[john_strinlai]

the previous owner doesnt appear to be mentioned in the post (or, at least, not easily found).

CBS Coporation (owned by Paramount) bought last.fm in 2007

[themafia]

Purchased and then completely ignored.

The only consequence from an insiders point of view is we suddenly needed training on the "Foreign Corrupt Practices Act" since last.fm was a UK company.

[samtheDamned]

I guess thats better than being enshittified

[askl]

Thanks. My first thought was "independent from what?". I'm a last.fm user since 2006 but never noticed any ownership changes.

[NoboruWataya]

So what exactly happened, did management buy the company from them?