MySpace is not known for good design. Its garish profiles make designers nauseous. And yet, there are signs of hope: we’ve tracked down 50 MySpace music layouts that are quite remarkable. Stylish. Stunningly well-conceived. Beautiful, even.
Could it be that MySpace profiles aren’t all bad? You be the judge.
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MySpace Music’s long awaited leader has arrived. As expected, MTV Networks’ EVP Digital Music and Media Courtney Holt has taken the job, says the LA Times.
Until today Holt was EVP of Digital Music for the MTV Networks Music and Logo Group. Prior to joining MTV, Holt was SVP of New Media, Creative and Strategic Marketing [...]

Jennifer Van Grove is a Social Media Strategist. She authors a blog about San Diego, technology, startups and social media at JenniferVanGrove.com.
Online music sites have been offering up a melodious escape from the daily grind since the early 2000s. With the space seeing healthy competition from the likes of Pandora, Last.fm, imeem, iLike, and [...]

The hot rumor today is that Facebook and Twitter held “several weeks of serious talks” about an acquisition recently, which have since come to an end after the two were unable to reach an agreeable price for the microblogging service. Alas, there are greater tragedies.
While Twitter might be the “it” startup of [...]

The last couple of years have had the questions of when and how the world of Big Media would embed itself in the burgeoning social media space recycled over and over again.
And as you can gather, we’re still not quite at that dream state, where everything is available, sharable, discussable, and yes, even mashable.
So where [...]

This article is part of the Open Web Awards, an open, international contest for the best websites and services.
Since kicking off the voting round of the Open Web Awards yesterday, we’ve seen nearly 10,000 votes cast across 26 different categories. In the Mainstream Social Networks category, Twitter has the early lead, but has some [...]

Chinese Democracy, the first new Guns N’ Roses album since 1991, debuts tonight at 9 PM PST exclusively on MySpace Music, where fans can listen to it for free.
Well, actually it debuted on BitTorrent a while ago, but we’re not talking about that. Also, the band has previously released two songs, Chinese Democracy and Better, [...]

There are only a few places around the world where the vice of art of consumerism is having a good day. Suffice it to say that the holiday season will be celebrated; it just won’t be full of so much…stuff. And maybe a bit less happiness to show for it, too.
So Scrooge wins this time [...]

This article is part of the Open Web Awards, an open, international contest for the best websites and services.
Based on the developments of the past year, the future of music may very well be free. The record labels are suddenly willing to work with Web companies on free and legal music distribution, leading to [...]

Moshable.com is unlikely to make major inroads against larger players like MySpace Music, but the Oregon-based social network for musicians must be commended on its phenomenal choice of name.
In all seriousness, social networking for music is a competitive market and bands go with whichever site provides the greatest distribution to their target demographic - even [...]