Josh Benner

Tag: MySpace

  • Myspace sold, Justin Timberlake part of buying group

    The former king of social networking, Myspace is going to be sold to advertising firm – Specific Media. The cost? $35 million. To appreciate that cost, there are a few things that must be known: -News Corp. boutht the site in 2005 for $580 million (News Corp owns the likes of Fox, Fox News, Fox…

  • MySpace: Finger lickin’ good

    I was checking my emails this morning, and THIS is what I get from Myspace. Wow. Creativity grade: A+ I was overwhelmed by the originality of this email blast pertaining to their new push to get people to use their new mobile app. First I read the subject “Myspace Mobile, it’s what’s for dinner.” And…

  • MySpace: the AOL of Social Networking

    MySpace isn’t dead. But the social networking website that has been to Facebook what Apollo Creed was to Ivan Drago in “Rocky IV” may want to start looking into hospice care. Last spring, Owen Van Natta was named the CEO of MySpace. During the summer, Van Natta brought Katie Geminder over to the MySpace team.…

  • You can spell ’empty space’ without MySpace

    Last week in the London Telegraph, I saw this headline: “MySpace: is this the beginning of the end? The news that MySpace is set to sack a majority of its international workforce, outside of its headquarters in the US, should set alarm bells ringing.” Beginning of the end? I love you Telegraph, but for MySpace,…