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Digital
Last.fm turns off subscriber-only stations
By CMU Editorial | Published on Wednesday 27 October 2010
Last.fm has announced that it is discontinuing some of the ‘radio station’ services it offers paid-up subscribers, namely those which play a user’s own ‘loved’ tracks and personally tagged playlists.
Announcing that these services would go offline from 17 Nov, the website said: “Licensing music is a complex and labour intensive process. By discontinuing a few stations, we’re able to focus our energy on improving our most popular features, developing new and innovative stations, and offering the best music discovery service to our global audience”.
It added: “We’ll be announcing new features and even better ways for you to enjoy listening to Last.fm very soon, including a brand new station that we know you’ll love”.
In April this year the website dropped the on-demand streaming part of its service, instead linking users to other streaming services that ‘scrobble’, such as Spotify and the Hype Machine.
