Album and Track Purchases by Users of Social Music Network Grow 119% After Launch of Free-On-Demand Service

NEW YORK and LONDON, April 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Last.fm announced today that its free-on-demand music service has had a direct and positive impact on the music purchases of its users. Since the service launched in January, overall CD and download sales through Last.fm's partnership with Amazon.com have experienced a 119% increase.

Alongside an increase in visitors to Last.fm -- which has seen the community grow massively since the site started offering free access to its music catalogue in January -- this boost is also fueled by existing users purchasing 66% more albums and tracks than they did prior to the launch of free-on-demand.

TORQUAY, England, February 13/PRNewswire/ -- Planning and organising a short break in the UK will soon become much easier, especially for those of you who enjoy contemporary jazz combined with your favourite leisure activities.

ClubTQ, a Torquay based events and leisure management company, cuts out the hard work involved in creating that special weekend (or midweek) break by offering a complete one-stop shop for anyone wishing to take a short holiday in South Wales or South West England.

Even in the wake of the decision by DAB radio station The Jazz, to cease regular transmission at the end of March, ClubTQ is continuing the cause by keeping jazz live. ClubTQ begins its programme of live jazz on Easter weekend 21st March 2008, with the award winning Liane Carroll in Swansea and Ian Shaw in Bristol.

US Country Star Creates mcgraw2go.mobi Site to Reach Fans

BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Mobile World Congress -- dotMobi, the consortium behind .mobi - the only Internet address created specifically for mobile phones - today announced that award-winning country music artist Tim McGraw has launched a mobile Internet site: mcgraw2go.mobi.

mcgraw2go.mobi is designed to give music lovers access to content by Tim McGraw via any mobile phone, regardless of phone model or wireless carrier. Tim McGraw's fans will have the ability to opt into a database to receive SMS and email alerts, view breaking news, tour dates, download photos or videos and purchase electronic media.

CBS Owned Social Music Network to Offer Free Streaming of Full-length Recordings From All 4 Major Record Labels and More Than 150,000 Independent Labels and Artists

Unsigned Artists Also Given Opportunity to Earn Revenue Through Revolutionary New "Artist Royalty" Service

NEW YORK and LONDON, Jan. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Last.fm (www.last.fm) today announced that it is launching a service to allow anyone to listen to music on the site for free.
Last.fm has become one of the leading places in the world where people can go to listen to music online. Its vast library has attracted a community of more than 20 million unique monthly users in 240 countries around the globe. The heart of Last.fm is a powerful recommendation engine that guides listeners to music they are likely to enjoy based on prior selections, connecting them with the music they love and with others who share their tastes.

First Album of All New Material in Two Years

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- on March 11, Lost Highway will proudly release KEEP IT SIMPLE, the new album from Van Morrison. KEEP IT SIMPLE is Morrison's first album of new material since 2005, and the first in several years in which he penned all 11 songs specifically for one album. In the interim the legendary artist had a year that may be unprecedented for any living artist, having released three separate collections of his hits, with the latest, "Still On Top" entering the UK charts at #2 and selling platinum, proving the ongoing appetite for his unrivaled work.