CBS Interactive Music Group announces app for the Apple iPad

New App Delivers Audio and Visual Access To More Than 600 Music, News and Sports Radio Stations Complemented By Insightful Data and Information From Last.fm.
The app was created exclusively for iPad to make it easier than ever for music, sports and news fans to immerse themselves in their mobile media experience while navigating through and engaging with an expansive array of high quality content
Utilizing iPad’s Multi-Touch interface, the Radio.com App provides access to CBS RADIO’s over the air, HD multicast and digital only stations, along with more than 400 stations from leading online radio providers, including 150 plus from Yahoo! Music. Key features of the application include:

► The ability to read the latest news and editorials on a favorite artist; follow local, national and breaking news, and get updates on the latest scores and highlights from all the major sports teams and events;

► Once registered with Radio.com, users can scrobble music listening to a Last.fm profile to enable personalized music recommendations and allow friends to see what’s being listening to. To date, Last.fm has scrobbled almost 40 billion pieces of music currently coming in at peaks of 800 scrobbles per second;

► Users can view contextual content via Last.fm, including millions of artist pages and event listings, and photos that can be viewed as a slide show when the iPad is turned on its side;

► A multi-media functionality that gives users the ability to follow Twitter feeds, watch original videos created by CBS RADIO stations, and listen to podcasts.