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BREAKING: Facebook May or May Not Launch Music Service

by John Paczkowski
Posted on October 17, 2008 at 10:04 AM PT

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Looks like Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is suffering from a bit of Freudian MySpace Envy. Now that the rival social network has launched what MySpace CEO Chris Wolfe likes to describe as a “mega-music experience,” Facebook is said to be looking for a foothold in the digital music business as well. The New York Post reports that the social network is busy poking the major record labels to gauge their interest in a Facebook music offering. Unlike MySpace Music, which is a joint venture between MySpace and the “Big Four” music labels, Facebook’s music service would more likely take the form of an outsourcing deal with a streaming service like Rhapsody.com or Imeem.com. If there’s a music service at all. Said the Post, “Insiders familiar with the talks further cautioned that nothing is imminent, and Facebook may ultimately walk away from the plan altogether.”

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  • "outsourcing"

    Hard to build your infrastructure when you haven't figured out how to make money on what you already have eh Mark?
  • Sam Harrison
    zuckerberg is grasping at straws as his overvalued dating site now is pressed to produce earnings by its shark-like venture backers

    and you thought the vc firms were your 'partners'?

    no, they're the owners and the invoice is due

    expect zuckerberg out as ceo next year and a new post created: chief illusionist officer
  • Zuckerberg had a great idea which caught on with people. But I don't think he knows what else to do with it. In some ways, Facebook has taken on a life of it's own and he's become the scientist who no longer is in control of his creation.
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