Apple faces its strongest attack yet, with its iTunes market lead threatened by the launch of MySpace Music, expected to start-up for real in the US this week.
The question on music industry and analyst's lips is, "can the world's largest music-focused social network take a chunk out of iTunes sales?" Some industry watchers, however, remark that the most likely competition to be generated as a result of the launch will be between News Corp's MySpace and CBS' Last.fm.
MySpace last night confirmed its
