The news that Fox Interactive Media (FIM) was decentralizing, (as scooped by techcrunch and covered elsewhere) and carving out its individual brands, most notably MySpace and IGN, into standalone silos should be welcomed by the technology, creative and business communities.

This is the first step in a maturing process for intrinsically rebellious MySpace, which despite the multiple doom-and-gloom rants about its eminent demise, remains an 800 lb gorilla in the web ecosphere and will continue to do so as long as it moves towards independence from its corporate parent.

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