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September 24, 2008 1:34 PM PDT

Jonas Brothers billboard hails impending MySpace Music

by Caroline McCarthy
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NEW YORK--Spotted, Gossip Girl-style: Teen pop sensations the Jonas Brothers, heralding the launch of MySpace Music atop a billboard in Times Square. The launch of the News Corp.-owned social network's music service is coming any day now.

The Jonas Brothers display can be seen on the billboard on the corner of West 43rd Street, with the slogan "Songs We Can Agree On" and a short list of songs in the manner of a mixtape (which include selections from Elvis Costello, Prince, and Albert Hammond Jr.) That's a hint at the playlist-creation focus of the new music service. A URL for the Jonas Brothers' MySpace page accompanies the ad, indicating that high-profile artists will likely be pimping the service when it debuts.

Playlists and "digital mixtapes" are hot: we've seen this recently in the iLike developer API and the popular-but-shuttered start-up Muxtape.

MySpace Music will be launching with either three or all four of the major music labels onboard, depending on which sources are asked. It'll offer paid downloads as well as free streaming and concert tickets. And, presumably, it has the approval of the doe-eyed Jonas Brothers, or at least their publicist.

Caroline McCarthy, a CNET News staff writer, is a downtown Manhattanite happily addicted to social-media tools and restaurant blogs. Her pre-CNET resume includes interning at an IT security firm and brewing cappuccinos. E-mail Caroline.
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by rocknsingnchic4nick September 25, 2008 2:49 PM PDT
omg i just love that picture i know for sure that joe kevin and nick are oing to go very very very very very very far in life and i wish them the best of luck in anything that they do i love you nick and ther is nothing in the world that could ever change that so love life,have fun,do what you are doing now and as you guys say LIVING THE DREAM
LOVE YOU GUYS,
LUV THE NEW MRS.NICK JONAS A.K.A YOUR BIGGEST FAN
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by AwhJonas September 27, 2008 8:00 PM PDT
This is huge.
I am so proud of how far these boys have come, I remember when they were performing in schools and now to have their own billboard; well to say it simply - WOW!
They have changed my life in so many ways and are such amazing guys.
They definitly deserve everything they accomplish.
I love them with all my heart :]
-Kara<3.
www.myspace.com/awh_jonas
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CNET News' Caroline McCarthy is a downtown Manhattanite who believes that, despite popular opinion, the Web can actually help your social life. She's happily addicted to fun social-media tools from Twitter to Yelp to Facebook, sends an inordinate number of text messages, and has a tendency to waste time at the office reading restaurant blogs. Here, she explores all facets of the Web's gregarious side, as well as the unique tech culture in her home city of New York. (Don't call it Silicon Alley.)

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