Fortunately, the revelation that more fans may scour a Wikipedia page for information about a band is not as damaging to MySpace as might be believed. Both sites do exactly what they are intended to do. At the end of the day, the MySpace page and the content provided is designed to sell the music and the band. The Wikipedia page might result in that action, but it is not the purpose of the page. Information about the band can be used for more than simple consumption, as it might point to a longer trajectory of how the music or the band developed style or other attributes.

As I said, Wikipedia might be more easily navigable, but MySpace has its purpose as well and it should not suffer any detraction because fans prefer to gain information about the band from another site. After all, at one time or another complaints were leveled at a variety of different venues because the trade magazines no longer controlled what information was available. Why should record labels control every aspect anyway? Free content sites still contribute to the end result at some point, and they are free.