A quick follow-up to the challenge MySpace is serving up to Apple with their music service, as I wrote about previously (reference: http://www.thereformed.org/2008/04/07/myspace-gambles-big-on-lost-cause/). As I stated before, I don’t believe MySpace will be able to capture a significant market share in an industry which is experiencing innovations per quarter from the company who established and arguably perfected the vary model industry leaders are salivating to get bigger a piece of and the major economic downturn (an obvious recession.. if it looks like a duck…) which is hitting consumers in the pocketbook. What this brief article addresses is the sheer, implausible numbers game that a small fish such as MySpace is facing in a private pond thats home to a big hungry shark. Continue reading ‘Apple Wins by the Numbers’
Archive for April, 2008
MySpace has matured the social networking portal more than any other provider, but how will they fair in the media market - specifically their venture in MySpace music? They’re going after the hallowed ground of Apple’s iTunes and I suspect that we might not necessarily see a failure (because MySpace’s user-base is so very large it can take the hit), but we can forsee that no notable, sustainable gains will be made - Apple’s loyalists will benefit from it extremely however. Why? Continue reading ‘MySpace Gambles Big on Lost Cause’
