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Can MySpace's Hip Makeover Win You Back?

Cameron Simcik — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 18:44:43 +0000

Remember back in 2005 when Myspace was cool? We blogged about our crush from middle school science class, took those “what would you do if…” surveys, and felt honored when we made it into someone’s “top friends” box. Those were the days. That was also before Facebook and Twitter took over our online lives, and [...]

Myspace Garners 1 Million More Users Last Month

Scott Shetler — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:30:24 +0000

Is a great Internet comeback story in the works? Myspace, the presumed-dead social networking site that was purchased by a group including Justin Timberlake, has revamped itself as a music-listening destination and added more than 1 million new users last month. Myspace claims to have more than 42 million songs available in its new music [...]

LinkedIn Now Gets More Web Traffic Than Myspace

Tony Hart — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 16:05:19 +0000

Justin Timberlake won't like this one little bit.

The 'SexyBack' singer, who recently bought a stake in Myspace, was greeted with the bad news Tuesday that in terms of web traffic, the site has fallen from number two to number three behind professional networking site LinkedIn. Of course, behemoth Facebook remained in the top spot.

Justin Timberlake Buys a Stake in Myspace

Jordan Breindel — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 18:10:20 +0000

If he can bring sexy back, why not Myspace? It’s been revealed that Justin Timberlake was a significant financial backer of Wednesday’s $35 million dollar acquisition of Myspace by digital advertising firm Specific Media from former parent News Corp. Timberlake, who played Napster founder and Facebook investor Sean Parker in the ‘The Social Network’ will “lead the business strategy” for the new version of the floundering social network. Though he will have an office at Myspace HQ in Beverly Hills, Specific Media chief executive Tim Vangerhook said that JT is “probably not going to be there every day.”