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Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Los Angeles-based social networking site MySpace announced today that it has named Tom Cox as the firms' Senior vice President of Business Development. Tags: myspace bizdev business development executive The firm said that Cox joins from Stratique Partners, an executive level consulting firm where he was Principal and co-founder.
 
Monday, August 30, 2010
Los Angeles-based social networking site MySpace said Monday that it has added a new ability to synchronize MySpace updates with competitor Facebook. MySpace said its new Sync with Facebook synchronizes status updates, and also allows users to share their music, videos, links, and photos with friends on Facebook. READ MORE>>.
 
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Los Angeles-based social networking site MySpace reports today that it has rolled out a new profile and theme gallery, to help with "cleaning things up a bit" on the site. MySpace said the changes are a result of feedback that users were having a "tough time" navigating profiles on the site. READ MORE>>.
 

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Los Angeles-based social networking site is looking to court developers with the launch of a development contest, the MySpace Developer Challenge , the firm said recently. Judges on the contest include Mike Jones, COO of MySpace; angel investor Ron Conway; Google's David Glazer; and blogger Robert Scoble. READ MORE>>.
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.  MySpace has lost the battle as the “place for friends”.  The following are my 7 Ways on How to Save MySpace. MySpace = Yahoo2.0: Fuel Micro Jobs.
Los Angeles-based MySpace has released an upgrade to the firm's set of application programming interfaces, saying this morning that it has released an upgrade to MySpaceID, the firm's API for allowing other websites to access its information. Tags: myspaceid myspace The firm also said that it will be adding Google Android support soon.
Los Angeles-based social networking site MySpace said today that it has named Mark Rosenbaum as its Chief Financial Officer. Tags: myspace executive Rosenbaum was most recently a consultant to MGM, and was previously SVP Corporate Finance at Gemstar-TV Guide. He has also served at SmartJog S.A., Rosenbaum reports to Owen Van Natta.
Hot off the tip line, here is the internal email to staff about the new MySpace boss Owen Van Natta. 8220;MySpace Update Office of Jonathan Miller (FIM). Dear Colleagues: Today we are announcing that Owen Van Natta is joining MySpace as Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Tags: Gossip myspace TechCrunch.
News Corporation, the parent firm of Los Angeles-based Myspace , said late Wednesday that MySpace CEO and co-founder Chris DeWolfe is leaving the firm. In a statement announcing DeWolfe's departure, MySpace said that News Corp. Tags: myspace executive chris dewolfe According to New Corp., READ MORE>>.
Los Angeles-based social networking site MySpace said Wednesday afternoon that the firm has launched a new offering which will allow users to link to the site while watching TV. The launch came in conjunction with the rollout of a device from Toshiba which allows users to receive and post updates on MySpace from their TV. READ MORE>>.
Los Angeles-based MySpace said today that independent music distributor IODA will provide its catalog to MySpace music. According to MySpace, the partnership with IODA--the Independent Online Distribution Alliance--will add over one million new songs to its platform. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. READ MORE
Los Angeles-based MySpace launched its MySpace Music service last night, the firm's joint venture with EMI Music, SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, and Sony ATV/ Music Publishing. The site is an online music community and music store, which allows MySpace members to listen to and purchase music.
A report today from TechCrunch reports that Los Angeles-based online social networking site MySpace is in the process of acquiring iLike , which operates an online service that allows users to share their music playlists and recommendations with friends. Tags: myspace merger acquisitoin ilike music iLike is backed by Ticketmaster.