Comments on: MySpace Music Shutting Down

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 14:48:58 +0000

I think that any advertiser (Bing?) will jump right up and fill in for Google, should Google not want to continue the deal.

Music is just about the only thing that MySpace still has going for it — I think they’ll do anything they can to keep it.

By: Chris Allen

Chris Allen — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 14:07:25 +0000

Leo, Do you think YouTube could use an application that would provide its massive audience with a natural & socially compelling opportunity to engage with New Bands?

By: Leo

Leo — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 05:10:13 +0000

Well, You may find any song that you want to hear on Youtube, but the difference between Myspace and Youtube is that Myspace is a lot way easier to find new bands from all over the world. Youtube is more for a specific song that you already know.

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 05:33:05 +0000

Music sites selling music or referring sales to sellers shouldn’t have to pay a cent to rights-holders for the free advertising they do. The right-holders and/or retailers should pay them a percentage of each sale they make. Isn’t that how iTunes works?

It seems that youtube has captured much of the free music streaming traffic of myspace since I can find any song or video I want to hear on youtube.

Has the increase in free streaming of full songs caused people to buy more or less music? I’m surprised by the number of free full songs out there.

By: Chris Allen

Chris Allen — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 03:44:19 +0000

When News Corp bought MySpace it started to die. When the founders left the creative vision left as well and MySpace’s fate was sealed. The corporate culture that took over seemed more interested in seeing how many ads they could pack on a page than providing anything new and creative that engaged their users in any meaningful way. It’s sad really, but their passing will leave a void for new artists that needs to be filled.

You’re right again, the music industry is so freaked out it’s cannibalizing itself. Could one of the secrets to a successful startup in the new music business be to not do anything that requires the use of any music that currently exists?

By: Pinky

Pinky — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 19:06:47 +0000

Completely with you, Sean. They had LOTS of problems that have led to their demise, not the least of it was the immaturity and irresponsibility of the founders once they were acquired by New Corp and the resulting implosion of corporate vision and strategy once they were replaced. I don’t mean to imply that they are going out of business because the music industry hates itself, but it is the reason they will not be able to continue to offer free music streaming services.

By: Sean

Sean — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 16:27:57 +0000

Obviously you’re right that the numbers just aren’t sustainable. But the other big issue for MySpace is that the site, quite simply, sucks. The user experience sucks, the design sucks and it’s infinitely buggier than any other major site I’ve seen (except maybe Twitter, but Twitter is much simpler so there are fewer things to go wrong). It has sucked for years, and even with all the resources of News Corp they don’t seem to be able to fix it. Or maybe they just don’t care. Either way, it makes the already difficult task of attracting and retaining users that much harder.