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...A Facebook, not MySpace.”...
...They always claim they do not need to be regulated because they could be overturned by a newcomer at any time, just as Facebook powered past MySpace in 2009....
...SoundCloud rose to prominence as the “YouTube for audio” — an online home for artists and podcasters to post their work after early pioneer MySpace fell apart....
...Mr Levinsohn previously served as interim chief executive of Yahoo and as an executive at Fox Interactive Media, where he was involved in News Corp’s 2005 acquisition of MySpace....
...Mr Miller was unable to turn round MySpace’s business. MySpace already had started losing its lustre by the time he took control amid competition from Facebook....
...Gannett, owner of the rival Careerbuilder, is a basket case and News International seems unlikely to have recovered from post-Myspace trauma....
...Mr Miller was appointed in the aftermath of News Corp’s purchase of MySpace but failed to rescue its investment in the beleaguered social network....
...Meanwhile, the LA Times looks at the involvement of Justin Timberlake in the deal; the singer will help Specific rebrand MySpace, and will have his own office and staff of six....
...From the FT: News Corp set to keep stake in MySpace Google takes on Facebook with social networking Zynga set to rival networking peers with $2bn IPO...
...Tech news from around the web: A handful of venture capital firms and other companies are expected to make offers to News Corp for MySpace, Mashable reports. Redscout Ventures, Thomas H....
...Pioneers of other technologies, such as MySpace and Psion, were overtaken. Mr Agassi argues that, as he has a complete system in place, he is better compared with Apple....
...backing Raine, including Frank and Lorenzo Fertitta, who control the lucrative sport of Ultimate Fighting Championship.Other Raine investors include Richard Rosenblatt, the founder of Demand Media, who sold MySpace...
...But the MySpace rollercoaster ride shows no sign of ending yet....
...Demand was founded by entrepreneur Richard Rosenblatt, former chairman of MySpace, who brokered the $580m sale of the social network to Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp....
...Their every move will be streamed online, with the audience able to interact with them via video messages and social networking sites such as MySpace and Twitter....
...The handset also comes with onscreen icons that provide easy access to a range of web-based apps that include Facebook, YouTube, MySpace and the AccuWeather service....
...for Rotana but for the whole Arab world,” Prince Alwaleed told a press conference. ”We are set to gain deep experience from News Corp …on television, movie production and technology,” he said. ”They own MySpace...
...It moved from MySpace to NBC, where it was pulled after just one show. TV and computer screens remain different markets – at least for now....
...He still sees MySpace transforming into the pre-eminent entertainment portal, he said....
...Rupert Murdoch, 78, has described himself as a “digital immigrant” and his young daughters as “digital natives”, while UBS pulled in an 18-year-old three years ago to demonstrate MySpace to portfolio managers...
...When Mr Murdoch, the consummate dealmaker whose 2005 purchase of MySpace helped burnish his image among the digerati, was asked whether he would be interested in Twitter, he had a one-word answer....
...It also has several corporate clients, including Hasbro and MySpace....
...bankruptcy and sold itself to Rackable Systems for $25m.As we reported at the weekend, and News Corp has now confirmed, former AOL boss Jonathan Miller is the new top digital executive of a domain that includes MySpace...
...He had taken over the job overseeing MySpace from Ross Levinsohn, his cousin who is credited with spotting and acquiring MySpace before Viacom managed to seal a deal....
...The serial entrepreneur and former chairman of MySpace earned his seat at the conference with his website Demand Media, which claims to be the biggest supplier of video to YouTube....
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