Interview: Chris De Wolfe: CEO, MySpace:? No Third-Party Distribution Partners

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Interview: Chris De Wolfe: CEO, MySpace:? No Third-Party Distribution Partners

Excerpt:
"I spoke to Chris De Wolfe, the CEO of MySpace, on the JV announced today, and the rationale for forming a separate company on it, instead of being part of the main MySpace.

-- Why a separate JV and why not just be part of MySpace: The rationale was to unify the music industry, and that we are all aligned in the same direction. There are a lot of different projects we will be working on..it is not just a function of them giving us their music content and us making it available for playlists. We will be working with them on original content and other things. We want to create a long term relationship."

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Arrington: ‘Demo needs to die’

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Arrington: ‘Demo needs to die’
Excerpt:
"The scheduling of the TechCrunch 50 conference, which was announced Wednesday, has pit it directly against DemoFall, a long-standing event geared toward entrepreneurs and their products.

And while TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington and CEO Heather Harde insisted in interviews late Wednesday that their selection of September 8-10, 2008, as the dates for TechCrunch 50 was about the availability of an affordable San Francisco venue, Arrington also made his feelings about Demo clear.

"Demo needs to die," Arrington said in the interview. "It's just an old-school model...It clearly involves pay to play, and what we're offering is better.""

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