Comments on: MySpace Music: 1 billion songs streamed

The social network says it hit the mark in just the couple of weeks since the debut of its streaming music service. Keep in mind that getting to 5 billion took the iTunes Store five years.

[winstein]

Apples & Oranges. Download vs Streaming; Paid vs Free; Offline vs Online. This is not a comparison. It is just propaganda and paid promotion.

[dascha1]

Oh, so MySpace is now a music company? Funny, if so, to follow in the footsteps of sooo many who can't make it in their own space!

[theAtomicBob]

Viva La Revolution, it was bound to happen. Since someone bought the company now all this is new news again? I've put up songs for my band/label on myspace the last 3 years and haven't seen a dime from any of it. As an artist there is this thing called "autoplay" the artist can use so the artist gets a "play" or credit for the song when anyone who opens the page. That can make all the hype misleading... thats my interpretation. If I get 5 million "autoplays" maybe one day this will be cool.

[GreginChicagoland]

What we should take away from this is that MySpace and Amazon now have the potential to take away some cash if you play the law of averages that at least a percentage will buy .

Consider that the music industry wants a competitor so bad, that they are willing to give Amazon the keys to the kingdom. So what happens if Amazon continues to get exposure into other markets and eventually becomes a music giant such as Apple. Will the labels be able to then deal with the monster that they created?

I do think it is smart for MySpace to have an outlet (albeit PC only) for purchasing and keeping buyers on their site. The easier the consumer experience is, the more money should flow.

[dascha1]

"Enjoy playing music in the business for the sake of performing music. Because if all you want to do is make money in this business you'll probably never make it."

- Roy Clark
American Country & Folk Musician/Singer

[MaggieRed]

Propaganda and BS. Another McCarthy example of fine journalism.

[Kev_Orng]

So the Myspace service lets you stream the track, assuming you're connected to the net, for free.
iTunes and Amazon let you buy, download and keep the track to do with what you will, listen ad nauseum, burn it to disks, and load it onto your music devices.

Where is the comparison again?