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NEWS ABOUT: MySpace Music

MySpace Music stories: 8 news summaries

Horrorcore Rap Killings Shock Sleepy Va. Town

Questions abound about music's role in family's slaughter

Sep 24, 09 8:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Farmville is a sleepy Virginia town of 7,000, hardly the kind of place you’d expect a Californian “horrorcore” rapper to brutally bludgeon four people to death, Yet that's exactly what 20-year-old Richard Alden Samuel McCroskey III, aka “Syko Sam,” is suspected of doing. “I... More »

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California • MySpace • crime • murder • Virginia • small towns • rap music • MySpace Music • horrorcore • Richard Alden Samuel McCroskey

Rapper Who Posted Murder Lyrics Busted in 4 Killings

'I hate everybody,' says aspiring horrorcore singer 'Syko Sam'


Sep 20, 09 12:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - An aspiring California "horrorcore" rapper who posted songs about killing on his MySpace page is being held as a suspect in the murder of four people, reports the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richard Samuel Alden McCroskey III, 20, was arrested as he awaited a flight back home from Virginia, where the... More »

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California • MySpace • crime • murder • Virginia • rap music • MySpace Music • horrorcore

(Newser) - An animated music video directed by the late Heath Ledger premieres tomorrow online, the band Modest Mouse writes on its MySpace page. Ledger’s “brave and unapologetic” idea for King Rat, “fully conceived down to the last detail but unfinished” at his 2008 death, was seen through by... More »

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entertainment • MySpace • Heath Ledger • music videos • MySpace Music • Jay-ZTV • Modest Mouse

 Cleared for Landing: 
 Lily Allen's US Return 

After visa snags, UK import tackles US for the second time

Jan 31, 09 2:36 PM CST
(Newser) - After being grounded by US immigration officials just as her 2007 album was set to take off, the UK’s Lily Allen is taking a second shot at conquering America with a new album, reports the Wall Street Journal. Despite her visa travails, Allen's debut sold a respectable 500,... More »

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immigration • music • EMI Music • Amy Winehouse • Britain • MySpace Music • Duffy • visas • Lily Allen

GN'R, Sir Paul Release New Albums Early

Eagerly awaited projects debut on MySpace—free

Nov 20, 08 8:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Fans can get an early online taste—legally—of the latest albums from Guns N’ Roses and Paul McCartney thanks to MySpace, Reuters reports. Members can stream the music free starting today but can't download it. Early reaction to the first GN'R album in 17 years is generally positive; Entertainment ... More »

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music • Paul McCartney • MySpace • celebrity • Beatles • online music • Slash • Guns N' Roses • Axl Rose • MySpace Music • Chinese Democracy

 MySpace Elbows iTunes With New Music Service

Rival launches today

Sep 25, 08 3:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Apple’s iTunes meets its first serious challenge today with the launch of MySpace Music, CNET reports. The second-largest online social network has joined forces with Amazon and the world’s four biggest record labels to offer free streaming and paid downloads. The move also pitches media mogul and MySpace... More »

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Steve Jobs • Rupert Murdoch • MySpace • music industry • iTunes • Apple • Sony • EMI • MP3 • Amazon • MySpace Music

And Now,
a Tune From
Our Sponsor

MySpace Music enlists advertisers to enable free downloads

Sep 15, 08 3:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - The soon-to-launch MySpace Music service will consist mostly of sponsored streaming and downloads, Wired reports. MySpace will likely not start up its own pay-download service, along the lines of iTunes, instead maintaining its partnership with Amazon’s online store. Critics worry MySpace’s rather thin roster of major-label partnerships will... More »

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social networking • music downloads • iTunes Store • Internet advertising • music label • streaming content • corporate sponsorship • MySpace Music

 MySpace Music Takes On iTunes

Joint venture with record companies aims to create competition

Apr 3, 08 2:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - The world of online music buying looks set for a shakeup with the launch of MySpace Music, announced today. The joint venture between MySpace and three of the big four record labels aims to compete head-to-head with iTunes, CNET News reports. Music industry bigwigs are said to have long felt... More »

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MySpace • iTunes • Apple • iPod • Universal Music Group • EMI Music • Warner Music • music sales • online music • Sony BMG • MySpace Music

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