It’s been a bad year so far for the site that everyone fell in love with when Facebook and Twitter were still in diapers. In the first half of 2010, MySpace has taken one nosedive after another and fans are leaving in droves. Back in March, Metal Insider reported how the former social network heavyweight [...]
Friday, July 9, 2010
Linkin Park has set A Thousand Suns as the title of their new album, set to be released on September 14 via Warner Bros. Records. The band has also announced a competition where fans can help produce and add music to a new song called “The Catalyst” through MySpace.
Monday, January 18, 2010
We’re hearing rumors of major shakeups at MySpace Records, if not a complete shutdown of the label altogether. Information is scarce on the joint venture between the News Corp-owned social network and Interscope Records, but TechCrunch reports multiple sources confirm the release of a large chunk of the label’s team, as well as GM Jay [...]
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Digital distribution company TuneCore, which helps musicians get on services like iTunes, has signed a deal with MySpace letting artists share in revenue when their music is streamed on the social media network.
Monday, September 14, 2009
Last month, MySpace did the music world a favor and disabled autoplay on their profiles, saving the world from crimes against music being commited by bored 16 year-olds that have Garage Band and an Attack Attack! album. Although it hasn’t even been a month, the number of plays on MySpace has dropped dramatically. Media tracking company Big [...]
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
MySpace has disabled music from autoplaying on its profiles, most likely to save money on bandwith by efficiently limiting streaming to users who request it. They also claim it will provide more accurate listening data, since the play counts will represent the people who actually wanted to listen the songs. But we’ll be nice and [...]
Taddy Porter is giving fans a chance to win two tickets to see them open for Slash this Fall.
CKY has added more dates to their previously announced Fall tour.
Audio samples from Lordi’s new album Babez For Breakfast can be heard at Amazon.de.
36 Crazyfists has announced dates for a headlining tour, with Straight Line Stitch and Taking Dawn providing support.
Stone Sour is streaming their new album Audio Secrecy in its entirety at NME.com.
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