[NewMusic] MySpace spreads its tentacles

[Michael Zelner]

>MySpace Makes Data Portable to Other Web Sites
>
>Barry Levine, newsfactor.com
>May 9, 2008
>
>The move toward data portability for denizens of social-networking 
>sites gained more momentum Thursday with MySpace's announcement of 
>its Data Availability project.
>
>MySpace described the initiative as empowering "the global MySpace 
>community to share their public profile data to Web sites of their 
>choice throughout the Internet." CEO and cofounder Chris DeWolfe 
>said that "the walls around the garden are coming down" and his 
>company and several partners are pioneering ways for sharing "social 
>experiences Web-wide."
>
>Launch Partners
>
>The partners at the launch were Yahoo, eBay, Photobucket and 
>Twitter. MySpace said its partners will complement its efforts in a 
>variety of ways. For instance, if a MySpace user has Yahoo Instant 
>Messenger, that user's MySpace default photo, interests and favorite 
>music could be shown through the IM client. MySpace data can also be 
>shown in Yahoo's universal profile or through Yahoo Mail's inbox.

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