NEW YORK and LONDON, July 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Radiohead have teamed up
with Last.fm to offer their album, In Rainbows, for free, ad-supported
on-demand streaming. The album will be made available on Last.fm to listen
to in its entirety, for free today at http://www.last.fm/music/radiohead. This
deal marks the first time the band have granted a worldwide license of this
nature for In Rainbows to an online music Web site.
The rights to In Rainbows have been licensed to Last.fm through the
"one stop shop" digital licensing platform that Radiohead and their
publisher Warner/Chappell Music created at the end of last year. The
service enables rights users around the world to secure all the necessary
digital licenses across both the recording and publishing rights for In
Rainbows from one destination. All licenses are subject to band approval.
In Rainbows, Radiohead's seventh album, was first made available as a
download, which fans could purchase at a price they decided, in October
2007. Last.fm, which is able to track the listening habits of its 21
million-strong community of music fans, revealed that the album was
listened to over 22,000 times in the first 12 hours it was available, or
once every 2 seconds.
Martin Stiksel, Last.fm co-founder, said: "Radiohead understand that
the Internet is changing music distribution, and we're extremely proud that
they've teamed up with us to offer In Rainbows for free-on-demand
streaming. We believe that music fans should be able to access music for
free, and just as importantly, that artists and rights holders should be
paid when their music is listened to. Last.fm makes this possible, and
we're thrilled to be working with Radiohead to once again break new ground
in digital music."
Bryce Edge, Radiohead's co-Manager, said: "We felt this was a fantastic
means of offering a new way for people to discover In Rainbows. It's
perfect timing for the band's current world tour."
Jane Dyball, Senior Vice President, European Legal and Business
Affairs, Warner/Chappell Music said, "The experimental 'one stop shop' for
all In Rainbows digital rights has proved a great success. It has offered
the band a whole spectrum of innovative ways to digitally distribute and
promote their album, whilst providing all their licensees with a nimble
service on terms set in consultation with the group and their management."
Listen to In Rainbows on Last.fm at http://www.last.fm/music/radiohead.
About Last.fm
Founded in 2002, Last.fm is a CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS.A and CBS)
owned free global music platform. Last.fm offers music fans millions of
tracks in every genre for free-on-demand and radio streaming thanks to
partnerships with Universal, EMI, Sony BMG, CD Baby, independent
aggregators The Orchard and IODA, and more than 150,000 independent artists
and labels -- without the need to sign up or download any software. As well
as being able to access tracks for free -- a service which has seen Last.fm
become the fastest-growing free online music network in the U.S. -- music
fans can also share their music preferences by linking their media player
to the Last.fm database. As a result, Last.fm can intelligently recommend
songs, artists, local concerts and even other members based on their
musical tastes. Last.fm also supports unsigned artists by offering them an
unprecedented Artist Royalty program through which they can earn revenue
directly from Last.fm every time their music is streamed. Learn more about
Last.fm at http://www.last.fm.
SOURCE Last.fm
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