Ex MySpace SVP Kantrowitz Working With Soundcloud, MetroLyrics
Former MySpace SVP Jamie Kantrowitz has lined up advisory roles with a number of online music services, after leaving the social network in… Read more »
Media Tech Summit: ‘Twitter Is A Pulse — But It’s A Biased One’
photo: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski
One of the most well-received sessions at the Media Tech Summit went by so fast and was so stuffed with numbers that I wanted to have the sl… Read more »
MySpace Music Hits Australia, NZ; iTunes For Downloads
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MySpace Music has touched down in Australia and New Zealand, the first territories to get the music and video streaming service outside the… Read more »
Industry Moves: MySpace Founding CTO Whitcomb Leaving; Replaced By MySpace Music’s Maghen
MySpace Music CTO Aber Whitcomb, who was part of the social network’s founding team — and was responsible for making the rapid, crazy-quilt… Read more »
MySpace Trumps Facebook With Two-Way Twitter Syncing
A month after Facebook started letting “Page” owners sync their status updates with their Twitter accounts, MySpace has one-upped its rival.… Read more »
Industry Moves: MySpace; Discovery International; CBS Studios International
– MySpace: The News Corp-owned social network is parting ways with its head of UK sales Nick Reid, who leaves at the end of October after t… Read more »
MySpace's Biz Dev Lead Leaves; Joins Mobile Gaming Company Ngmoco
Jason Oberfest, the SVP of business development at MySpace, has left the social network, and is joining ngmoco, the developer and publisher… Read more »
Chart: Twitter Now More Popular Than MySpace In UK
There has been a series of increasingly ridiculous comparative Twitter metrics in the last few months. See Twitter More Popular Than The BBC and Twitter Bigger Than Newspapers In UK. C’mon – comparing a social comms tool with content publishers is like comparing dancing with architecture. […] Read more »
Inside Word: Twitter Could Be The Next MySpace (And That's Not A Compliment)
The Inside Word is a weekly feature that looks at compelling industry debates and discussions unfolding on the blogs of employees at digital… Read more »
MySpace Memo: Media Link Will Refocus Ad Strategy On 'Day-To-Day Basis'
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MySpace CEO Owen Van Natta’s memo outlining the relationship with ad and marketing consultancy Media Link is out and MediaMemo’s Peter Kafka… Read more »
Wenda Says: Not Taking A Post At MySpace; Media Link Hired To Retool Ad Sales; Berman Out
Update 2: The MySpace-MediaLink engagement is a one year deal and valued in “seven figures”, reports WSJ.
Update 1 (David adds): In a brief… Read more »
It's Official: MySpace Aquires Music Rec Service iLike
The speculation — and negotiations — are over. MySpace just announced the acquisition of iLike. More to come as MySpace CEO Owen Van Natta… Read more »
More On MySpace's Try To Buy iLike
MySpace could acquire once white-hot music service iLike today — and, then again, it might not. TechCrunch had a just-about-done deal yeste… Read more »
MySpace in Advanced Talks To Buy Music Recommender iLike
MySpace is in advanced talks to buy music service iLike for about $20 million, according to Techcrunch, which cites unidentified sources. We… Read more »
Why MySpace Is Launching So Much Original Studio Content
MySpace may be facing questions about whether it’s still culturally relevant enough to retain users and attract ad dollars, but the social n… Read more »
Earnings: News Corp. Writes Down $680 Million, Most Of It Due To FIM
News Corp. (NYSE: NWS) took $680 million in impairment and other operating charges in the quarter ending June 30, primarily related to its d… Read more »
MySpace Mail Goes Public; Global Rollout In Weeks
MySpace has officially started the global rollout of its new mail service, a week later than sources involved with the project expected it t… Read more »
Could MySpace + Yahoo Games = A New Online Gaming Powerhouse?
Just as we were pondering who might make a good potential buyer for Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) Games, comes commentary from News Corp.’s Jon Miller,… Read more »
Industry Moves: News International; TomTom; Kindred
– News International: Still keen to boost physical newspaper sales, News International has created a new head of retail strategy role: Kath… Read more »
Exclusive: MySpace Mail Slated To Launch This Week
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This Thursday, MySpace plans to roll out its own webmail, paidContent has learned from sources familiar with the plans. The News Corp (NYSE:… Read more »
Report: MySpace Picks Spain GM Moser To Head UK
MySpace is tapping its Spain and Portgual GM Christopher Moser as its new UK MD, replacing Anthony Lukom, MediaWeek says. The company says i… Read more »
MySpace Tries Bebo-Style Teen Video Drama
Newly slimmed-down MySpace UK is taking a leaf out of Bebo Originals’ playbook, with a teen-focused short online video drama, Freak, made… Read more »
Van Natta Taps New Design Execs To Simplify MySpace; Katz, Andrus Leaving
Owen Van Natta is saying goodbye to two more execs, and hoping a pair of design-focused new starters can sort out the site’s sprawl. In a st… Read more »
Katz’s MySpace Exit Confirmed, Replaced By Horne
After weeks of speculation, confirmation of MySpace international SVP and MD Travis Katz’s exit has come in a memo from CEO Owen Van Natta (… Read more »
MySpace Outsources Sites In Europe, LatAm To Sibling Fox International
So how will MySpace manage all of its international operations after slicing non-U.S. staff by some 65 percent? Short answer: it won’t. The… Read more »
paidContent Quick Hits: 7.13.09
» Facing pressure from Facebook, MySpace plans to turn itself into an entertainment-information portal. [WSJ]
» Tribu… Read more »
Report: Social Net Ad Spend Slated For Rebound Next Year
Social net ad spending is expected to rebound next year, says eMarketer analyst Debra Aho Williamson, expanding her previously released proj… Read more »
Murdoch: ‘I Blame Myself’ For MySpace Mess
photo: AP Photo / Virginia Mayo
Missed this during my travels — Rupert Murdoch admitting to fault for the way MySpace morphed into an overgrown company in need of a massiv… Read more »
Mark Cuban: Succeed By Free, Die By Free
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Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks and cofounder of HDNet, offers running commentary on Blog Maverick. This post, which follows an ea… Read more »
paidContent Quick Hits: 7.02.09
» *Amazon* taps its inner *Apple*, but Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) could be the one to stop Kindle’s march cold. Great read. [FastCompany]… Read more »
Report: UK MD Lukom Among MySpace’s International Departures
We knew something was up when MySpace’s UK MD Anthony Lukom pulled out of C21′s Social Media Forum last month – the following day, MySpace s… Read more »
paidContent Quick Hits For Sunday
» CQ’s sale to rival Roll Call, part of The Economist Group, seems like a done deal. What will happen after the merger? [Politico… Read more »
More Layoffs At FIM; Includes One-Third Of Photobucket Staff
The slasher film series continues at Fox Interactive Media, which laid off another 50-75 people today at its non-MySpace properties as the N… Read more »
Phones Go Social: Sprint Launches Samsung Exclaim And HTC Snap; AT&T Adds Moto Karma
The success of the “Facebook phone,” built by INQ, has not been lost on either carriers or handset-makers, which are starting to introduce c… Read more »
MySpace Axing Two Thirds Of International Staff, Katz’s Position Unclear
MySpace’s cuts, announced for the U.S. last week, are spreading as expected. The company will slash its international staff by two thirds, f… Read more »
How To Save MySpace: The Seven-Step Plan
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Jason Nazar is the Co-Founder and CEO of Docstoc.com, the premier online community to find and share professional documents. Before starting… Read more »
More MySpace Musical Chairs: Co-Founder Anderson Sticking Around; So Will Berman
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After the bloodbath at MySpace yesterday, which we’ve confirmed did not include anyone in senior management, speculation about who among the… Read more »
FIM Layoffs Underway; Unlike MySpace, No Specifics
In addition to the 420 layoffs announced today at MySpace, nearly 30 percent of the social network’s U.S. staff, Fox Interactive Media quiet… Read more »
MySpace Cuts U.S. Staff By Nearly 30 Percent
The shoe has dropped at MySpace and it’s a big one: the News Corp social network is cutting nearly 30 percent of its staff, reducing the dom… Read more »
Coinstar Gets Into Social Gaming; Will Sell Prepaid Game Cards For Facebook, Others
Lending more credence to reports that Facebook has a universal virtual payment platform in the works, is news that coin-counting machine com… Read more »
