MySpace News Archive
17-Oct-2008
News Corp Rethinks Private Equity Investment In MySpace Music; Too Complicated, Not Necessary (CBS News) You're reading it here first ... That Hulu-like private-equity set-up for the much-hyped MySpace Music isn't on the front burner and may not ever happen, according to sources familiar with the situation. There are several reasons that boil down to this: News Corp (NYSE: NWS) and MySpace don't see the need to try to do something as complicated as a full spin-off given the way MySpace Music has ...
First Bytes: Facebook, MySpace, Google, Yahoo, IBM, AMD, Sony Ericsson (Portfolio.com via Yahoo! Finance) -- Facebook C.E.O. Mark Zuckerberg says he's getting into the online music business to take on MySpace Music. [Yahoo ]--IBM, bringing in big business even in a downturn, shows a 20 percent profit increase this quarter thanks to strong global sales.[NYT ]--Sony Ericsson posts a third quarter net loss of $33.7 million while sales volumes beat analysts' expectations.[Yahoo ]--Chip maker AMD shows ...
BET Networks Secures Advertising and Promotional Partnerships with Nike, MySpace Music, Comcast, Toyota, Alltel ... (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) In support of the BET HIP HOP AWARDS '08, the #1 hip hop themed telecast on television for the past two years, BET Networks announced unique marketing partnerships with Nike, MySpace Music, Comcast, Toyota, Alltel Wireless and Fox Searchlight.
News Corp Rethinks Private Equity Investment In MySpace Music; Too Complicated, Not Necessary (paidContent.org via Yahoo! Finance) You're reading it here first ... That Hulu-like private-equity set-up for the much-hyped MySpace Music isn't on the front burner and may not ever happen, according to sources familiar with the situation.
MySpace Could Reach A Billion This Year (WebProNews) Things aren't looking too bad for MySpace right now in the financial department. As the economy is in a shambles, MySpace seems to be one of the businesses poised to overcome it and actually see growth. read more
Investment Plan for Myspace Music on Back-Burner, Report Says (New York Times) Potential plans by News Corporation to bring in private equity investments in Myspace Music have been put on the back-burner, PaidContent reported. Earlier this year, MySpace announced that it would turn its popular MySpace Music site into a joint venture, bringing in Universal Music Group, Sony BMG Music Entertainment and Warner Music Group as minority owners.
Second teenager may be tied to MySpace hoax (Jefferson City News Tribune) LOS ANGELES (AP) - The eastern Missouri teenager who committed suicide allegedly over an Internet hoax was not the only girl exchanging messages with ?Josh Evans,? a fake MySpace address allegedly operated by a neighbor woman now charged in the girl's death, the woman's lawyer said Tuesday.
MySpace China Looks for Answers after Setback (BusinessWeek)
Flock 2.0 Builds on Firefox 3, Adds MySpace Support (Wired News) Flock, the web browser custom-built for surfing social networking sites, receives an update. The new version is built on Firefox 3 code, has more controls for following MySpace friends and has a new feature for automatically posting videos and photos to your blog.
MySpace Misses in China (BusinessWeek)
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