The idea of social networks as a place to listen to and share music is one that MySpace (NSDQ: NWS) should have owned. But its gradual decli… Read More »
Specific Media’s MySpace Deal: Transforming An Ad Net Into A Media Company
By David Kaplan
Jul. 5, 2011, 9:43pm
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Even before serious talk began that MySpace (NSDQ: NWS) was in play , Specific Media co-founder and CEO Tim Vanderhook was looking for an ac… Read More »
He may not have realized it at time of writing, but Justin Timberlake foretold the MySpace (NSDQ: NWS) story through his music — long befor… Read More »
Specific Media Buys MySpace for $35 Million; Justin Timberlake Gets A Stake
By David Kaplan
Jun. 29, 2011, 11:39pm
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Online ad firm Specific Media has agreed to take MySpace off News Corp.’s hands for between $35 and $40 million, according to AllThingsD and… Read More »
The music videos service Vevo is not in discussion about an alliance with for-sale MySpace (NSDQ: NWS), as recent reports suggested, its CEO… Read More »
The Morning Lowdown 04-14-11
By David Kaplan
Apr. 14, 2011, 5:10pm
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» Arianna Huffington has some things to say about that class action lawsuit over unpaid blogging. (HuffPo; read paidContent’s cov… Read More »
A little more than two years after taking the top job at MySpace Music, Courtney Holt is leaving the joint venture. MySpace CEO Mike Jones w… Read More »
Last week, a major debate on Digital Music News focused on the role that MySpace (NSDQ: NWS) Music now plays in the lives of artists and lab… Read More »
Even as MySpace (NSDQ: NWS) has floundered in recent years, it’s hung on to an important user base-artists, particularly musicians, who have… Read More »
CBS (NYSE: CBS) Radio-backed TargetSpot, which bills itself as the biggest digital audio ad network, has raised $8 million in its latest rou… Read More »
Andreessen Horowitz Backs Imeem Founder’s Mixed Media Labs
By Joseph Tartakoff
Nov. 12, 2010, 2:30am
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Mixed Media Labs, which is behind picplz, an online and mobile app that lets users add special effects to photos, has raised $5 million from… Read More »
Forgive yourself if you forget about your friends on the new version of MySpace: entertainment is your new BFF on News Corp.’s update of the… Read More »
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May. 24, 2010, 11:18pm
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After some good-natured tangling with Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) CEO Carol Bartz at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference, the site’s founder Michael Ar… Read More »
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MySpace (NYSE: NWS) Music is still a critical base for artists, and often a starting point for successful marketing campaigns. But broader… Read More »
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