Ad-Supported Imeem Now Has All the Major Labels

David Card | December 10, 2007, 08:46 AM

Imeem signed up Universal Music Group, making it the first ad-supported on-demand streaming music service I'm aware of to line up all of the Big Four labels. Imeem feels more like a social network than a music service, which might be a good thing for some audiences. Imeem is dependent on what its members have uploaded, so its catalog is hit or miss -- even with the big four -- and its track information and quality a little sketchy. But you can often find stuff you probably wouldn't find at iTunes or Rhapsody, which is one of the few things we identified as a P2P benefit.