*BZZT, CLEAR - MySpace Gains a Million New Users in a Month
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Is Justin Timberlake really bringing MySpace back?
Could be, according to data released by the company on Monday. MySpace claims that it now has “an average of 40,000 new registrations daily” and says it has added more than a million new users since launching its new MySpace Music Player in December.
The site also touts its library of 42 million songs as the world’s largest collection of free music, signifying that services like Spotify — not Facebook or Google+ — may be its real competition.
“The numbers tell an amazing story of strong momentum and dramatic change for Myspace,” company CEO Tim Vanderhook said in a statement. “And the one million-plus new user accounts we’ve seen in the last 30 days validates our approach.”
A team of investors including Vanderhook and the pop star Timberlake bought MySpace in June for $35 million. They purchased the social network from Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation, which had bought it six years prior for $580 million.
MySpace then plunged in popularity as Facebook became a social networking behemoth and was passed in U.S. popularity by Mark Zuckerberg’s empire in 2009. In March of 2011, MySpace lost 10 million users in a single month, according to BBC.
Timberlake and his team’s strategy of repositioning the site as a music service seems to be breathing at least some new life into MySpace, however. In addition to a massive catalog of songs — “eclipsing all other competitors,” as the site says — MySpace touts its new music player for a range of both mainstream and unsigned artists, personalized radio streams, recommendation feature and Facebook integration.
“Myspace is building meaningful social entertainment experience around content, where consumers can share and discover the music they love,” Vanderhook said. “Consumers are getting excited about Myspace again — a testament to a great music product.”
There's also a video in the source: [URL]http://mashable.com/2012/02/13/myspace-one-million-new-users/[/URL]
It's still going to need a lot of more than a Music Player to take down the juggernaut known as Facebook.
Nope, just hipsters.
Tbh Myspace is hell of a lot better than Facebook.
To be fair, myspace does have some good indie bands, and their media player makes it easy to listen, instead of searching all around the web for audio.
nah i'd rather not see shit like this anymore
[img]http://mrmokelly.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/RayMyspace.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=Le Pwnapple;34683707]nah i'd rather not see shit like this anymore
[img]http://mrmokelly.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/RayMyspace.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
Wow stop linking my profile without permission!
[QUOTE=ExplodingGuy;34683689]To be fair, myspace does have some good indie bands, and their media player makes it easy to listen, instead of searching all around the web for audio.[/QUOTE]
Bandcamp has replaced that element of myspace in my opinion.
[QUOTE=Andokool12;34683749]Bandcamp has replaced that element of myspace in my opinion.[/QUOTE]
bandcamp + last.fm
all a band needs
[QUOTE=Le Pwnapple;34683707]nah i'd rather not see shit like this anymore
[img]http://mrmokelly.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/RayMyspace.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
Robert Kotick Jr.?
[QUOTE=Andokool12;34683749]Bandcamp has replaced that element of myspace in my opinion.[/QUOTE]
Bandcamp is the tits
[QUOTE=Leonmyster;34683649]It's still going to need a lot of more than a Music Player to take down the juggernaut known as Facebook.[/QUOTE]
They might not have to take down Facebook. Myspace has been trying to push itself in a direction that can co-exist with social media giants. If Myspace heads down the music route(which if you haven't been paying attention, they have for many years), then people will likely have a Facebook [I]and[/I] a Myspace, and use them for different purposes.
Diaspora's where all the cool nerds at
[QUOTE=TheJoker;34683667]Tbh Myspace is hell of a lot better than Facebook.[/QUOTE]
Personally I find it to be like picking favorites between compulsive vomiting or explosive diarrhea.
doesnt matter if there are 42 mil songs if 50% are by random shit bands no one gives a fuck about
Pfft.. fuck MySpace, Bebo is where it's at.
Bring back the neon years.
Screw off, Facepunch is the shit.
boxes?
750,000 bots and 249,999 alts because people forgot there password and 1 actual new user
i go on myspace every day
still haven't gotten a comment in almost a year
maybe tomorrow will be the day :)
Actually, Justin's Bringing it back because of Tunipop, which they'll use to advertise bands and sell merchandise.
[sp]Tunipop is my uncle's company[/sp]
[QUOTE=TheJoker;34683667]Tbh Myspace is hell of a lot better than Facebook.[/QUOTE]
It actually is better for bands and such. You aren't forced to make an account just to view their profile page, and the music player that they offer is fairly good.
geocities bitches
[QUOTE=JohnFisher89;34686336]750,000 bots and 249,999 alts because people forgot there password and 1 actual new user[/QUOTE]
That's one more user than Google+ has now.
[QUOTE=TheJoker;34683667]Tbh Myspace is hell of a lot better than Facebook.[/QUOTE]
fuck the mainstream man i roll myspace everyone look at me i dont mainstream
Get over yourself. What an asinine statement.
[QUOTE=Trogdon;34686555]i go on myspace every day
still haven't gotten a comment in almost a year
maybe tomorrow will be the day :)[/QUOTE]
:~)
MySpace? Sorry, I only have Xanga
I've had a myspace account since 2006 and never used it.... and it still has new members?
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