Everything about Yahoo Music totally explained
Yahoo! Music, provided by the
Yahoo! network, is a provider of a variety of music services, including Internet radio, music videos, news, artist information, and original programming.
Yahoo! Music began as "LAUNCH", a website and magazine produced by
LAUNCH Media which Yahoo! acquired for US$12 million in 2001. LAUNCH was later rebranded as "Yahoo! Music", then simply "Y! Music" in February 2005. LAUNCH's
LAUNCHcast Internet radio and
music video offerings were integrated into Yahoo!'s site along with artist profiles containing an extensive selection of music and biographical information.
Yahoo! Music was the #1 online music site in terms or audience reach and total time spent as of March 2007 .
New version
A banner has recently started appearing on the UK region for Y! Music asking users to fill in a survey to help them create the next version of Y! Music. The banner shows a small screenshot of the new version showing a new white/purple colour scheme instead of the current different shades of purple. It is also a sign of the possible launch of a UK music store to compete with iTunes and Napster.
Controls
Hitting your escape (esc) key on a PC will stop the song that's currently playing, and restart it at the beginning of the song.
Products
- LAUNCHcast and LAUNCHcast Plus Internet radio
- Yahoo! Music Jukebox
- Yahoo! Music Unlimited subscription streaming and download service
- Music videos
- Live Sets - Exclusive video concerts from A-list artists
- Who's Next - Listeners vote on emerging artists
- Pepsi Smash on Yahoo! Music - Exclusive video interviews, performances, and reality segments
- Artist profiles
- Lyrics
- Official Grammy Awards coverage
Key dates
In
2001, Yahoo! purchased LAUNCH Media, makers of the LAUNCHcast Internet radio service.
On
September 14,
2004, Yahoo! purchased
Musicmatch, Inc., makers of the
Musicmatch Jukebox software. As of Musicmatch 10.1, Yahoo! has rebranded Musicmatch Jukebox as Y! Music Musicmatch Jukebox, and integrated it with the Yahoo! Music Engine store. The main difference is the branding and physical program.
In
2005, Yahoo! Music became the first major online music service to provide a $5 per month unlimited download service similar to the
Open Music Model, albeit with
digital rights management, called
Yahoo! Music Unlimited.
In 2008, Yahoo announces that Yahoo! Music will be merged into Rhapsody.
Criticism
When one subscribes for the 14 days of free trial of Yahoo! Music Unlimited he's implicitly subscribed for the whole year of service. If the service isn't canceled within 14 days an annual fee of over $70 is charged. This payment is nonrefundable even if the service is canceled after the 14 days of trial.
Notes and references
3) http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=206104504
Further Information
Get more info on 'Yahoo Music'.
|
External Link Exchanges
Do you know how hard it is to get a link from a large encyclopaedia? Well we're different and will prove it. To get a link from us just add the following HTML to your site on a relevant page:
<a href="http://yahoo__music.totallyexplained.com">Yahoo! Music Totally Explained</a>
Then simply click through this link from your web page. Our crawlers will verify your link, extract the title of your web page and instantly add a link back to it. If you like you can remove the words Totally Explained and embed the link in article text.
As long as your link remains in place, we'll keep our link to you right here. Please play fair - our crawlers are watching. Your site must be closely related to this one's topic. Any kind of spamming, dubious practises or removing the link will result in your link from us being dropped and, potentially, your whole site being banned. |
