Comments on: Last.fm Adds Personalized Music Anywhere Widget

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By: AdaMM

AdaMM — Wed, 16 May 2007 22:48:44 +0000

hi, i just wondered, since i’d prefer just the cover of the last last.fm track to appear, rather than playlist, radio or quilt. just one 128×128 picture. i’ve seen it as a wordpress script, but i’d need it stand alone. any hints?

By: buster

buster — Fri, 11 May 2007 21:41:55 +0000

@Michael Kamleitner
i’m not so sure i would agree that pandora’s recommendations are better. last.fm’s database of artists and songs is much larger, therefore more detailed and obscure recs are available.

the new widget page is nice! this should really give them a boost i think.

By: Taylor McKnight

Taylor McKnight — Fri, 11 May 2007 15:12:47 +0000

Just FYI, The Hype Machine does not let you create custom playlists (nor are we planning to anytime soon). We like to think we provide context around the music discovery experience by not only letting you find interesting music (by new or already loved artists) but also letting you read about it by music bloggers who do it out of passion.

I’m not entirely convinced that allowing custom playlists won’t detract from supporting those music bloggers.

By: pallet jack

pallet jack — Fri, 11 May 2007 14:31:25 +0000

DAVID MACKEY: Get a 3g cellular broadband card; for your laptop … * there it is.

- This seems big, - since I think internet radion can / is killing terrestial radio - anyone think big (clear channel etc…) is backing the internet fees?

-RB

By: Chriz

Chriz — Fri, 11 May 2007 08:37:42 +0000

Great widget - last.fm really are excelling at what they do, and it’s the only social-network that I regularly use. I’ve always preferred last.fm’s music discovery to Pandora’s.

Another fabulous music tool is http://www.thefilter.com - and I’d like to see those guys get a widget out there.

By: Coolness

Coolness — Fri, 11 May 2007 01:30:01 +0000

bravo to last fm, but take a look at this new kid on the block
http://www.seeqpod.com very nice widget too

By: David Mackey

David Mackey — Fri, 11 May 2007 01:26:12 +0000

Wow. Nice. Now if only it would stream to my car.

By: Jaime

Jaime — Fri, 11 May 2007 01:18:22 +0000

cool widget,
it’s also an alternative for those who used to use Pandora but who no longer can.

By: Michael Kamleitner

Michael Kamleitner — Fri, 11 May 2007 00:41:02 +0000

wow, this is really a great feature, putting last.fm even furhter ahead of their competition than they already have been. I really wonder though, how Last.fm is handling licensing & legal issues, esp. compared to Pandora, who recently have retreated from the non-US market. I always preferred Pandora for their superior recommendation service, but have started to intensify my use of Last.fm lately - their Web 2.0 / social features really rule. I’m especially interested in this, as I’m (co-)running a web-radio station myself (http://play.fm).

thx for the post, nick!

By: nonsmokingarea.com

nonsmokingarea.com — Fri, 11 May 2007 00:36:11 +0000

Last.fm: widgets deluxe…

instead of the much anticipated video-upgrade, we just have received a very cool Last.fm flash-widget, which is embedding personalized radio-streams (”recently played”…), playlists & charts to any given website. check the sidebar …

By: Nick Gonzalez

Nick Gonzalez — Fri, 11 May 2007 00:34:48 +0000

I’m not seeing any of the services flinch on the issue. The Boston Globe had a good article on the hike though.

http://www.boston.com/business.....net_radio/

“According to the federal panel’s decision, companies that stream music over the Internet will have to pay nearly 5 percent more for music they played last year. They’ll also see increases of more than 20 percent in each of the next three years.

Lam estimates that his company would have to pay as much as $5 million in retroactive fees for 2006, a year in which his company took in just $2 million in ad revenues. And Live365 would have to raise its prices to broadcasters to cover the fees for 2007 and beyond.

These royalties are different from the ones paid by traditional radio broadcasters, which go to music publishing organizations like ASCAP — the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Over-the-air radio stations do not pay royalties to the recording companies or the performers. But a 1995 federal law mandates that digital broadcasters, like Internet and satellite radio stations, must pay both publishing and performance royalties. So must traditional radio stations when they simulcast over the Internet.”

By: KR

KR — Fri, 11 May 2007 00:00:46 +0000

with the pending riaa royalty fees skyrocketing for on-line radio providers, is lastFM going to be impacted by the royalty fees? Also, how widgetizing this going to affect those royalty fees?

By: eBizMBA

eBizMBA — Thu, 10 May 2007 23:32:51 +0000

Normally i would say enough with the widgets already, but I just tried this out. It really is kind of cool. Last.FM is getting very aggressive of late.

http://www.ebizmba.com