Official line
Yahoo Music features retired over several years; LAUNCHcast-era radio ended.
Yahoo · Music · Product
Yahoo Music / LAUNCHcast
Discontinued
2001–2013 · 12 years in market
Launched
Jan 1, 2001
Discontinued
Mar 5, 2013
Cause of death
Replaced by successor
Evidence
Unsourced
What was it?
Internet radio and a music destination Yahoo folded as on-demand streaming won.
Why it died
Editorial reading
Lean-back radio lost to libraries you search. Licensing followed the on-demand players.
Founder takeaway
A station is not a catalog. When the job becomes ‘play this song,’ radio portals die.
Sources
Unsourced — editorial reading
No primary source is attached yet. Treat the interpretation as editorial, not a citation.
What replaced it
Spotify
Spotify
On-demand replaced the webcast.
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