I just got my beta select invite to the newest Myspace to hit the social streets yet. Just two months ago Myspace announced that a new, new Myspace would be launching soon. Ever since then, they have been hard at work.
I feel like I have gone through this before. Oh yeah, we all did a year and a half ago. There was a lot of hype back then, and the excitement levels were high. Myspace was going through a full re-branding and the chances that Myspace could once again be an exciting, fresh, go-to social network was ripe with possibilities.
CEO of Myspace, Mike Jones just confirmed with media that the recent rumor of major layoffs is accurate.
“Today’s tough but necessary changes were taken in order to provide the company with a clear path for sustained growth and profitability,” Jones said of the recently-redesigned Myspace. “These changes were purely driven by issues related to our legacy business, and in no way reflect the performance of the new product.” via CNET.
Yesterday I had the rare opportunity to speak with Mike Jones who is the CEO of Myspace. I am calling it a conversation and not an interview as it wasn’t a scheduled interview, but more off the cuff conversation I had the chance to have with him.
Be the first to check out the new Myspace Threads (formerly Groups) which is coming more than likely today/tomorrow! Myspace Threads is a place for people to gather to chat and share videos, photos and more in real-time.
I got the chance to beta test it and trust me, it’s awesome! Very cool actually. It’s still being refined and the kinks worked out, but for the most part, works well and has some really neat features.
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Ever wonder if you can leverage Myspace so that you can have more incentives by just using the site as you always do? Not many people know this, but you can.
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Today Myspace and Google announced that they will be renewing their search and advertising contract into a new multi-year agreement. Google will continue to power search on Myspace and advertising on the site. Also, under the new agreement Google will provide additional display advertising services to enhance the rich entertainment content experience on Myspace.
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I just wanted to share some important updates with everyone. A few big fixes this week and new features added.
Blogs RSS feeds were fixed. This is important for bloggers and it’s good to have working again! Blog view counts are no longer hidden inside of the blog to see, you can view them in your entire blog list (ex: http://www.myspace.com/msc_page/blog) where I will see each blog view count next to comments and likes without having to click into the blog.
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GetGlue, an entertainment check-in service just received $6 million in funding to further their reach into the Social Entertainment area. Social Entertainment is still a new way at looking at social networking and meshing itself with friend networks that are focused towards all things entertainment.
Hollywood is a billion dollar industry. From film makers, actors, distributors, theaters, DVD sales to television, it’s a huge business where everyone has a piece of the action.
Updated w/Video and Pics. Myspace and Facebook plan to have a “joint” announcement Thursday. The announcement with be held by Myspace CEO Mike Jones and Facebook VP of Partnerships and Platform Marketing Dan Rose. Stra…
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