While speaking on stage at the Web 2.0 Summit, MySpace co-founder Chris DeWolfe (far left) and and News Corp CEO Rupert Murdoch (center) announced that MySpace will open up its platform to third-party application developers. This move will position MySpace to directly compete with number one rival Facebook and its widely successful application platform.
DeWolfe says that the platform will be opened up within the next couple of months, and that MySpace will set up a sandbox on the site as a test bed for new applications. Also, within the next week, MySpace will build a catalog for all of the widgets on MySpace, making them easier to find and install.
After the MySpace news, conference host John Battelle (on the right in the photo above) turned to Murdoch and asked about his plans for the Wall Street Journal.
"I don't know, I haven't paid for it yet," he joked.
Murdoch says he wants to expand the nationwide and international news coverage in print and on the web. He stressed that he wants to keep the financial coverage, but also to expand coverage of the arts, fashion, culture.
"So you want to kill the New York Times," Battelle asked.
"Yeah," Murdoch said casually. "That would be nice."
Photo: Jarda Brych
