Thursday, September 9, 2010

Amazon buys (some of) digital music site Amie Street

By Rik Myslewski in San Francisco • Get more from this author

Posted in Financial News, 8th September 2010 23:58 GMT

Digital music site Amie Street has been bought by Amazon, but the founders of the user-fueled music service aren't abandoning their efforts to bring social networking to music lovers.

"We've been straddling two spaces for years now — streaming and download," Amie Street cofounder Elias Roman told The Reg. "We've basically been splitting our attention. This is a fundamental change in focus from retail and streaming to just streaming."

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