Los Angeles - News Corp.'s (NYSE: NWS) MySpace online social network on Wednesday announced the appointment of Amit Kapur as the company's chief operating officer, who among other things will oversee partnerships related to the upcoming Developer Platform the company plans to launch on Feb. 5.

The 26-year-old Kapur was most recently the company's vice president of business development.

The launch of a developer's platform by MySpace comes some time after rival Facebook's similar platform has enabled such popular applications as iLike, Scrabulous and Picnik.

Kapur told Reuters MySpace's developer program would be rolled out in around 28 territories. Developers interested in the program can register on the site as of today.

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