iLike
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| Type of business | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
Type of site | Social network service |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Headquarters | |
| Owner | MySpace |
| Key people | Ali Partovi, CEO and Founder Hadi Partovi, President and Founder |
| URL | [1] |
| Current status | Active |
iLike is an online service that allows users to download and share music. The website makes use of a sidebar that is used with Apple's iTunes. The program and sidebar are not required in order to use the site but allow for ease in discovering new artists. Although the website is still in a somewhat beta version, it is open to anyone. The site attracted around half a million users in the first four months after it was launched. This includes major label artists as well as independent artists. [1] It now receives an average of 150,000 visitors per day. [2]
On August 19, 2009 it was announced that MySpace was to acquire iLike. [3][4]
Funding
iLike receives private funding from contributors including Ticketmaster, Khosla Ventures, Bob Pittman as well as various other investors. [5]
Facebook Application
iLike has a free Facebook application which allows users to play clips of music they like on their profile, show concerts they are going to and play a music trivia quiz. The application had great success after its release, making it one of the most popular applications on the Facebook Platform. As of November 2007, iLike has more than 15 million users. [6] With the launch of Facebook Pages, iLike now creates pages for bands. A similar feature is also available for the Bebo network.
In April 2009, iLike renamed this application to simply "Music" to maintain consistency with other Facebook apps.
See also
References
- ^ "iLike Growing Quickly, Still Trailing Last.fm".
- ^ "iLike.com web stats".
- ^ http://www.myspace.com/pressroom?url=/article_display.cfm?article_id=1058
- ^ http://blog.ilike.com/ilike_team_blog/2009/08/breaking-news-ilike-joins-forces-with-myspace-sells-music-in-page.html
- ^ "iLike company information page".
- ^ "Facebook | iLike".
External links
- iLike Official Website
- iLike Team Blog
- Sidebar download on Apple.com
- Interview with Ali Partovi, CEO and founder of iLike - Intruders tv video
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