MySpace Music Down Under

MySpace Music has opened up shop in Australia & New Zealand as of today, Oct. 1. The popular social media network will have streaming music, playlist functions, and ringtone capabilities. This differs from the Myspace platform in that this one is specifically for music.

New’s Corporation, owner of MySpace, has plans to roll MySpace Music out in other countries as well. So, this is being treated as a sort of test market for future expansion.

This product launch is also interesting in that in involves a partnership with Apple’s iTunes for download sales. Most of the artists that will be highlighted on the front page will be Australian artists.

This has the potential to be of major importance for artists in the USA. MySpace will be gathering all types of important information from user’s listening habits. Perhaps, if one style of music really takes off in a particular country, MySpace will seek to push bands of that music style in other countries as well.

The more information that MySpace gathers, the more that bands could learn (assuming MySpace will have some way to share or sell the informaiton) about potential international concert venues or fan bases.

Stay tuned,
Erik
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