Amazon on board with Myspace Music?
Seems like an unlikely pairing, but rumors are now circulating that Amazon is now bidding to provide online retail services in conjunction with Myspace Music. Myspace announced their music service earlier this year, with plans to provide music from Sony BMG, Universal, and Warner. They plan to offer both ad-supported free streaming as well as pay-per-song downloads, and may be tapping Amazon to utilize their existing expertise and back-end infrastructure in the download arena. Whether a partnership like this would grant Myspace access to Amazons music library is unclear, but if that did come as part of the deal it would go a long way towards quieting concerns that Myspace’s initial label deals were too narrow in their scope.
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Doubt this is true… Myspace is partnering with Sony BMG, Universal, and Warner - all which are record labels. Amazon is a retailer. Myspace will get a profit through direct marketing, amazing already works at small margins. Although this will add advertising to Amazon.com, Myspace should be asking for top $$$ for this deal as they are a free service.
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honeslty the only poeple who seem to beifit form this are the record lables. time for radio head an ten renzor to make a stand with other group “YO record industry! your time hascome and gone already we don’t need you anymore!” if they play the artist card keep in mind tha artist makes litle profit of the sale of the cd. an when they talk about copyrights ther talking about the record compies NOT the artists.
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