Not to be left out of the blitz of digital music news being made by Google and Facebook today, MySpace is rolling out major upgrades to MySpace Music. The changes include the integration of music recommendation service iLike, which it bought in August, a slew of new licensed music videos…

Last week the news came out that Nada Stirratt was leaving her post as EVP, Digital Advertising for MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA) to take on the role of chief revenue officer at MySpace. This evening the company made it official. Besides this, three other exec changes were announced:—Dustin Finer has…

The speculation—and negotiations—are over. MySpace just announced the acquisition of iLike. More to come as MySpace CEO Owen Van Natta holds a press call but you can see the press release below. The acquisition was made by MySpace Inc. and does not include the MySpace Music joint venture. The iLike…

MySpace could acquire once white-hot music service iLike today—and, then again, it might not. TechCrunch had a just-about-done deal yesterday for $20 million and a source told us it would be higher than that but Kara Swisher reports that the offer which she pegs at $13.5 million in cash now…

MySpace is in advanced talks to buy music service iLike for about $20 million, according to Techcrunch, which cites unidentified sources. We have confirmed the talks, and that the deal is separate from its MySpace music venture. Our source says the price is likely to be higher than $20 million,…

Social music service iLike is on the block, MediaMemo reports—with existing stakeholder Ticketmaster and online music pioneer *RealNetworks* at the top of the potential buyers list. ILike has raised about $16 million in funding since its launch in 2006, with Ticketmaster and Bob Pittman’s Pilot Group as its investors. If…

—Operation MySpace live from Kuwait: MySpace, in cooperation with the Department of Defense’s Armed Forces Entertainment and America Supports You program, went live from Kuwait today with Operation MySpace, its concert honoring the troops stationed in Kuwait and the largest MySpaceLive concert to date. The three-hour plus show streamed live…

Music fan network iLike sees little threat from Facebook’s musical ambitions  - but is broadening its base just in case. Having acquired 20 million users in 14 months mainly through its Facebook app (two thirds of users are Facebookers), that base could be shaky if the social net, for whatever…