The giant whale Music network is quietly ending

Absrtact: May 24 Report: Since the end of April, the Whale Music network has been in the inaccessible, the Chinese biggest genuine music site seems to be with the user to say goodbye? The music website that once was shrouded by superstar Yao Ming, why is it coming to a curtain? At present, the visit

May 24: Since the end of April, the Whale Music network has been in the inaccessible, the Chinese biggest genuine music site seems to be with the user to say goodbye? The music website that once was shrouded by superstar Yao Ming, why go to the curtain?

Currently, visit the Whale Music network domain name top100.cn, only to see a few black characters appear in the upper left corner of the page: Sorry! Web site maintenance, please visit later. "It has been going on for nearly one months now, and CEO Chen of the Whale Music network has not yet responded to the incident," he said.

Users can not help but wonder how long it will have to wait. One months later, the whale Music network is still in the "paralysis", and the Whale Music network only on May 3, the official microblog, the last time to reply to a netizen: "Sorry, please try again later." ”

The 8-year whale Music network has come to a curtain? Silence in the Ocean of music in the Internet?

Why the curtain?

In 2005, Chen founded the Whale Music Network, and the start-up money came from sports superstar Yao Ming and his broker, Zhang, invested 3 million of dollars together.

2008, Google China and the giant whale music network to push the genuine music search, which is Google's first time in the world to try music Search service.

Is the Google cooperation before, to provide users with free audition and paid to download authentic music services.

By the year 2011, the Whale Music network had bought a piece of music for 10 million dollars, while a listening music network was a well-established online music website. The two companies will seek to be listed in the US with the concept of "China Pandora" after the plan is completed.

In fact, in the course of the transformation of the Whale Music network, some bottlenecks have been encountered. If Google closed its music search service in China last September, and as Google's partner, the Whale Music network was in trouble.

At that time, Chen and Google many consultations, but did not. What the future of the Whale Music network will be, and there is no definitive answer.

In addition, coupled with the fierce competition in the domestic internet music market, it is difficult to survive. The Whale Music Network is the many lost power of the "sail", can not find the direction. In this increasingly changing market, the concept of music fees are gradually advocated, while more and more internet giants want to share the music of the Internet, the Whale Music network if not found a way to fit their own, or difficult to comeback, the jungle, the fittest.

Whale music Network quietly ended, those who have been lingering pain, leaving more netizens and users of the thinking.