MySpace News Archive
26-Sep-2008
Myspace Starts a Music Service, but Indie Labels Cry Foul (New York Times) A group of independent labels still negotiating for a presence on MySpace Music objected that the service, which began on Thursday, was started without their participation.
MySpace Music May Be More Valuable Outside MySpace (New York Times) MySpace Music, the long-awaited joint venture between MySpace and the four major music labels, makes its debut tomorrow, with a few surprises. EMI, the distressed British music label that distributes Radiohead and Coldplay, is now participating and has a small equity stake in the venture.
Muxtape reborn as showcase for bands?kind of like MySpace (Ars Technica) Muxtape was killed off by the RIAA, and now the site's founder is going into gruesome detail over the development and demise of the "old" Muxtape. The new Muxtape, however, will be making a triumphant return in the form of a site that lets bands showcase their music and embed it anywhere on the web?kind of like MySpace already does. Read More...
MySpace Music launch disappoints excluded indie labels (Reuters via Yahoo! News) The launch of MySpace Music ran into controversy on Thursday after the leading independent music trade body complained that its small music label members had been shut out and treated like second class citizens.
Facebook Catching Up To MySpace (WebProNews) MySpace.com received 67.54 percent of the market share of U.S. visits in August 2008 among a custom category of 56 of the leading social networking websites according to Hitwise . read more
On the Net: Reviewing MySpace's new music platform (AP via Yahoo! News) MySpace is making a case to be the No. 1 online destination for music.
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