paidContent reports that MySpace is planning to launch an email product called MySpace Mail this week. People will get @myspace.com emails with the accounts.
The launch will be soft and low key, with a slow build toward a full roll out well before the end of the year. Some members already have access as part of the company's testing and it is being adjusted with their feedback as part of an iterative process that will be ongoing. MySpace needs to be careful; if they turn on the hose too fast, they could wind up with a huge problem should something go awry. MySpace declined comment.
MySpace reports 130 million members globally, 70 million in the U.S. It's unclear how the e-mail will roll out and whether it will be available outside the U.S. but if MySpace is successful in spreading the service across its members, it quickly could become one of the top e-mail providers.
It is true that MySpace is still a major force in social networking but a lot of MySpace users already have email accounts through other providers such as Google.
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