Just a few weeks after the Microsoft-Skype news, online ads giant Specific Media purchased beleaguered social network MySpace for just US$35m. News Corp bought MySpace in 2005 for US$580m and it was understood the company had been hoping to attract a price …
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What Will 2012 Mean for Social Media? – Time
Posted by myspace - Bing News on December 29th, 2011
I’m not sure anyone knows what that looks like at this point. Speaking of social networks metamorphosing into something else, the re-emergence of MySpace is something that’ll be worth paying attention to next year. I’ve said already that I …
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No Comments »The Year in Review: Facebook – PC Magazine
Posted by myspace - Bing News on December 27th, 2011
This year saw the official demise of former social giants MySpace and Friendster, and while Google got in the game with Google+, Facebook still reigned supreme, topping 800 million users. That popularity was not without controversy, however. The social …
Sphere: Related Content Posted in Myspace Tags: controversy, demise, facebook, Friendster, game, giants, Google, magazine, Myspace, pc magazine, popularity, Review, Supreme, year, year in review No Comments »MySpace opens UK recording studio ahead of relaunch – New Media Age
Posted by myspace - Bing News on December 20th, 2011
MySpace is once again set to become a destination for up-and-coming music, following its takeover by ad network Specific Media earlier this year. Specific Media has built a recording studio at its new offices in central London, which will be used by bands …
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Posted by myspace - Bing News on December 15th, 2011
The demise of MySpace is complete, it would seem. This year hasn’t been a good one for the site which was once the foremost social network. At the start of this year, MySpace announced massive job cuts, shedding half its staff. User numbers …
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