http://technologizer.com/2009/10/27/myspace-looks-past-social-networking/"
MySpace has been especially busy it seems in recent weeks to recast
itself as an entertainment destination as it cedes the social
networking space to Facebook. In fact, the two sides are talking about
ways they could work together, according to comments made to
the Telegraph newspaper.
Facebook is apparently interested in MySpace’s content, which they
suggest could be incorporated into Facebook through its Connect
feature. Both sides have confirmed that talks are indeed ongoing, but
haven’t really specified how far the talks may be.
One thing is working in Facebook’s favor: MySpace CEO Owen Van Natta
is a Facebook alum. So I don’t think its a far stretch to say that
Natta himself probably is leading MySpace into the willing arms of its
now larger rival.
I’m not saying this was his plan all along — but when you’re getting to the point that MySpace is, everything should be on the table.
This isn’t the only partnership that MySpace is apparently working on. Next up, Microsoft.
Kara Swisher reports
that Redmond is looking at MySpace Music to beef up its music offering
on MSN, another potentially lucrative move. With MSN Music struggling,
teaming up with a market-leading service like MySpace’s just makes good
business sense.
In the end, it looks like MySpace has just about given up on social
networking from recent news that’s coming out of the company. I guess
we’ll find out soon if that was a smart idea or not, no?
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