After nearly twenty years under CBS ownership, Last.fm is once again independent:

Your account, your listening history, and your data remain exactly where they are. The team building Last.fm is the same. The service continues as normal.

It is difficult to know whether it is riskier for Last.fm to be independent or under the banner of the hilariously corrupt Paramount Skydance conglomerate, but I imagine it would not — uh — last long if the leadership of the latter continues making cuts. I am happy to be a paying subscriber to a service I care about, and am excited to learn what comes next.

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