Courtney Holt

MySpace Adds Music Video Portal, iTunes Links, Artist Dashboard

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 22, 2009 - 10:41am.

Los Angeles - News Corp.'s (NYSE: NWS) MySpace on Thursday announced the launch of a number of new music-related features, including a music video portal, integrated purchase links to iTunes, and an analytics tool for artists and labels using the site to promote their recordings.

Report: Labels Unhappy With MySpace Music

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 6, 2009 - 9:25am.

San Francisco - At a board meeting of the MySpace Music joint venture between the News Corp.-owned (NYSE: NWS) social network and its major labels partners last month, "several key players were unhappy" with the service's performance thus far, CNET News.com reported, citing "a source with knowledge of the talks." The site served a reported 1 billion streams to users in its first week, but apparently has been less successful in converting song listeners into song buyers.

CEO: MySpace Might Develop Digital Music Player

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 7, 2008 - 11:29am.

San Francisco - MySpace CEO Chris DeWolfe did not rule out the possibility that the company, which recently launched a digital music joint venture with the major record labels, may at some point enter the market with its own branded digital music player, Reuters reported. "It's possible," DeWolfe said at the Web 2.0 summit this week. "If anything, we'll [MySpace Music] be accretive to iPod sales... Unless we develop a device," DeWolfe later added. In related news, a source told CNET News.com that MTV chief of digital music Courtney Holt has accepted the position as head of MySpace Music, although a contract has not yet been signed.