Hot teen social website MySpace to sell music

0 Comments | AFP, September, 2006

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) — MySpace, a website considered the hip place to socialize online, announced it will enable members to sell their music. MySpace said it made a deal with San Francisco digital music technology firm SNOCAP to provide musicians and studios tools to sell tunes in a virtual storefront on the website.

A beta version of the service began testing with offerings from a few bands on Tuesday and MySpace expected to have the polished service rolled out in the United States by year's end. "MySpace has become the de facto home and community page for bands," MySpace chief executive officer Chris DeWolfe told AFP. "It really made sense to give them the tools to sell their music via e-commerce to their fans." SNOCAP would provide "end-to-end" digital licensing and...