thank you and all the best, time to catch up for another guiness. All the very best success for the future, Pete
Fluffy
23 June, 11:29
You have build a great site, and then you fucked us all in the ass till we bleed to death!
Pants-on-head
23 June, 20:56
Well, after the whole debacle with subscriptions and user data disclosure, this was apparently the only way it could go…
The only thing in store for us is even more commercialization… Sad, as this has so far been a great service.
HodgeStar
23 June, 22:25
How come that i read this only now?
My respect for what you have achieved.
Good luck!
zonalgman92
23 June, 23:37
Huge respect to you guys. Good luck in the future. Go your own way. Peace.
JD
25 June, 11:36
Thanks guys you’ve done an amazing job; been with you since the beginning and enjoyed the journey.
As you are saying goodbye, then I shall be; a large corporate US takeover will not be for the good of last.fm, plus there is not a chance I trust them with my data.
It’s a shame, I’ve just deleted :( my account of nearly 4 years.
Once again thank you guys; I understand your reasons behind this move and respect them completly.
music listener
25 June, 15:03
I LOVE THIS SITE! KEEP IT FREE AND LIKE THIS FOREVER! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK GUYS!
Already Left
25 June, 20:03
But you want us to pay fucker!!!
redevil1990
26 June, 05:49
good luck
Daniel du Prie
26 June, 18:17
Thanks for making Last.Fm!
I’d just like to add that I think 3 units of currency per month is pretty bloody cheap for a service like Last.Fm
I’ve been subscribing on and off for a while now. As a some-time music maker I realize that music does not fall out of the sky for free nor does it grow on trees and hence it takes cash to keep things going and of course you got to pay your staff and overheads as well. It’s ridiculous how many people think it should all be for nothing. I’m sure they don’t go to work each day for nix either.
$3 a month is peanuts considering what you get for it – a virtually limitless, infinite record library.
Good luck with it! I hope Last.Fm is around for a long, long time to come.
Mark
28 June, 10:46
What you don’t understand is, people have it for free. Why would you pay for something some others can get for free? Makes no sense, does it?
As for me, I wouldn’t mind paying at all if EVERYONE else is paying, otherwise, no thanks. It’s kinda not fair for the rest of the world to be discriminated by capitalist countries that can’t get their shit right.
But oh well, that’s how American business is right?
Not like I use the radio anyway, but yeah..
Just wanted to add my two cents in this matter.
bengan
29 June, 08:46
Well, I wish you all good luck with youre future adventures and thanks for giving us the Last.fm that we USED to love…
CBS takeover killed it and most of the world have moved on to better things.
R.I.P Last.fm, long live Spotify.com!
Jenya
29 June, 12:21
thank you so much for the great work, guys! Do better in video now:)
RIAAFsckr
29 June, 14:36
Last.fm: Proudly handing your data to RIAA and screwing you as hard as can be.
Whores
29 June, 21:37
“Last.fm: Proudly handing your data to RIAA and screwing you as hard as can be.”
QFT and…
“The rats are leaving the sinking ship”.
QFT as well!
So long sell outs!
Josh
30 June, 04:01
This site is a textbook rise and fall. I am really EMBARRASSED for having recommended this site to people in the past. TERRIBLE and SHAMEFUL.
Rui
30 June, 15:46
I have to thank you for the 2 years I used your service and was a proud member of your community.
Good luck. And remember, whatever you do, don’t let it fall under the hands of evil corporations and their discriminatory pricing schemes, like you did with last.fm.
O15
1 July, 06:18
I have a problem. Some of my tracks are being played in FWD mode. So the voice is high pitched and everything is faster.
Really annoying.
E.g. this song -> http://www.last.fm/music/Dead+Kennedys/_/Kill+the+Poor
But when I preview it on the website it plays correctly, but not when it comes over the radio. Happens to a few other songs too.
john
2 July, 09:17
I’d like to remind everyone with their CBS/RIAA rumors…
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/06/lastfmriaa-drama-round-2-denials-denials-denials.ars
jasmic
3 July, 11:35
Well I do not begrudge you a single penny/cent of the money you got for last.fm, you have earned it. I admire your perseverance and efforts immensely, last.fm and audioscrobbler has had a massive impact on my life. 90% of the music I listen to now I would have never found any other way.
I am however uncomfortable about what will happen to last.fm once you are gone. I trust you guys to always do your best for the site, just as anyone would do for something they have created, seen develop from nothing. It remains to be seen how the new owners treat us once you have no more say in such things.
Omer
4 July, 09:22
I love Last FM, Felix and Martin, you two have done great for this site. Last.FM has been my homepage for a good 6 months now :)
Jack Wade
9 July, 21:11
I hope to hell CBS doesn’t trash the place and rebrand everything.
Captain Falcon
11 July, 15:43
You are from East London? Nice. I live in the US and would love to check out Europe. I would probably go to see <A HREF=“http://www.eiffel-tower.us”>Eiffel Tower</A> too! Thanks for the post.
Theresa Marchione
15 July, 17:55
When is Last.FM going to address the issue of lumping bands with the same name together? Especially the “Similar Artists” that have nothing to do with a particular band.
Tarock Music spends hundreds of dollars every month on promotion that ends up helping other bands. It’s just not good business on Last.FM’s part, and a DISSERVICE to Last.FM listeners by providing them with misinformation.
It would be a simple matter to list bands with the same name by LOCATION . . . e.g. THE REDS (Philadelphia, PA, USA), and THE REDS (Denton, TX, USA). Then the albums, tracks, bio, listeners, and plays, could be listed CORRECTLY on each band’s profile page. Why the continued resistance by Last.FM to fix this situation?
Theresa Marchione
Manager, The Reds
TAROCK MUSIC
Electric bicycles
22 July, 03:34
Last.fm: Proudly handing your data to RIAA and screwing you as hard as can be.
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