I wouldn’t bet against MySpace . They attract over 70 million people a month (just in the US), and by most accounts are still one of the 10 most popular sites in the world. 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 They also have a new management team, that’s headed up in part by Michael Jones (COO), the most all around talented internet executive I know. But they’re clearly headed in the wrong direction, and have been for the last two

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. The site said the challenge will award $50,000 between winners submitting MySpace applications, which use the firm's Real-Time Stream API, Open Search API, Photo Upload API, or which integrate the service on the Apple iPhone. Judges on the contest include Mike Jones, COO of MySpace; angel investor Ron Conway; Google's David Glazer; and blogger Robert Scoble. MySpace said that entries will

Andrew Thompson quit high school and built a web site that helped MySpace users decorate their pages. He promoted it by being a "MySpace whore," who amassed as many MySpace friends as he could and promoted his site to them, and by getting ranked high in Google search results. Then one evening he added some Yahoo ads to his site and BAM, everything change... ...Tags: Tags: Intervie

If you want to grow your company’s audience by adding a social media app (on MySpace, Facebook and similar sites), listen to this interview first. interviewed Jason Kiesel because MySpace believed in him enough to hire his company to build IMe , an instant messenger app that lets users message their friends. By the time he was done, the app did so much that it was like a MySpace app that duplicated I Here’s some of what he taught me:

Have you noticed that the fastest growing web sites are masters at getting their users to promote them? I asked Jon Bischke , founder of eduFire how he empowers his site’s teachers to promote their classes–and thereby help eduFire grow. The most successful marketers for YouTube are the people who embed videos in their MySpace pages. How do you build that kind of promotion machine? Here’s an edited excerpt of his response.

Individuals use social networking sites such as LinkedIn and Plaxo as career-advancing tools, even more useful in a down economy. Social networking sites and microblogs are used not only to build company brands, but to foster productivity; social media tools help build communities around the question, "What are you working on?" Companies also use social networking sites in the hiring process, and increasingly, to do innovative advertising (such Just a quick note that I'll be moderating a Technology Council Event : Social Networking as a Business Strategy May 19, 2009 - Culver City Social networking media are used on a daily basis to grow businesses and expand career opportunities.

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. According to the firms, Coors and Outback Steakhouse are the brand sponsors for the new site, which leverages Citysearch's database of businesses and MySpace's social networking site. Financial details behind the deal were not disclosed. The firms said that the product will first launch with a test group of users,

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. According to MySpace, McDonald's, Sony Pictures, State Farm, and Toyota will sponsor the site, which offers music videos, track downloads, information about music, and other music-related information. According to MySpace, McDonald's will have a presence on its music player and through free downloads; Sony will link its Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist comedy; State Farm will be branded throughout the web site; and Toyota will offer free music downloads and highlighting on Tuesdays in its music player.

Los Angeles-based social networking site MySpace said today that it has named Mark Rosenbaum as its Chief Financial Officer. Tags: myspace executiv 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.,

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. According to MySpace, the new MySpace Widget For TV was co-developed by Intel and Yahoo, and will allow consumer electronics devices to interact with MySpace, directly through a 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. Among features of the TV version of MySpace