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iLike

Logo: MySpace, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

iLike was an online service that allowed users to download and share music. Founded by brothers Ali Partovi and Hadi Partovi, the website made use of a sidebar that is used with Apple's iTunes or Microsoft's Windows Media Player. The program and sidebar are not required to use the site but allow for ease in discovering new artists.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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iLike was an online service that allowed users to download and share music. Founded by brothers Ali Partovi and Hadi Partovi, the website made use of a sidebar that is used with Apple's iTunes or Microsoft's Windows Media Player. The program and sidebar are not required to use the site but allow for ease in discovering new artists. The site attracted around half a million users in the first four months after it was launched. According to the latest statements by the company, over 60 million consumers registered to use iLike either directly on iLike.com or using the apps built by iLike for third-party social networks such as Facebook. iLike also built a "post-once publish-everywhere" dashboard for artists – major label artists as well as independent artists.2

Acquisitions

In 2008, iLike's founders were in talks for Apple to acquire it. Ali Partovi, Hadi Partovi, and Nat Brown from iLike met with Steve Jobs and Eddy Cue from Apple. Jobs was impressed by the product and team, and offered to buy the company for $50 million. Ali Partovi insisted "I think... I know we’re worth three times as much," a deception that Jobs' picked up on and caused negotiations to end. In 2009, iLike sold for a lower valuation to MySpace.

From Wikipedia’s article on ILike, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

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