MySpace Launches Suite of Music Products for Artists and Fans
Leading Music Service Unveils Music Video Experience, Artist
Dashboard, and Opportunity to Purchase Music on iTunes
MySpace Introduces First iLike Integrations with Music Videos and
Artist Dashboard Products
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MySpace
today announced the next phase of the company?s music offering with a
wave of new products and tools now available to artists and fans. Today
MySpace begins the global rollout of a new comprehensive MySpace Music
Video experience, the MySpace Artist Dashboard - a free data and
analytics tool for artists globally - and the ability for users to
purchase music on iTunes.
?Artist Dashboard and Music Videos are an important step forward in our
mission to define the future of how content is socialized on the Web,?
said Owen Van Natta, CEO of MySpace. ?We?ll continue to build publishing
tools, social tools and bring more content onto the MySpace platform to
help us achieve our goal of being an important content distribution
platform.?
?People want to experience content with others and the experience we?ve
created in MySpace Music will be our spring board for how we socialize
content site-wide.?
The launch of MySpace Music Videos offers fans one of the most
comprehensive online collections of music videos available anywhere.
MySpace?s Music Video catalogue includes fully licensed music video
content from all of the company?s major and independent label partners.
Product functionality of MySpace Music Videos includes:
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New Music Video hub within MySpace Music
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Music Video recommendations based on what your friends are watching
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Browse via A-Z Video search for easy consumption, discovery, and
sharing
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New Video player with dynamically targeted ?Buy? buttons provided as
part of Auditude?s video ad management platform
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Entire artist Music Video catalogues available in artist music players
(alongside ?Albums? tab)
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iLike now features MySpace?s Music Video catalogue within all partner
websites
Also today, MySpace Music introduced the MySpace Artist Dashboard in
beta - a free, comprehensive data dashboard for all artists and labels
globally which unlocks detailed analytics about their content within the
MySpace community. Every global artist with a MySpace profile will have
free access to the Artist Dashboard starting today.
Product functionality of the new MySpace Artist Dashboard includes:
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Unlimited access to charts, graphs, and snapshots of MySpace Music
data for all global artists
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Data includes fan geography, song plays, profile views, friend count,
and profile visitors
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Trending data available for 7 day and 30 day glances
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iLike integration into MySpace Artist Dashboard provides top-level
data from iLike?s partner networks
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Artist Dashboard is available in 17 languages in over 20 territories
?We had the chance to look under the hood of the new artist dashboard
prior to launch and we?re very excited about this and other exciting
changes at MySpace and MySpace Music. Creative marketing tools like
these are valuable to bands at every level ? from Pearl Jam-sized to the
DIY indie artist looking to grow their followers on the web,? said Tim
Bierman, Manager of Pearl Jam Ten Club.
Additionally, MySpace Music users can now purchase and download music on
iTunes in addition to Amazon MP3, and MP3 ringtones via Jamster.
?Whether you're a small town garage band, an emerging indie, or a
well-established act, our ultimate goal is to provide the right mix of
tools and real time data to help you gain a deep understanding of who
your fans are and how best to reach them,? said Courtney Holt, President
of MySpace Music. ?We're committed to providing the most comprehensive
ecosystem of services for artists in an effort to deepen their
connection with the most important influencers ? their fans.?
About MySpace
MySpace
is a technology company connecting people through personal expression,
content, and culture. MySpace empowers its global community to
experience the Internet through a social lens by integrating personal
profiles, photos, videos, mobile, messaging, games, and the world's
largest music community. MySpace is a division of News Corporation
(NASDAQ: NWS,
NWSA;
ASX: NWS,
NWSLV).
For more information please visit http://www.myspace.com/pressroom.
About MySpace Music
MySpace Music offers an ever-growing catalog of freely streamable audio
and video content, user-friendly e-commerce solutions, personal music
players, and user and artist playlisting. MySpace Music aims to empower
major, independent, and unsigned artists to monetize their content
through multiple revenue streams by allowing the MySpace community to
freely stream premium content in an ad-supported environment, purchase
MP3s and ringtones, create and share playlists, and ultimately buy
merchandise, concert tickets, and other digital and physical goods.
MySpace Music also connects artists and fans in the offline arena
through various concert series and live events including Secret
Shows, Transmissions,
Introducing...,
and The
Release.
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