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 [...]
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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
Monday, January 18, 2010
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