Now Even Music Industry Ignoring MySpace

Hot social startup Ticketfly won't promote on traffic-losing site

Further evidence that MySpace is rapidly drifting out of relevance: It’s even being abandoned by services catering to music acts, which were among the site’s early adopters and once-core traffic creators.

The latest nail in MySpace Music’s coffin is the rise of music ticketing startup Ticketfly, which promotes and sells tickets for live concerts using social media platforms, but which has almost zero interaction with MySpace, according to founder Andrew Dreskin. 

“The music industry is revolving around Facebook and Twitter at this point.

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