MySpace

Justin Timberlake Will Have an Office and a Staff of Six for MySpace Relaunch - Posted November 2, 2011
Similar to his role as Sean Parker in The Social Network, Justin Timberlake is set to take on the social networking responsibilities for real. In the coming year, he plans to turn his creative abilities toward reviving ... [SocialTimes.com]

Facebook Still the Fastest Social Network; LinkedIn and Twitter Close Behind - Posted October 20, 2011
SmartBear Software company released its standard quarterly report for overall Web Performance for Social Networks. The company ranked each social media site by... [SocialTimes.com]

Headliner.fm: A Social Network for Musicians - Posted September 27, 2011
Even though the rest of the web has moved on from Myspace the site is still the go-to network for a great many musicians, maintaining relevancy with bands that use it to easily track fans, set up (and publicize shows) and host music, photos and news in a single place. The... [SocialTimes.com]

Facebook + Spotify = Goodbye iTunes? - Posted September 23, 2011
[caption id="attachment_27650" align="alignleft" width="180" caption="Photo: Facebook"][/caption] Oversharing on the Internet went in to overdrive today, after Mark Zuckerberg and Co. at ... [PRNewser]

Tools Round Up: Facebook and Skype; Radian6 and Twitter; JT and MySpace - Posted July 6, 2011
Facebook has announced a partnership with Skype that will bring video calling to the social network's 750 million users. Microsoft is in the process of acquiring Skype for... [PRNewser]

Myspace Eyed by Investor Group - Posted June 10, 2011
News Corporation has been trying to get rid of the money pit that is Myspace for months now. As time ticks down on its fiscal year (it ends June 30th), a group of invest... [FishbowlNY]

News Corp. to Determine Fate of Myspace in Two Weeks - Posted June 2, 2011
Jonathan Miller, head of News Corp.'s Digital Media Group, said that the fate of Myspace will be known very soon. He ... [FishbowlNY]

Manny Pacquiao Hijacks Myspace on Day of Shane Mosley Fight - Posted May 6, 2011
WBC Super Welterweight World Champion and WBO Welterweight World Champion Manny Pacquiao will get in the ring with Myspace Saturday, as t... [SocialTimes.com]

The Top 5 Headlines of the Week -- April 29, 2011 - Posted April 29, 2011
Welcome to this week's edition of "Top 5 Headlines of the Week," a weekly roundup of knowledge that every social media guru should be aware of! Here are the top 5 headlines of this week from the team at Social Times: ... [SocialTimes.com]

News Corp is Selling MySpace for $100 Million - Posted April 28, 2011
Struggling social networking site MySpace is looking for a new owner and hopes to have one by this week's end. According to The Wall Street Journal, News Corp is seeking $100 million for MySpace, much less than what they paid. T... [SocialTimes.com]

Troubled MySpace Hit By Privacy Lawsuit - Posted April 15, 2011
Talk about knocking something while it is down. MySpace, the once pioneering social network site turned faltering 'social entertainment' destination, now finds itself embroiled in a lawsuit, accused of releasing users' information without their consent. Bloomberg ... [SocialTimes.com]

Myspace Sued for Giving Away Member Data Without Consent - Posted April 14, 2011
Bloomberg reports that News Corp.'s Myspace was accused in a lawsuit of giving data to aggregators that associates members' names with their Internet browsing history, without member's consent.... [FishbowlNY]

Simon Cowell & The X Factor Hijack Myspace - Posted April 13, 2011
The X Factor, the singing competition reality series featuring former American Idol judge Simon Cowell as its executive producer, may not be coming to Fox until this fall, b... [SocialTimes.com]

Serious Talks for Myspace to Begin Wednesday - Posted April 4, 2011
All the companies who simply can't wait to lose money by dealing with News Corp.'s Myspace are expected to begin serious talks on Wednesday. All Things Digital i... [FishbowlNY]

News Corp. Proposes Myspace Deal with Vevo.com - Posted March 29, 2011
Bloomberg is reporting that News Corporation has reached out to Vevo.com, a music video website, to gauge interest in a possible deal for Myspace.com. According to the article, News Corp. is hoping to hand... [FishbowlNY]

Advertisers are Avoiding Myspace - Posted March 28, 2011
The demise of once powerful Myspace continues. The Wall Street Journal reports that advertisers are staying away from the site because of uncertainty revolving around its future and the lack of visitors. In February, t... [FishbowlNY]

Gravity, Latest Project From Former MySpace Execs, Ties Users to Their World of Web Interests - Posted February 23, 2011
It's gravity that keeps us tied to earth, and it's Gravity that seeks to tie us to our personal world of interests on the web. With an executive team founded by MySpace's Amit Kapur (CEO), Jim Benedetto (CTO), and Steve Pearman, Chief Product Officer, the premise behind Gravity is the building... [semanticweb.com]

Twitter Hires Former MySpace Exec - Posted February 22, 2011
Twitter has lured away another big name from a competing tech company. Rita Garg, former MySpace business development director has signed on with Twitter. Garg will be joining Twitter's expanding team as the director of business development, and she let t... [AllTwitter]

Blake Griffin Dunks on Myspace - Posted February 17, 2011
Los Angeles Clippers power forward and National Basketball Association All-Star Blake Griffin... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Twitter is the Least-Liked Social Media Brand? - Posted February 7, 2011
Twitter apparently doesn't make the cut when it comes to brand loyalty. A new study from Brand Keys paints a picture of social media being dominated by, of course, Facebook, but also MySpace and Flickr. And Tw... [AllTwitter]

News Corp Might Keep Part of Myspace - Posted February 7, 2011
Despite Myspace continuing its freefall, The Wall Street Journal is reporting that News Corporation is seeking a deal where they retain a part ownership of the website. The company has hired Allan & Co. to advise them on possible deals, but so far, it's not going wel... [FishbowlNY]

President Barack Obama Helps Russell Simmons Extend His Takeover of Myspace with a Special Message - Posted January 28, 2011
President Barack Obama has been quite the social-media star since giving a ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Russell Simmons to Bring a Taste of Hip-Pop to Myspace - Posted January 25, 2011
Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons became the latest celebrity to "Hijack" Myspace, as he will use the social-networking site to host the Hip-Pop Challenge, a contest seeking unsigned hip-hop and pop artists, through Thursday. Simmons will choose all content to appear on the Myspace homepage, including music play lists, political and culture commentary,... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Cryspace: Myspace Confirms Speculation of Some 500 Layoffs - Posted January 11, 2011
Myspace's October launch of a redesigned Web site and shifting of its focus to entertainment apparentl... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Nearly Half of MySpace Staff Given the Axe - Posted January 11, 2011
MySpace announced today the layoffs of 47% of the company's staff, about 500 employees. The cuts come just 3 months after the News Corp-owned social network revamped the site. In a release, CEO Mike Jones made sure to emphasize that the alteratio... [FishbowlLA]

News Corp's Myspace Cuts 500 Staffers - Posted January 11, 2011
The uncertainty surrounding Myspace has come to a climax: the News Corp owned website just announced that it is laying off almost half of its employees. ... [FishbowlNY]

Myspace Music, Fuse Introducing... Cali Swag District, RyeRye, Christina Perri, Young the Giant - Posted December 21, 2010
Cali Swag District, RyeRye, Christina Perri, and Young the Giant will be the featured artists in the latest installment of ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Myspace, Google Announce Multiyear Extension - Posted December 16, 2010
Google will continue to power search and search advertising on Myspace, and the search giant will add display-advertising services, under terms of a multiyear extension between the two companies, announced Thursday. Google will provide Web search, search... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Myspace Hijacked by The Black Eyed Peas, Jack Black - Posted December 9, 2010
The Black Eyed Peas hijacked Myspace as part of the News Corp.-owned social-media site's new Hijacks initiative, which will surrender control of the site to celebrities for three days, allowing them to curate entertainment areas, topic pages, and profiles. Comedian and actor ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Mobile Myspace: New Mobile Site, iPhone App - Posted November 30, 2010
While rumors swirl about the future of Myspace, the News Corp.-owned (for now, anyway) social-networking site is still moving forward, an... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

FX Gets in the Ring with Myspace to Promote Lights Out - Posted November 19, 2010
FX is getting in the ring with Myspace to promote Lights Out, a series about an aging former heavyweight boxing champion who struggles to find his identity and support h... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Behind the Myspace Redesign - Posted November 19, 2010
Myspace underwent a thorough redesign that it began rolling out to users in lat... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

MySpace Connected to Facebook via Connect - Posted November 18, 2010
Just a couple weeks after introducing its redesigned site and new entertainment focus, MySpace will now allow its users to log in via ... [PRNewser]

The New Myspace: That's Entertainment - Posted October 27, 2010
Myspace began rolling out its redesigned Web site and new product suite in beta Wednesday, aiming for a full rollout to all of its global users by the end of November. The refocusing ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

MySpace Redesigns With Entertainment Focus - Posted October 27, 2010
MySpace has begun rolling out a redesigned site that will target "entertainment junkies" in the 13- to 35-year-old ag... [PRNewser]

Vote via MySpace for People's Choice Awards 2011 - Posted October 20, 2010
For the second consecutive year, fans can vote for the nominees and winners of the People's Choice Awards 2011 via MySpace. Voting is open through Nov. 9 in 40 categories covering music, movies, and TV, and the top five vote-getters will become the nominees in their ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Facebook Vs. Twitter: Decide for Yourself - Posted October 14, 2010
At this point there are a bajillion articles that discuss some aspect of the "Facebook versus Twitter" question: ... [PRNewser]

MySpace Drawler iPhone App Allows Users to Manipulate Mobile Photos - Posted October 5, 2010
MySpace launched an iPhone app that serves no purpose whatsoever, but at least it's free. Drawler allows users to modify mobile photos by drawing on them or adding stickers, art, words, or ot... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Mobile Developer HipLogic Adds Jason Ling from MySpace, Stephanie Jorgl from Opera - Posted September 30, 2010
Mobile-application developer HipLogic tapped two prominent Internet companies to strengthen its executive team, bringing aboard former MySpace h... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

comScore: Twitter Bypasses MySpace in Monthly Unique Visitors - Posted September 28, 2010
The inevitable finally happened, according to data from comScore, Twitter bypassed MySpace to become the world's No. 3 social-networking-type online service, ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

MySpace Rolls Out Sync with YouTube - Posted September 23, 2010
Following an integration with Google, MySpace announced the rollout of Sync with YouTube, which enables users of the social-networking site to add videos from Google-owned YouT... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

MySpace Shifting Andy Marcus to Senior VP, Entertainment and Video - Posted September 23, 2010
MySpace is turning to one of its own to lead its entertainment efforts, shifting senior vice president of business and legal affairs Andy Marcus to the post of senior VP, entertainment and video, according to ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

MySpace VP of Communications Joins Brew Media Relations - Posted September 22, 2010
Tracy Akselrud has left MySpace for a position with Brew Media Relations. As ... [PRNewser]

MySpace VP of Communications Tracy Akselrud Leaves to Hoist a Brew with Brew Media Relations - Posted September 22, 2010
MySpace vice president of communications Tracy Akselrud is leaving the social-networking site to join Brew Media Relations, according to ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Audition for American Idol via MySpace - Posted September 16, 2010
Auditions for the 10th season of American Idol are under way, and potential contestants don't even have to wait in line: Through Oct. 6, singers and wannabe singers between 15 and 28 can submit audition videos via MySpace. Songs from artists including ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

MySpace "In Freefall" as Marketshare Drops More Than 35% in Last Year - Posted October 14, 2009
Internet monitoring company Hitwise released new data on the top social networks last week. As suspected, Facebook and Twitter experienced growth. In Facebook's case, the network grew 190% over last year and now claims 58.6% market share in terms of total visitors to social n... [PRNewser]

Remembering Don Hewitt|YouTube Partners With Time Warner|MySpace Confirms iLike Buy|Papers Form Sports Content Sharing Network|BusinessWeek Buy Update - Posted August 19, 2009
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Former AOL CEO Finds New Job With News Corp. - Posted March 30, 2009
The former head of AOL, Jon Miller, is joining News Corp in the new role of CEO, Digital Media ... [MediaJobsDaily]

MySpace Starters Get Awards -- They're Just Kids - Posted December 10, 2008
MySpace CEO and co-founder Chris DeWolfe and president and ... [FishbowlLA]

Michael Wolff on MySpace and Why Rupert Murdoch Loves 'Cretins' - Posted December 2, 2008
So Michael Wolff's long-awaited bio of Rupert Murdoch, The Man Who Owns The News, hit shelves yesterday. Portf... [FishbowlNY]

MySpace and PayPal: Give Money To The Cheerleader, Save The World (Or At Least The Whales) - Posted September 24, 2008
MySpace and PayPal have teamed up to create "donation widgets" that will allow the same people who hit your page up for drunken pictures of your 'neathage to cont... [FishbowlLA]

Why Does MySpace Suck? Two Local Authors Have the Answer - Posted September 4, 2008
In their new book, Impotence in the Boardroom: MySpace Caught an STD, marketing experts Yvette Bowlin and Sonni Carr explore what they call "strategically transmi... [FishbowlLA]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted May 15, 2008
Unclear on the Concept: A note to the latimes.com headline writers. You can't say "Spoiler Alert" and then follow that up with a colon and the actual spoiler. That's not an alert. That's a headline that tells you ... [FishbowlLA]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted April 4, 2008
Weekend Box Office Predictions: Josh Friedman is betting on pro football. Apple Be... [FishbowlLA]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted February 7, 2008
The Medium Is The Message: Spin Magazine sees its subscription rates rise after giving away its product for free on MySpace. We have no idea how or why, but we really, really hope the nitwits who run newspapers don't get any ideas. ... [FishbowlLA]

Web 3.0 - Posted November 20, 2007
I'm weighing in in favor of Web 3.0 as an alias for the Semantic Web. I know there are a lot of people who will roll their eyes and initiate some anti hype exorcism, but let's have a sober look at the pluses and minuses here. Web 3.0 is not without its... [semanticweb.com]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted August 27, 2007
Tom To Sell Out? MySpace might get in on e-commerce, a move that would inspire every soft-core porn princess in the world to put Rupert Murdoch in her Top 8... [FishbowlLA]

TV Folks Catch and Pitch - Posted July 23, 2007
Sean Perry, head of Alternative Television at Endeavor is scheduled to deliver the keynote address at the National Association of Television Program Executives annual TV Produers' Boot Camp on Thursday in West Hollywood. Among the other promised highlights are the derision-inspiringly nam... [FishbowlLA]

HarperCollins and MySpace Team Up for Teens - Posted July 19, 2007
Following on the success of HarperCollins' fan-oriented contest for adults, Avon Fan Lit, the company announced further plans to reach out to teen readers with the help of MySpace (both companies are owned by NewsCorp.) And CNET reports that Diane... [GalleyCat]

LAT in 90 Seconds - Posted May 31, 2007
Henry Kissinger: Says a unilateral withdrawal from Iraq wouldn't work. And as proof, he summarizes his view of the entire Vietnam War. ... [FishbowlLA]

Pentagon Limits Soldiers' Access to MySpace, YouTube. Not Soon Enough For Dr. Laura - Posted May 23, 2007
According to the Santa Barbara Independent, Dr. Laura is taking some time off from her column in the Santa Barbara News-Press following a story about her soldier son Deryk Schlessinger's disturbing MySpace... [FishbowlLA]

Barack Obama Campaign Seizes MySpace Page, Friends Flee - Posted May 4, 2007
Barack Obama's campaign got Los Angeles paralegal, Joe Anthony, to stop his politicking for the Senator via MySpace. Anthony set up the page 3 years ago and got more than 30,000 friends--before Obama even annou... [FishbowlLA]

Mark Burnett, MySpace Team Up for a Competition to Pick a Political Candidate - Posted April 25, 2007
We checked our calendars, just to be sure, but - nope - it's not April 1. That means either someone at MediaPost Publications has it wrong, or this here story is true: Just in time for the next presidential election, reality TV impresario ... [FishbowlLA]

The Answer Bitch Celebrates Her 100th Episode - Posted April 17, 2007
E!'s The Answer Bitch broadcast her 100th episode Monday -- a fairly huge milestone given that podcasting is such a wee little baby of a medium. As the deliverer of delicious ... [FishbowlLA]

Sundown on Sunset - Posted March 16, 2007
Maybe it's all that exposure from BrooWaha, but we've been hit with an inordinant number of MySpace friend requests. While we slog through those this weekend, the rest of you can enjoy a few tasty news nug... [FishbowlLA]

MySpace News! Not Just Fluff for Fluffy Lovers - Posted March 9, 2007
MySpace is getting into the news business. Here's how: * MySpace News takes News to a whole new level by dynamically aggregating real-time news and blogs from top sites around the Web. Kitty blogs surge to top of Technorati. * Creates focuse... [FishbowlLA]

Spaceland Launches Record Label - Posted February 26, 2007
One of the best places to hear up-and-coming artists in LA is Spaceland. So why not leverage that hipster cred into global domination? Featuring some live releases from Spaceland's own hallowed grounds, Spaceland Recordings is gearing up to do so. Though the company launched in September, it's been on a media... [FishbowlLA]

In the Trades: CGI, WGA and Xena - Posted February 12, 2007
Bridge to Terabithia is well worth seeing, writes Justin Chang. Animation director Gabor Csupo lets the CGI run away with the movie, but the effects are ultimately outshone by stronger performances by AnnaSophia Robb and Josh... [FishbowlLA]