Comments on: MySpace Announces iTunes Rival

By: Apple Macbook

Apple Macbook — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:58:30 +0000

Myspace has always been one of my favourite places for checking out new music, so it’s quite easy to see them turning it into a market for bands to sell their music online to a large audience and member base.

By: Alex Isaacs

Alex Isaacs — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:33:16 +0000

Yeah, I’m thinking that this is going to be huge exposure for the up and coming singer or band. I mean look what youtube did for the asian cat that landed himself the front man spot in Journey.

By: John

John — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 02:01:48 +0000

I doubt that this will seriously rival iTunes, at least not for a while. Two reasons for this:

1.) People aren’t into shopping while they’re on MySpace… this is why average click-through rates are low on social networking ads. When you’re in that mode, you’re not in a buying mode.

2.) iTunes has covered serious ground in terms of music retail. In fact, they just announced that they’ve surpassed Wal-Mart to become the #1 US music retailer. That’s no small feat.

By: Forumistan

Forumistan — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:01:49 +0000

Myspace and Cnet rocks!

By: Steven Bradley

Steven Bradley — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 02:41:01 +0000

Makes a lot of sense given MySpace’s musical roots. I’m a little surprised it’s taken them this long quite honestly.

Nicole I’m not sure it will take MySpace as long as you think to gain popularity as a source of music downloads. MySpace already has a very large base of users.

By: Prosperity Writer

Prosperity Writer — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 14:56:03 +0000

its a start but it will still be a long way before myspace music will be a threat to apple

By: Community Guy, Jake McKee - Rapid Fire - Friday, April 04

Community Guy, Jake McKee - Rapid Fire - Friday, April 04 — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 07:00:01 +0000

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By: Iowa Forum

Iowa Forum — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 22:52:23 +0000

I think it will be GREAT… REALLY GREAT for small bands.

By: PS3

PS3 — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 21:42:05 +0000

MySpace does, so why not?

By: Elections guy

Elections guy — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:36:56 +0000

Will it work outside US?

By: Nicole

Nicole — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 08:42:16 +0000

Apple is way ahead because of the immensely popular iPod. Its gonna take MySpace quite a while to get anywhere close in popularity.

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 04:14:03 +0000

I think it would be great as it is a joint venture of several big music companies.

By: Jayson

Jayson — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 01:22:18 +0000

That’s a great move IMO – I’m sure we’ll see this same thing out of Facebook soon. There’s so many ways to reach users with songs that they’ll like and buy…nice