Yahoo Music

Type of site	Internet radio,digital music store,music streaming service,media player software
Available in	Multilingual
Commercial	Yes
Registration	Optional (required for most)
Current status	Defunct (merged intoYahoo!)

Yahoo Music was a brand under whichYahoo provided music services includingInternet radio, adigital music store,music streaming service,media player software, andoriginal programming. Yahoo Music was sold toRhapsody in early 2008.^[1][2]

In June 2001, after the bursting of thedot-com bubble,Yahoo acquired LAUNCH Media, which was facing financial difficulty, for $12 million.^[3][4][5] In addition to a website with music news and videos, it provided anInternet radio service that allowed users to create personalizedInternet radio stations by rating songs selected by arecommender system. Users were also able to listen to music from 150 preset Internet radio stations. The service offered both an advertising supported free version and asubscription fee-based premium version.^[6] At the time of the acquisition by Yahoo, the service had 7.4 million users.^[7]

In December 2008, the service was integrated intoCBS Radio due to arise in royalty rates, with CBS taking full control of the service, including advertising and sales and adding compatibility withFirefox andSafari.^{[8][9][10][11]}

The service was integrated withiHeartRadio in June 2012, providing listeners exclusive access to music events such as theiHeartRadio Music Festival.^[12] The service was shut down in early 2014 without any announcement.

Musicmatch was amedia player software that also operated aninternet radio service, which allowed users choose the artist they want to listen to but not the song.^[13] MusicMatch Jukebox was launched in 1997^[14] and was bundled with theiPod Classic as its music manager until the introduction ofiTunes forMicrosoft Windows in 2003.^[15] In September 2003, the company launched adigital music store with 200,000 songs available.^[16][17] It had a partnership withDell to promote the service and software.^[18]

On September 14, 2004, Yahoo acquiredMusicmatch Jukebox for $160 million. However, the service was not integrated well, instead stagnating.^[19] It was shut down on August 31, 2007.^[20]

In May 2005, Yahoo Music launched Yahoo Music Unlimited, amusic streaming service anddigital music store.^{[21][22][23][24][25]} Users paid asubscription fee to access a library of over two million songs which could be eitherstreamed or downloaded asDRM-protectedWindows Media Audio files and played from a computer in near CD quality sound. Subscribers could also download songs for transfer to CD or supported portable devices with an additional per-song payment. Yahoo Music Jukebox was the software used for the service. The service required an activeInternet connection. It was discontinued on September 30, 2008.^[26][27] The service was praised for its music quality, interface, and cheaper price than competitors.^[28][29]

Yahoo Music Jukebox, formerly known asYahoo Music Engine, was afreewaremedia player software released byYahoo in 2005 to compete withiTunes andRhapsody in the digital music market.^{[30][31][32][33][34]}

• American music websites
• Discontinued Yahoo! services
• Internet properties disestablished in 2018
• Internet properties established in 2001
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