Last.fm has announced plans to expand into Central and Northern Europe by opening an office in Hamburg. Former Google executive F Scott Woods has been hired to be a Senior VP and MD for the German office. Last.fm already has a pretty big user base in Germany, and the new office will look to capitalise on that, and to further promote the CBS owned sevice elsewhere in mainland Europe.
Last.fm co-founder Felix Miller told reporters: "We're serious about creating more and bigger sales and business opportunities in Germany, a country that's always been hugely supportive of the Last.fm enterprise, as we look to increase awareness and grow our traffic across Europe. We're confident that Scott is the perfect person to take control of this, and we're excited to have him on board".