Comments on: The Fact & Fiction of MySpace Music http://gigaom.com/2008/09/24/the-fact-fiction-of-myspace-music/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:44:08 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Would Anyone Pay for MySpace Music? http://gigaom.com/2008/09/24/the-fact-fiction-of-myspace-music/#comment-984439 Would Anyone Pay for MySpace Music? Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:01:27 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/09/24/the-fact-fiction-of-myspace-music/#comment-984439 <p>[...] | 0 comments | 0 tweets retweet » Speculation arose this past week that News Corp.-owned MySpace Music is considering moving to a paid model, as the cost of free streaming is making its current model [...]</p> [...] | 0 comments | 0 tweets retweet » Speculation arose this past week that News Corp.-owned MySpace Music is considering moving to a paid model, as the cost of free streaming is making its current model [...]

]]> By: MySpace Music - Wow??? « http://gigaom.com/2008/09/24/the-fact-fiction-of-myspace-music/#comment-902239 MySpace Music - Wow??? « Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:48:36 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/09/24/the-fact-fiction-of-myspace-music/#comment-902239 <p>[...] Two more reviews by GigOm and Mashable. The tone gets more severely… there is some [...]</p> [...] Two more reviews by GigOm and Mashable. The tone gets more severely… there is some [...]

]]> By: Sven Seelenmeyer http://gigaom.com/2008/09/24/the-fact-fiction-of-myspace-music/#comment-902179 Sven Seelenmeyer Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:40:06 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/09/24/the-fact-fiction-of-myspace-music/#comment-902179 <p>Still exists! Its name is "Space Jammer" and it plays MySpace music and creates playlists. You can buy the music you are listening to directly out of the program at amazon, musicload, 7digit, cd-baby or iTunes (vers. 1.4). You also can watch videos of the bands, send comments to them and much more. The program is freeware and available at:</p> <p>www.spacejammer.com</p> Still exists! Its name is “Space Jammer” and it plays MySpace music and creates playlists. You can buy the music you are listening to directly out of the program at amazon, musicload, 7digit, cd-baby or iTunes (vers. 1.4). You also can watch videos of the bands, send comments to them and much more. The program is freeware and available at:

http://www.spacejammer.com

]]> By: Review: MySpace Music is perfect for those who like MySpace | last100 http://gigaom.com/2008/09/24/the-fact-fiction-of-myspace-music/#comment-901726 Review: MySpace Music is perfect for those who like MySpace | last100 Sat, 27 Sep 2008 02:21:04 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/09/24/the-fact-fiction-of-myspace-music/#comment-901726 <p>[...] pundits pit MySpace Music against iTunes, but after seeing MSM in action I’m not sure it will make a dent [...]</p> [...] pundits pit MySpace Music against iTunes, but after seeing MSM in action I’m not sure it will make a dent [...]

]]> By: =jason http://gigaom.com/2008/09/24/the-fact-fiction-of-myspace-music/#comment-901541 =jason Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:14:19 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/09/24/the-fact-fiction-of-myspace-music/#comment-901541 <p>I think what is going to anger many of the artists is the point at which an artist will get paid. Will it be 10,000 streams a month? A day? Can unsigned artists make money from the streams or must they be part of a label who is approved to make money from the ad support? MySpace is doing a good job of making sure the big 4 and their artists make money, but MySpace music has always been about promoting and benefiting the little guy. Don't forget your roots man, there must be a way for the small gys to make money besides downloads via amazon. The ticket and merch applications will be nice for them, but not enough if there are guys getting rich offf the streams. What do yoou think Om?</p> I think what is going to anger many of the artists is the point at which an artist will get paid. Will it be 10,000 streams a month? A day? Can unsigned artists make money from the streams or must they be part of a label who is approved to make money from the ad support? MySpace is doing a good job of making sure the big 4 and their artists make money, but MySpace music has always been about promoting and benefiting the little guy. Don’t forget your roots man, there must be a way for the small gys to make money besides downloads via amazon. The ticket and merch applications will be nice for them, but not enough if there are guys getting rich offf the streams. What do yoou think Om?

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2008/09/24/the-fact-fiction-of-myspace-music/#comment-901515 Om Malik Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:21:42 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/09/24/the-fact-fiction-of-myspace-music/#comment-901515 <p>@ranndino</p> <p>40% of the company is owned by major record labels. It is a reason to bring up the anti-trust argument. They are giving the new company a special price versus other online services who pay a more premium price for playing back music. Of course, no one is talking specific terms of the deals, so we don't know.</p> @ranndino

40% of the company is owned by major record labels. It is a reason to bring up the anti-trust argument. They are giving the new company a special price versus other online services who pay a more premium price for playing back music. Of course, no one is talking specific terms of the deals, so we don’t know.

]]> By: MySpace Music Not an iTunes Rival: MySpace CEO - GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2008/09/24/the-fact-fiction-of-myspace-music/#comment-901508 MySpace Music Not an iTunes Rival: MySpace CEO - GigaOM Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:09:37 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/09/24/the-fact-fiction-of-myspace-music/#comment-901508 <p>[...] I am pretty sure Chris’s record-label partners see this as an iTunes competitor. They would love to be able to stand-up to Apple and its dominant iTunes music store. Of course, these are the same geniuses who will not own-up to the fact that they are incapable of coming up with ways to save their own business. [...]</p> [...] I am pretty sure Chris’s record-label partners see this as an iTunes competitor. They would love to be able to stand-up to Apple and its dominant iTunes music store. Of course, these are the same geniuses who will not own-up to the fact that they are incapable of coming up with ways to save their own business. [...]

]]> By: David Mullings http://gigaom.com/2008/09/24/the-fact-fiction-of-myspace-music/#comment-901499 David Mullings Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:24:06 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/09/24/the-fact-fiction-of-myspace-music/#comment-901499 <h1>1 - Facebook has revenue</h1> <h1>2 - Anti-trust matters here and not iTunes because only Apple owns iTunes while the only major labels in the space co-own this with MySpace.</h1> <p>That is called a "cartel" just like OPEC.</p> <h1>3 - I am just as skeptical as Om because I work with bands everyday and they are pissed at their labels. Merchandise and ticket sales will generate revenue but bands already depend on that so much for their money that giving MySpace and the labels a cut on top is bad.</h1> <p>If someone sign a record deal with you and kept poking you in the eye, then when their money started to dry up they tried to take some of your other money - merch. and touring - would you want to play with them?</p> <p>The dynamics of the music industry today will make artists avoid 360 deals with labels and do it themselves, find cheaper partners or do what Madonna did with LiveNation - tell the labels to @%&* off.</p> 1 – Facebook has revenue

2 – Anti-trust matters here and not iTunes because only Apple owns iTunes while the only major labels in the space co-own this with MySpace.

That is called a “cartel” just like OPEC.

3 – I am just as skeptical as Om because I work with bands everyday and they are pissed at their labels. Merchandise and ticket sales will generate revenue but bands already depend on that so much for their money that giving MySpace and the labels a cut on top is bad.

If someone sign a record deal with you and kept poking you in the eye, then when their money started to dry up they tried to take some of your other money – merch. and touring – would you want to play with them?

The dynamics of the music industry today will make artists avoid 360 deals with labels and do it themselves, find cheaper partners or do what Madonna did with LiveNation – tell the labels to @%&* off.

]]> By: adrian Chan http://gigaom.com/2008/09/24/the-fact-fiction-of-myspace-music/#comment-901487 adrian Chan Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:34:51 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/09/24/the-fact-fiction-of-myspace-music/#comment-901487 <p>It's a solid piece of UI and I'll be using it over last.fm for listening. But unless I'm missing something, there's no category/tag/genre browsing, and no music discovery beyond playlists. And no social listening, no ratings, no popularity rankings? I'm surprised.</p> It’s a solid piece of UI and I’ll be using it over last.fm for listening. But unless I’m missing something, there’s no category/tag/genre browsing, and no music discovery beyond playlists. And no social listening, no ratings, no popularity rankings? I’m surprised.

]]> By: MySpace Music: Like Napster … With a Business Plan | John Paczkowski | Digital Daily | AllThingsD http://gigaom.com/2008/09/24/the-fact-fiction-of-myspace-music/#comment-901484 MySpace Music: Like Napster … With a Business Plan | John Paczkowski | Digital Daily | AllThingsD Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:22:23 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/09/24/the-fact-fiction-of-myspace-music/#comment-901484 <p>[...] And it certainly is that. With all four of the largest labels on board–including EMI, which signed on just yesterday, free ad-supported streaming of their catalogs, as well as an Amazon-powered digital music store that sells MP3s playable on the iPod and most other devices–MySpace will go down in history as the biggest Amazon (AMZN) affiliate ever–MySpace Music could become a powerhouse in the digital music space. And quickly, too, with 120 million global users, about two-thirds of whom already stream songs to their MySpace pages. [...]</p> [...] And it certainly is that. With all four of the largest labels on board–including EMI, which signed on just yesterday, free ad-supported streaming of their catalogs, as well as an Amazon-powered digital music store that sells MP3s playable on the iPod and most other devices–MySpace will go down in history as the biggest Amazon (AMZN) affiliate ever–MySpace Music could become a powerhouse in the digital music space. And quickly, too, with 120 million global users, about two-thirds of whom already stream songs to their MySpace pages. [...]

]]> By: ranndino http://gigaom.com/2008/09/24/the-fact-fiction-of-myspace-music/#comment-901478 ranndino Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:51:11 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/09/24/the-fact-fiction-of-myspace-music/#comment-901478 <p>Seems like the guy writing this is quite biased. I don't understand what anti-trust laws have to do with this. iTunes also has an agreement with a bunch of major music labels.</p> <p>I'm not a big fan of News Corp either, but this could work, IMO. It's a natural extension of what Myspace already is and frankly I'm very surprised it took them this long to get this going (maybe if the music industry honchos moved at a 21st century pace they wouldn't be in the position they're in now).</p> Seems like the guy writing this is quite biased. I don’t understand what anti-trust laws have to do with this. iTunes also has an agreement with a bunch of major music labels.

I’m not a big fan of News Corp either, but this could work, IMO. It’s a natural extension of what Myspace already is and frankly I’m very surprised it took them this long to get this going (maybe if the music industry honchos moved at a 21st century pace they wouldn’t be in the position they’re in now).

]]> By: Kaiyzen http://gigaom.com/2008/09/24/the-fact-fiction-of-myspace-music/#comment-901474 Kaiyzen Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:28:14 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/09/24/the-fact-fiction-of-myspace-music/#comment-901474 <p>This thing is going to blow up and generate some serious cash for them.., this is their Windows (first home run).., facebook needs to follow suit</p> This thing is going to blow up and generate some serious cash for them.., this is their Windows (first home run).., facebook needs to follow suit

]]> By: Kaiyzen - The Art of Continual Improvement » MySpace Music: Game Changer in for the Industry http://gigaom.com/2008/09/24/the-fact-fiction-of-myspace-music/#comment-901471 Kaiyzen - The Art of Continual Improvement » MySpace Music: Game Changer in for the Industry Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:12:02 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/09/24/the-fact-fiction-of-myspace-music/#comment-901471 <p>[...] Mashable VentureBeat GigaOM SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "MySpace Music: Game Changer in for the Industry", url: [...]</p> [...] Mashable VentureBeat GigaOM SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “MySpace Music: Game Changer in for the Industry”, url: [...]

]]> By: Brian Pennington http://gigaom.com/2008/09/24/the-fact-fiction-of-myspace-music/#comment-901466 Brian Pennington Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:53:15 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/09/24/the-fact-fiction-of-myspace-music/#comment-901466 <p>I think this is a good move. You're correct that they're overstating it as a competitor, but it has the potential to find a good niche. Bands, DJs, promoters and venues overwhelmingly call Myspace home, and thus many music consumers, at least on a relatively grass-roots level, are using Myspace to find out what's going on with their favorite bands. To add in streaming with revenue-shared download links is really just an extension of this, and a much more natural one than trying to get consumers to head out to Last.fm, Hype Machine or Pandora for this. Really this is more aimed at those services than iTunes.</p> I think this is a good move. You’re correct that they’re overstating it as a competitor, but it has the potential to find a good niche. Bands, DJs, promoters and venues overwhelmingly call Myspace home, and thus many music consumers, at least on a relatively grass-roots level, are using Myspace to find out what’s going on with their favorite bands. To add in streaming with revenue-shared download links is really just an extension of this, and a much more natural one than trying to get consumers to head out to Last.fm, Hype Machine or Pandora for this. Really this is more aimed at those services than iTunes.

]]> By: MySpace Music launches http://gigaom.com/2008/09/24/the-fact-fiction-of-myspace-music/#comment-901462 MySpace Music launches Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:55:22 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/09/24/the-fact-fiction-of-myspace-music/#comment-901462 <p>[...] Malik spoke with people in the music business, especially the small independent [...]</p> [...] Malik spoke with people in the music business, especially the small independent [...]

]]> By: PolkaRobot | Blog Archiv » Das bringt MySpace Music http://gigaom.com/2008/09/24/the-fact-fiction-of-myspace-music/#comment-901432 PolkaRobot | Blog Archiv » Das bringt MySpace Music Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:50:34 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/09/24/the-fact-fiction-of-myspace-music/#comment-901432 <p>[...] Mashable, TechCrunch, ReadWriteWeb, GigaOm, Basic Thinking] Tags: music, Musik, myspace, myspace music, service, [...]</p> [...] Mashable, TechCrunch, ReadWriteWeb, GigaOm, Basic Thinking] Tags: music, Musik, myspace, myspace music, service, [...]

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