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Lala is a hub for online music discovery and purchasing. Users can listen for free music, adding tracks to their playlist as they surf. members who download a plugin can turn Lala into an online music locker that syncs their desktop music libraries to their Lala account. Long uploads aren't necessary. If Lala already has the song in their library, they simply unlock the file to you online.

209 Hamilton Ave Ste 20 Palo Alto, CA 94301 Map it »
03/2006
Consumer Internet
Shopping / eCommerce
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Apple Inc

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Date Type Capital Amount Post-Money Valuation Investors
05/2007 Series A 9M Unknown

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Name:Lala
Product URL:http://www.lala.com/
Date Launched:10/2008
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They have a strong founding team with lots of entrepreneurial experience

tara 04/14/2008
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don't think users want to buy songs for 10cents. They want them for free

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pescatello 11/17/2008
I know lots of people who strictly use iTunes and college students at Universities that can not get BitTorrent to work on their school's network. 10 cents would save them lots. piccolo 11/17/2008

So much competition in this market from big players

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mkr2x 04/14/2008
some of their competitors offer services that are just more intuitive and easier to use irpip 08/08/2008

They're VC funded effort looking for a business, they've changed their business model numerous times

sdavinci 06/29/2008
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LaLa Was Bought By Apple For $17 Million, Not $80 Million
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Apple Reportedly Acquired Lala for $80 Million
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Apple Buys Lala Music Service
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Apple Buys Lala
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