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Willie Nelson and Band of Horses Head to Hawaii for MySpace Secret Show Tomorrow

There's something a bit off-putting about connecting with a 77-year-old man on MySpace. But the unease is lessened knowing said older gent is Willie Nelson. And tomorrow, your online Nelson connection will pay off: Willie will perform a "secret" MySpace show live from Maui with Band of Horses....  read more

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MySpace Confirms iLike Acquisition

Confirming the rumors buzzing around the blogosphere this week, MySpace CEO Owen Van Natta issued an official announcement yesterday that his social networking and music promotion site had purchased online music service iLike. Van Natta declined to disclose details about the terms of the agreement, though initial murmurings on TechCrunch listed $20 million as the price of the acquisition....  read more

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MySpace Plans to Acquire iLike

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Web-hound blog TechCrunch is fueling a rumor that by the end of the week, MySpace plans to acquire one of its competitors in music social networking, Facebook-favorite iLike....  read more

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More MySpace Layoffs and Office Closings Announced

CEOs usually harbor a talent for softening the blow of really bad news by exaggeratedly emphasizing the good. But when the really bad news is that your company, a social networking site called MySpace, is laying off two-thirds of its international staff and closing at least four internationally located offices (this on top of the 30-percent domestic employee reduction last week), it's hard to articulate a positive spin....  read more

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MySpace Lets Go of 400 Employees

In an attempt to stay financially afloat and not become another social networking flash-in-the-pan (Remember ICQ? Friendster? No?), MySpace announced yesterday that it's laying off 400 employees, which is roughly 30 percent of its entire staff.  Owen Van Natta, a former Facebook employee who was only recently christened CEO of MySpace in April, released an official press release that made the reality clear: The times are a-changin'....  read more

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Major Lazer's Guns Don't Kill People, Lazers Do Streaming on MySpace

Following in the wake of bands like Grizzly Bear and Wilco, DJ collaboration Major Lazer is currently streaming its upcoming release on MySpace....  read more

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Listen to Phoenix's New Album, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, on Myspace

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First, an appearance on Saturday Night Live, then a song featured on The Hills. What's the next marketing move for the French indie/electro outfit Phoenix: themed coffee mugs of their upcoming release Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix? Well... yes....  read more

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Listen to Neil Young's Fork in the Road on MySpace

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After four decades in the recording industry, Neil Young basically has a license to do whatever he wants, whether that means penning a graphic novel, giving unsolicited advice to Detroit's Big Three, or even having a species of spider named after him. So if Neil Young wants to stream his new album online for free (a week before it hits the shelves), then, by God, that's what's happening....  read more

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Peter Bjorn and John stream Living Thing on MySpace

Living Thing, the new album by Swedish trio Peter Bjorn and John, is currently available in its entirety for free streaming on the band's MySpace page....  read more

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U2 streams No Line on the Horizon on MySpace

More than a week before its release, U2's No Line on the Horizon was put up for streaming in its entirety and in high-quality format on the band's MySpace page. But it was not only the U.S. that enjoyed an early treat; many fans in Australia were able to obtain the release through Getmusic.com.au, a digital store operated by Universal Music. The tracks were taken down shortly after, but not before they spread through various peer-to-peer file sharing networks....  read more

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