Early Monday, we reported that MySpace intended to acquire iLike.

This afternoon, during a press conference call, MySpaces CEO, Owen Van Natta, confirmed the deal and discussed a few details.The call marked the first time Van Nattas made a public statement since becoming CEO, and parts of it were very much scripted and bythenumbers. Take, for example, what Van Natta cited as the first of three reasons MySpace acquired iLike a relentless pursuit of innovation.But reason number two a shared belief in open content distribution made for a more original sound bite.