In the last post I lauded CBS for their cunningly clever purchase of last.fm. I think it’s an extremely wise move, and speaks volumes about the intelligence behind their Internet strategy.
Now, in the other corner, The Register UK reports on eBay’s purchase of StumbleUpon: “eBay makes another baffling buy”. Joining the Skype acquisition [...]

TechCrunch reports that last.fm has just been bought by CBS for $280 million.
The article’s comments include the usual warnings about frothiness. However, I’d say the price is cheap and rather justified considering the time, efforts, and most importantly, the breadth of what last.fm offers… it’s rather unique out there as a music-taste social network.
Personally? [...]

Jacqui Cheng of ArsTechnica has an article on a service called MediaMaster. Upload tunes, stream from anywhere… this one looks like a winner!
I’ve signed up and I’ll write back with my experience in the next few days. Suffice it to say if the service is as good as it looks, you’ll be seeing [...]