In our post Social Networks Will Be Tomorrow’s iTunes, Sarah Perez reported on new research indicating that social networks have the potential to be the content distribution platforms of tomorrow. “MySpace the next iTunes?”, said Sarah, “It’s coming.”
However commenter Rian from DailySplice.com thinks it should be the other way round: iTunes to become social like MySpace! Rian wrote: “What if the iTunes store was more like MySpace or Last.fm where you were given a little corner of the store and could even promote your favorite bands?”
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Here is Rian’s full comment:
“Agreed. Last.fm is one of my favs for this. What if you could purchase and sync up your latest playlist onC Last.fm. We’re banking on this kind of concept too as we develop our features for podcasts at DailySplice.com.
But I don’t think it’s time to say goodbye to iTunes. I think it’s just time for iTunes to become more social. This seemed like the game plan for Zune when it came out. What if the iTunes store was more like MySpace or Last.fm where you were given a little corner of the store and could even promote your favorite bands? Hmmm… even make commissions off your sales… haha, ok, maybe now I’m dreaming.”
