Facebook artist platform to include iTunes tie-ins

Facebook is reportedly working on an artist platform for musicians to be launched later this year that will rival similar offerings from MySpace and include tie-ins with Apple's iTunes Store.

According to the report by PaidContent, the social networking site, which caters to over 34 million registered members, is designing the platform to allow bands and labels to create artists pages, and allow various widgets to be embedded for music promotion, organizing events, and more.

"Among those widgets would be iLike, the most popular app inside Facebook, but will also include iTunes widgets for sampling (to begin with), and eventually buying music through Apple," the report states. "The service will still have the utilitarian sensibilities of the Facebook platform, the sources stress, rather than the more chaotic and flashy platform that MySpace has."

Facebook has reportedly been making the rounds of music labels trying to get this service off the ground, but will also have "an actual deal with Apple" as part of the music platform initiative.

16 Comments

wirc 292 comments · 18 Years

About 17 years ago

Well my Apple stock is doing well.

When is Facebook's IPO??

SpamSandwich 32917 comments · 19 Years

Don't know, but they are the "it" girl right now, aren't they?

I still can't understand why anyone would want to post all of their personal information online, but hey, you can't knock success.

mgkwho 165 comments · 18 Years

"to begin with"

-=|Mgkwho

quinney 2527 comments · 18 Years

Quote:

Originally Posted by SpamSandwich

I still can't understand why anyone would want to post all of their personal information online, but hey, you can't knock success.

Because narcissism is a virtue in US culture

People will try to make money off it, revealing (as if it was concealed)
another attribute of our national psyche.

digital disasta 395 comments · 19 Years

I dont think the Facebook artist pages are going to rival myspace at all. Myspace has such a huge foundation right now, it's kind of ridiculous to try and fight it at this point. I am on both, I check myspace everyday, where as I check facebook maybe once a week. The general public does the same I feel. Myspace just had a better concept from the beginning and others are just trying to copy it. I will admit, some of the coding for myspace could be a lot better, but at the end of the day, they fix the problems and add new ones. I can't see facebook doing so well.