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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Los Angeles-based MySpace has been among the most visible of Southern California's Internet era success stories, although the site--now owned by News Corporation--has had its own share of ups-and-downs, as well as questions about its future. MySpace Connection : Richard Rosenblatt , former Chairman of MySpace.

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emerge and are there any lessons to be gained about the future? Why did MySpace lose to Facebook & what can Twitter learn from this? It was suddenly now not only about whom I was connected to, but who they knew and how I could get access to them. MySpace grew faster because Friendster’s servers couldn’t scale.

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JUNE 15, 2012

the startup studio headed by former MySpace CEO Mike Jones, launched. The company is the sixth from Science, and we thought we'd chat with Heather about the new company. The company is the sixth from Science, and we thought we'd chat with Heather about the new company. What is Uncovet all about?

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DECEMBER 20, 2017

Santa Monica-based Science , the startup studio led by former MySpace CEO Michael Jones, says it is booting up an effort to launch its own, bitcoin "mining" facility here in the United States, using renewable energy. The energy used by Bitcoin miners at any time could power about 2.26 million American homes. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 16, 2022

First of all, the glory days of “dot.coms” are gone, when investors “didn’t care” about profitability, and all the big money was focused on user count growth. MySpace, for example, boomed after launch for five years without a revenue model. MySpace wasn’t ready for this, and it soon faded. So let’s take a look.

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MARCH 16, 2010

Los Angeles-based Rotohog , the online fantasy sports software firm headed by Kelly Perdew, told its users and supporters today that the firm is powering MySpace's bracket application for the upcoming March Madness NCAA basketball tournament. The win came as part of an update from the company about its recent customer additions.

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OCTOBER 22, 2009

Los Angeles-based MySpace said Wednesday evening that it has rolled out a new phase of the firm's music site, adding new music videos to the site, as well as tools targeted at artists. According to MySpace, its MySpace Music Videos feature provides an online collection of music videos, recommendation, and sharing tools for music fans.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2018

pointed at all of the companies in Los Angeles that came out of the demise of MySpace, and argues that the growth of Snap is about to trigger another wave of startups in the market. In the report, Amplify.LA For its own part, Amplify.LA says it now has 75 companies in its portfolio with a combined enterprise value of $1.3

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AUGUST 11, 2021

For example, most people thought Twitter was a total snoozer, when Jack Dorsey was looking for funding, especially with MySpace already owning that territory. Yet today, Twitter is a fifty billion behemoth, and MySpace is forgotten. Contrary to popular belief, there is no shortage of good ideas out there.

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JULY 3, 2022

1% click through rate and Facebook manages to be about half as good as that. Friendster was a fad, Second Life was a fad, MySpace was a fad, and Facebook suddenly seems old school. If you can figure out why people care about your product, you’ll have success regardless of the platform du jour. Banner ads routinely average a.1%

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DECEMBER 27, 2018

I would love to see a stabilization of the public markets and crypto markets, however, there are some larger issues I am curious about that will deeply impact the technology industry. Finally, what's your prediction on what will be most important thing for the technology industry in the coming year? READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 17, 2022

I’m not talking here about a small pivot. I’m talking about the kind of change that moved Apple from personal computers to music distribution to consumer electronics, and Amazon from books to e-Commerce to cloud computing services. Unfortunately, the mainstream customers who can really drive revenue care more about price.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Los Angeles-based MindJolt , the online and mobile games developer headed by former MySpace founder Chris DeWolfe, reports today that it is now seeing about a third of the company's total revenues coming from the sale of virtual goods.

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APRIL 3, 2012

We spoke with CEO Michael Witz about the company. Tell us a little bit about Mob Science, games that you develop? We had a little success with Coffee Bar, Magic Mall, and Sony's Infinite Anarchy, and those games keep getting better and we kept learning about the framework, and added more talent to our team.

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JANUARY 31, 2012

Hollywood-based Cocodot , the online invitations startup headed by former MySpace exec Shawn Gold, has made a subtle shift into the e-commerce sector in recent days, adding jewelry, chocolates, gifts, and more to the site. It's unclear when the shift happened, although the company just began emailing users about its various products today.

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OCTOBER 10, 2012

Los Angeles-based game developer SGN , the mobile and social gaming firm headed by former MySpace founder Chris DeWolfe, has kicked off an effort to help support ocean conservation via a relationship with EarthEcho International , a nonprofit headed by Phillippe Cousteau.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Carter was a co-founder/partner at Amplify.LA, and also was founder of Vertical Technologies, Thoughtstar, and S5 Wireless'' Hurff was formerly the EVP of Engineering at MySpace, and also was an EIR at Science Inc. We sat down with David and Allen to learn more about how the company wants to change how startups are created.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Blackline Systems - This maker of accounting software apparently has just filed, or is about to file confidential paperwork for an IPO, being managed by Goldman Sachs. The company has been talking with IPO bankers about a filing all year. The company has been rumored to be seeking an IPO since last year. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 27, 2009

Fox Interactive Media has reportedly laid off a number of staffers, and is restructing its MySpace unit, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. The WSJ reports that News Corp's Fox Interactive Media division laid off about 5 percent of its work force, or about 100 people.

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MARCH 31, 2009

Los Angeles-based MySpace and West Hollywood-based CitySearch announced this morning that the two have launched a beta of a new local search site, MySpace Local, which will allow users to review, rate, and share information about small businesses. Tags: myspace citysearch local business ratings.

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MARCH 21, 2011

Santa Monica-based BeachMint , the new startup from MySpace co-founder Josh Berman, is looking to drum up interest for its jewelry site, JewelMint , via a Groupon deal in LA. As of Monday afternoon, only about 228 people had taken advantage of the offer, which is for $25 for two pieces of celebrity-designed jewelry worth $60.

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That is sudden change, brought about by the fast acceptance of the cassette, which in turn gave way to the next technology, CDs, after a rather short lifecycle. Source: Wikipedia Common license. late 1960’s (yes, I know, a long time ago), there were 31 phonograph record manufacturing plants in Southern California alone.

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DECEMBER 10, 2009

Now, just think about what happens when it all goes away, without warning. Abruptly, Imeem subscribers are being redirected to MySpace Music, and their cloud has suddenly gone dry. Tags: insights opinions cloud poof imeem myspace music digital content. Sure, inside the industry, the problems plaguing Imeem were well known.

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JANUARY 19, 2009

MySpace said today that it has launched a new web reality show with reality entertainment producer Endemol, and separately, has launched a promotion along with Ashton Kutcher's Katalyst Media linked to the upcoming Presidential Inauguration. MySpace users will select the bride's dress, rings, and wedding location through a voting system.

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AUGUST 19, 2009

Los Angeles-based MySpace confirmed Wednesday that it has purchased Seattle-basd iLike , a venture funded firm providing a way for users to share playlists and information on music. No additional information about the buy was announced by the company, nor was any further detail on a rumored $20M price tag provided by the company.

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JUNE 18, 2009

For our Insights and Opinions section this afternoon, Docstoc's Jason Nazar makes a proposal on how to save MySpace. He says: I wouldn't bet against MySpace. I know many of their founders and early employees, and one of the co-founders of Intermix (the parent company of MySpace) is an investor. Read the rest of Jason's article.

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But, do they have a chance at making Facebook become the next Myspace ? About my company(s): [link]. Some of us make a living because of it. Sadly, we are at Facebook’s mercy. They know it and so do their competition. Time will soon tell. To the moon, Eric David Greenspan. Ferocious entrepreneur. Marketing maniac.

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JUNE 23, 2010

The firm's CEO is Brian McKelvey , who we caught up with recently to learn more about his background, the firm, and the market it hopes to serve. Brian McKelvey: We're building a virtual world, which attaches to Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, and all the social networks. How did the firm come about? I am really excited about it.

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APRIL 18, 2022

We heard a lot of this sort of thing about Pinterest in the early days. Confronted by accomplished, irrefutable fact, the rest of us cave in, sign up, and brag about how modern we are. Marketing guru Seth Godin mentioned in an article a while back that “it takes about six years of hard work to become an overnight success.”

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MAY 25, 2011

Los Angeles-based Altly , the latest startup of Dmitry Shapiro , the founder of Veoh and former CTo of MySpace Music, has officially thrown down the gauntlet, saying in a blog post this week that it there is a need for an alternative to Facebook--and the firm is going to create that alternative.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2011

We talked to Deena about her startup and where she's trying to take it. Deena Varshavskaya: I was thinking about alternatives to advertising, because I think advertising just fails to deliver relevance. So, Wanelo is all about creating relevance in shopping. What is Wanelo? Women, really. What's the story behind the company?

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OCTOBER 11, 2010

Sean Percival is VP of Online Marketing at MySpace. Jesse Draper's Valley Girl show is a web-based, talk show which has featured the CEOs of major corporations and startups, interviewed about their businesses on a very pink set. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 18, 2011

We caught up with Artin Nazarian , the firm's co-founder, and chatted about what the company is hoping to do. What is MySocialNightLife all about? What is your involvement in the nightlife industry, and how did you learn about this? Then, worry about the design. The idea was born in Vegas. Thanks, and good luck!

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

Los Angeles-based MySpace announced a lineup of advertisers who will be sponsoring the firm's new MySpace Music site this morning, saying that it has signed four brands who will be integrated sponsors of the site.

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DECEMBER 28, 2010

We asked the same five questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next two weeks. Today, we're sharing the thoughts of Mike Jones , CEO of Myspace. The third one, of course, is Myspace! READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 25, 2023

Most are still confused about the right priority. Too many of the high user growth startups have been fads, and numbers can go down as fast as they go up, as per Friendster and MySpace. Should they focus on increasing revenues and profitability, or entice more and more users with “free” services, to increase their valuation.

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MARCH 20, 2020

I’m not talking here about a small pivot. I’m talking about the kind of change that moved Apple from personal computers to music distribution to consumer electronics, and Amazon from books to e-Commerce to cloud computing services. Unfortunately, the mainstream customers who can really drive revenue care more about price.

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