Comments on: Can MySpace compete with iTunes? http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/09/01/can-myspace-compete-with-itunes/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:13:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: MySpace overdoing the hubris a bit? » Mathew Ingram: mathewingram.com/work http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/09/01/can-myspace-compete-with-itunes/#comment-48670 MySpace overdoing the hubris a bit? » Mathew Ingram: mathewingram.com/work Wed, 13 Sep 2006 04:00:33 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/09/01/can-myspace-compete-with-itunes/#comment-48670 [...] Hey, MySpace is great and everything — although it got its start as a spam and malware-pusher, according to Trent Lepinski’s recent opus — and we all know that it is the largest Internet site by far (although there’s some doubt about that too) and that it plans to revolutionize the music business and likely many other things as well. But to say that the company can do just about anything that any Web 2.0 company does, because they all piggyback on MySpace? That’s a bit rich. [...] [...] Hey, MySpace is great and everything — although it got its start as a spam and malware-pusher, according to Trent Lepinski’s recent opus — and we all know that it is the largest Internet site by far (although there’s some doubt about that too) and that it plans to revolutionize the music business and likely many other things as well. But to say that the company can do just about anything that any Web 2.0 company does, because they all piggyback on MySpace? That’s a bit rich. [...]

]]> By: MySpace Battles iTunes for Music at Duane Brown’s Blog http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/09/01/can-myspace-compete-with-itunes/#comment-44903 MySpace Battles iTunes for Music at Duane Brown’s Blog Tue, 05 Sep 2006 18:44:06 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/09/01/can-myspace-compete-with-itunes/#comment-44903 [...] [Update] BusinessWeek.com has a great overview of those clawing after iTunes. Matthew Ingram has a good take on the situation and believes the twu music stores are not in competition at all. [...] [...] [Update] BusinessWeek.com has a great overview of those clawing after iTunes. Matthew Ingram has a good take on the situation and believes the twu music stores are not in competition at all. [...]

]]> By: robhyndman.com » Blog Archive » MyTunes http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/09/01/can-myspace-compete-with-itunes/#comment-43562 robhyndman.com » Blog Archive » MyTunes Sat, 02 Sep 2006 13:08:22 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/09/01/can-myspace-compete-with-itunes/#comment-43562 [...] Mathew wonders whether the low (or no) profile of those bands will allow the feature to amount to anything. Agreed, but much more comes to mind as well. How much can be accomplished without the (un)natural selection performed by labels? Quite a lot, I’ll bet. There are multiple ways that the cumulative effect of the selfish instincts of MySpace community members could be mobilized to improve the efficiency of finding and commercializing new music. [...] [...] Mathew wonders whether the low (or no) profile of those bands will allow the feature to amount to anything. Agreed, but much more comes to mind as well. How much can be accomplished without the (un)natural selection performed by labels? Quite a lot, I’ll bet. There are multiple ways that the cumulative effect of the selfish instincts of MySpace community members could be mobilized to improve the efficiency of finding and commercializing new music. [...]

]]> By: Mark Evans http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/09/01/can-myspace-compete-with-itunes/#comment-43531 Mark Evans Sat, 02 Sep 2006 12:00:09 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/09/01/can-myspace-compete-with-itunes/#comment-43531 <strong>MySpace vs. iTunes?...</strong> In my Web 2.0 world, money talks as much as cool, new ideas. This is why MySpace's move into the digital music business is so intriguing because it demonstrates another wrinkle of how one of the world's most popular online destinations is tryin... MySpace vs. iTunes?…

In my Web 2.0 world, money talks as much as cool, new ideas. This is why MySpace’s move into the digital music business is so intriguing because it demonstrates another wrinkle of how one of the world’s most popular online destinations is tryin…

]]> By: Chuquet http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/09/01/can-myspace-compete-with-itunes/#comment-43848 Chuquet Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/09/01/can-myspace-compete-with-itunes/#comment-43848 <!--%kramer-pre%-->changing event happening: In a direct challenge to Apple’s iTunes, MySpace has announced its intention to sell songs from the 3 million unsigned bands on MySpace.com. Even more surprising: the songs will [...] " mathewingram.com/work, 18 hours ago Can MySpace compete with iTunes? — "According to breaking news posts at Mashable and PaidContent, MySpace plans to start selling songs from the more than 3 million (3 million!) bands who use the social networking site. The site —<!--%kramer-post%--> changing event happening: In a direct challenge to Apple’s iTunes, MySpace has announced its intention to sell songs from the 3 million unsigned bands on MySpace.com. Even more surprising: the songs will [...] ” mathewingram.com/work, 18 hours ago Can MySpace compete with iTunes? — “According to breaking news posts at Mashable and PaidContent, MySpace plans to start selling songs from the more than 3 million (3 million!) bands who use the social networking site. The site —

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