http://www.thestandard.com./node/102554/comments comments feed. en http://www.thestandard.com./predictions/facebook-announce-proprietary-music-store-or-music-based-service-sxswi <!--paging_filter--><p class="MsoNormal"><i>UPDATE: The Standard attedended Mark Zuckerburg's QA session at Pangaea to see if any further news would break concerning the rumored music store/service. The community was correct - there are no plans at this time.</i> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Techcrunch <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/05/if-facebook-music-really-launches-will-it-get-dissed-by-50-cent/" target="_blank">wrote this morning</a> that “Rumors surfaced again yesterday on <a href="http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i0823054a0d65c77446adca95cf5451af" target="_blank"><i><span style="text-decoration: none">Billboard</span></i></a> and today in other media outlets that Facebook is in talks with the record labels to launch a music service that will include either free ad-supported music streams or paid downloads.”</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>i</o:p>Like already produces such an application, and it is hugely popular. Both iLike and Facebook will have a big presence at SXSWi, so should make for some interesting cocktail party run-ins. . .</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p>This is a prediction that Facebook will announce a music store or music based service (or equivalent application or feature set, as judged by the Standard’s editors) at SXSWi. <span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; color: #000000" absz="12">This prediction will be judged on March 11, 2008 at the end of SXSWi, or earlier depending on breaking news developments.</span></span></p> http://www.thestandard.com./predictions/facebook-announce-proprietary-music-store-or-music-based-service-sxswi#comments Facebook music Software &amp; Web SXSWi Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:20:01 -0800 The Standard 102554 at http://www.thestandard.com.