MySpace is attempting to broaden its reach and appeal with the beta launch of MySpace en Español, a new Spanish-language version for U.S. based Hispanics. They are also launching a new regional site in Spanish for Latin American residents and have plans for localized communities in Mexico and Brazil.
MySpace News Gets A Big ‘Meh’
It’s a new release, but the debut of MySpace News has generated a great big shrug among tech commentators so far.
MySpace News Launches
Sometime this morning MySpace will lift the lid on their new MySpace News feature. MySpace News will scour thousands of news sources via RSS and group them in hundreds of categories. MySpace readers will then vote on which stories are the most popular.
According to the LA Times…
Users Spent 1740 Years At MySpace In March?
Google’s not perfect. The company had a chance to acquire MySpace months before News Corp., at half the price. Rupert Murdoch called it arrogance that they didn’t, and he was probably right. If you add the time spent on MySpace by users in March, it would equal 1740 years, according to Racepoint Group.
MySpace Users Learn Harsh Reality
When you host your stuff on a Web site that’s free and that you don’t control some nasty crap can happen. Yesterday MySpace started blocking Photobucket stuff.
Can MySpace Steal Google Users?
Could MySpace really attract a large proportion of users away from Google and other major portals? A new report from JupiterResearch "21st Century Portals: Thriving in the Google-MySpace Era" examines that question.
The report says that 55 percent of the users who are most likely to pay for services could be drawn to an entertainment and communication combination such as MySpace.
Photobucket, MySpace Fighting Again
Embedded videos from Photobucket vanished from MySpace profiles as the two companies spar over digital content for the second time this year.
Does The MySpace Vote Matter?
One week ago, MySpace announced plans to hold its own little Presidential primary, and we all “oohed” and “aahed” (or at least thoughtfully “hmmed”) on cue – it sounds like an interesting idea, right? But new data implies that MySpace’s elections won’t in any way predict the real deal.
MySpace Moves Into The Trailer Park
Social networking site MySpace has gone Hollywood with their launch of MySpace Trailer Park, a video community that will feature theatrical trailers for film releases.
MySpace Trailer Park is a partnership with Lionsgate independent film studio.
"We expect millions of Americans will come to Trailer Park to check out the industry’s best movie trailers," said Chris DeWolfe, CEO of MySpace.
If MySpace Loves You, Everybody Loves You
Did you know Photobucket controls 41 percent of photo-sharing market? Do you know why they do? Answer: MySpace, MySpace, MySpace. The News Corp.-owned social networking phenom is showing that if you really want market share, you have to win over MySpacers.