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hummingwolf) wrote2003-01-29 02:42 pm
hummingwolf) wrote2003-01-29 02:42 pm
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In lighter news
For those of you with Launchcast stations: Yahoo has settled their lawsuit with Sony, so your Launchcast station now plays more music than it did before. Woohoo!
And if you've got a little change to spare for the Launch folks, here's news from the guy who created Launchcast (his Yahoo/station name is "hitsman" if you're interested):
If you had a Launchcast station before Yahoo bought Launch (hi,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
bearybipolar!), you'll recognize these as features which used to be freely available to everyone. Well, at least the Yahoo empire is letting Launch provide them to somebody. Personally I'm amused by some of the ads for the pay service, like the one saying (paraphrased), "You know how your friends used to make fun of you for listening to Barry Manilow? Well, now you can relive that experience!" Hee. (Makes me think of penguinboi for some reason. Can't imagine why.)
And if you've got a little change to spare for the Launch folks, here's news from the guy who created Launchcast (his Yahoo/station name is "hitsman" if you're interested):
Check it out:
http://launch.yahoo.com/launchcast/subscription
LAUNCHcast Plus offers all the great features of LAUNCHcast, plus...
* Listen to commercial-free music
* Access 50 exclusive programmed stations not available in the free version
* Create genre-based moods for your station
* Subscribe to "influencers" and get recommendations from other
listeners who share your tastes
Wooohoo!
Todd
If you had a Launchcast station before Yahoo bought Launch (hi,
bearybipolar!), you'll recognize these as features which used to be freely available to everyone. Well, at least the Yahoo empire is letting Launch provide them to somebody. Personally I'm amused by some of the ads for the pay service, like the one saying (paraphrased), "You know how your friends used to make fun of you for listening to Barry Manilow? Well, now you can relive that experience!" Hee. (Makes me think of penguinboi for some reason. Can't imagine why.)