At a joing event today Myspace and Facebook announced that they were forming an intense partnership. Users will now be able to log into Myspace with Facebook connect. This symbolises Myspace's step down from the social network race. Myspace will now focus on working with entertainment partners. I think this will be a good partnership between both because it allows both companies to focus on what they are both good at.

Myspace and Facebook connection

Myspace has always been focused around connecting people with brands, bands, and other media.This is in conjuncture with their latest press release about changing the name to "My_". This move was to show that Myspace was now focusing on being your entertainment hub. This is going to drive an increased amount of traffic back to Myspace now that is it working in conjuncture with Facebooks 250 million users.

Myspace's new logo

I have been wondering what Myspace will be doing with the social network accounts still on the site. If they will be migrating these accounts to Facebook, or if they are just going to let the network stale out. So over the upcoming months we will see what happens with this merger and how the new features will roll out.