MySpace has some claws and they want to sink them into YouTube. The question is, can the place for friends “broadcast itself” to a higher number of visitors than YouTube?
MySpace For Trademark Infringement
When capitalizing on the social networking explosion, it’s best to not be too obvious that you’re ripping off somebody else – especially when everybody knows that somebody else and the high-priced lawyers that come with. For example, a site called “MySpace for Midgets” is wrong for two reasons, but we’ll just focus on one.
Is MySpace Too Popular Or Too Populated?
If News Corp.’s not careful, MySpace will become a cautionary tale. It’s explosive growth and subsequent exploitation is starting to cheese off, if you’ll forgive the juvenile expression, a good portion of its user base. Declining numbers could be just a leveling off, or it could be a sign of overpopulation.
YouTube On Pace To Outgrow MySpace
This must have been one of the selling points for Google when deciding to buy out YouTube. According to Compete.com’s Jay Meattle, YouTube is beating MySpace in terms of month-by-month growth.
MySpace vs. YouTube Google Wins?
MySpace has implemented various changes over the weekend to increase exposure of video sharing and hosting features to its users. The changes are designed to simplify the process of adding video content to MySpace profiles.
MySpace to Block YouTube?
Google executives Eric Schmidt and Tim Armstrong are set to meet this week with News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch on the heels of the $1.65 billion sale of YouTube to the search engine giant.
MySpace Grows Up, Helps Darfur
What does MySpace have in common with Ziggy Marley and the members of Insane Clown Posse? They all care about the humanitarian crisis in Darfur, and are working together to help the region. MySpace is organizing a number of concerts, featuring these artists and many others, to raise money for relief efforts.
Sour Grapes MySpace Suit Dismissed
What people by and large were calling a “sour grapes” lawsuit by self-proclaimed MySpace founder and Intermix board member Brad Greenspan against News Corp., was fully dismissed by a Superior Court judge on Monday.
MySpace Sees Old People
More than half of the users on young, hip, advertising magnet MySpace may be older than 35, a revelation that could be damaging to Fox Interactive Media’s attempts to demand premium rates for ads aimed at what has been touted as a young demographic.
Founder: News Corp. Hijacked MySpace
Brad Greenspan, who says he, not Chris DeWolfe or Tom Anderson, founded MySpace.com, is accusing News Corp. and MySpace’s parent company, Intermix, of defrauding shareholders out of $20 billion. Greenspan filed suit with other shareholders in federal court, asking that MySpace be released from News Corp. control.