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MySpace Music launches down under
By CMU Editorial | Published on Friday 2 October 2009
Amid speculation that MySpace Music will soon arrive here in the UK, the social network’s expanded music service went live in New Zealand and Australia yesterday. As previously reported, MySpace Music – which expands the existing artist profiles section of MySpace, adding in more extensive track streaming and playlisting functionality – launched in the US last year. Global roll out was delayed amid executive restructuring at the social networking firm.
As in the US, the Australian/New Zealand service has music from all four majors and indie aggregators Orchard and IODA, but lacks some key indie labels as a result of the company’s failure to do a deal with indie label digital rights body Merlin. Toyota and KFC are the launch sponsors.