Paid Content reports there will be no MySpace the Magazine as was previously reported. Instead MySpace is teaming up with a magazine called Marmalade for a print magazine issue made up entirely of MySpace content. Marmalade's editors will search MySpace for content and MySpace users can accost Marmalade editors on Marmalade's MySpace page.
That didn't happen, but turns out it is tying up with a UK fashion/style magazine Marmalade to create a print issue made completely out of MySpace submissions: it will feature cover-to-cover MySpace content submitted by users, reports Guardian. I guess they need print, mainly because Marmalade doesn’t have anything on its site to begin with.
Users submit their work on MySpace's Marmalade page, and the magazine's editorial staff will also be trawling MySpace to find talent. The magazine is also going to hunt for journalists, photographers, stylists and illustrators to produce three reportage pieces, profiles and a featured interview for its March issue.
MySpace is to make its first move into print publishing through a deal to turn an edition of UK style magazine Marmalade over to user generated content.
Marmalade's March issue will feature cover-to-cover MySpace content submitted by users.
MySpace users can make themselves and their work known via Marmalade's profile on the website myspace.com/marmalademag, and the magazine's editorial staff will also be trawling MySpace to find talent.
The deadline for content for Marmalade's March issue is January 26.
Marmalade does have a rather unattractive logo so maybe they are a good match for that unstylish MySpace look. Marmalade magazine also has an ugly MySpace page where MySpace users can introduce themselves to Marmalade's editors.
