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MySpace Bumped Off of Top Ten List by StumbleUpon

MySpace is no longer one of the ten most popular social networking websites in the UK. According to a list compiled by Exprerian Hitwise, the ailing social network has dropped from the top ten list of social networking websites in the UK. [...]

Posted On : Dec, 16 2011 | Comments : 0

MySpace out of top ten most visited social networks

Discovery engine Stumble Upon leapfrogged MySpace to claim tenth place based on web traffic data from November, pushing MySpace down to eleventh. All the other top ten sites in the category maintained their positions from October but YouT [...]

Posted On : Dec, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

Sony Executive Says Spotify Might Die Like Myspace

This is barely news, more of a high-powered executive waxing speculative rhetoric over broad topics, but here we go. Tim Schaaff, president oftheSony Entertainment Network said the following about Spotify. “Spotify has been one o [...]

Posted On : Dec, 07 2011 | Comments : 0

Myspace Attends NYC Premiere Of Young Jeezy’s A Hustlerz Amb...

Young Jeezy may be one of the biggest rappers around but most of us don’t know all that much about his personal life. Sure we know that he was a member of the group Boyz In The Hood and has appeared on hit singles like Akon’s [...]

Posted On : Dec, 01 2011 | Comments : 0

Man accuses Myspace Tom of fathering girlfriend's baby - vid...

Maury often contains couples arguing over who the real father of a baby is, and naming and shaming many philandering 'babydaddys', like any great daytime talk show should. However, a recent episode takes accusations to a whole new [...]

Posted On : Nov, 30 2011 | Comments : 0

Giveaway: Myspace Is Giving Away A Pair Of Tickets To See Wa...

When hip-hop historians look back at 2011 there’s no doubt that one of the milestones will be the release of Watch The Throne, the collaborative album between Jay-Z and Kanye West. The album not only debuted at number one on the Bil [...]

Posted On : Nov, 23 2011 | Comments : 0

Former Myspace CEO Owen Van Natta now former Zynga executive

Owen Van Natta has resigned from his position as an Executive Vice President of Business Operations at casual/social gaming megalith Zynga, according to a regulatory filing released Thursday. While Natta maintains his position on the comp [...]

Posted On : Nov, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

Ex-Myspace CEO resigns as Zynga executive

Owen Van Natta, formerly of Myspace and Facebook, resigns from Zynga but stays on its board (AP) -- Owen Van Natta, the former CEO of Myspace, is stepping down from an executive role at Zynga but will stay on its board of directors. Van [...]

Posted On : Nov, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

Former Myspace CEO Mike Jones launches tech studio in Santa ...

Former Myspace Chief Executive Mike Jones on Wednesday launched Science Inc., a Santa Monica tech studio that aims to develop, provide guidance for and fund start-up companies. In an interview, Jones said he thought there was "an eff [...]

Posted On : Nov, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

DIY Update: R.I.P. MySpace, Long Live Facebook

MySpace is dead. Oh, it’s still out there, but isn’t worth your band's precious time anymore. If it wasn’t clear its downfall was coming when sold to News Corp., then it should have been clear when sold to ad network [...]

Posted On : Oct, 29 2011 | Comments : 0

Myspace rebrand 'would have prevented its collapse'

The former chief executive of Myspace has spoken for the first time about the demise of the once-dominant social network, admitting that News Corporation should have relaunched the site as "an entirely new brand". In a commen [...]

Posted On : Oct, 27 2011 | Comments : 0

Myspace: Five lessons learned from the front

Over the last two years, I served as co-president and then CEO of Myspace. I am often asked, "Why did you take that job?" It is a fair question. As a former startup entrepreneur, the Myspace role seemed out of character. Bu [...]

Posted On : Oct, 25 2011 | Comments : 0

MySpace loses more users, but still significant

It’s easy to write off MySpace, it being shit and all, and it’s true that the flagging social network style service is still haemorrhaging users, with unique visitors down 7% over the summer. That said, according to ComScore, [...]

Posted On : Oct, 24 2011 | Comments : 0

Myspace purchase a 'huge mistake': Murdoch

News Corp's purchase of Myspace was a "huge mistake" and the social network was mismanaged "in every possible way" following the acquisition, chief executive Rupert Murdoch said Friday. Murdoch, addressing sharehol [...]