Aber Whitcomb leaving MySpace
US based social networking company MySpace has revealed that Aber Whitcomb is leaving the company in the near future.
Aber Whitcomb is currently the CTO and also one of the co-founders of MySpace.
He would be replaced by MySpace Music’s current CTO Alex Maghen.
With this, most of the original guys [...]
iLike could be acquired by MySpace
TechCrunch is reporting that MySpace is close to announcing that they are acquiring the web based service iLike.
This Seattle based music company has been acquired by the social networking giant for around USD 20 million.
This acquisition deal if true could become a PR headache for Facebook.
iLike is [...]
MySpace announces a major job cut
Rumours were true. MySpace has announced that they are cutting its staff by 30 percent.
The aim is to cut costs as it struggles to compete with rivals like Facebook and even Twitter.
After this cut, the company would end up with just around 1000 employees. Still a large number [...]
Jonathan Miller joins News Corporation
News Corp has announced the appointment of Jonathan Miller as their new head of the digital division.
He was once the CEO of AOL.
The company also announced the appointment of Peter Levinsohn as the president of new media and digital distribution at Fox Filmed Entertainment.
Miller would look after [...]
MySpace lines up impressive advertisers for MySpace Music launch
Social networking service MySpace is all set to launch their digital media service later this month.
This new service is called MySpace Music and it would provide free music listening experience to millions of their subscribers.
This streaming music would be supported by advertisers and the company already has [...]
Vodafone Music Reporter: Vodafone collaborates with MySpace
Mobile service provider Vodafone has announced that they are now collaborating with the social networking service MySpace.
Vodafone would now be providing footage from their sponsored media events on the MySpace network.
This new service has been named Vodafone Music Reporter and it would be offered in the European markets [...]
Warner Music Group no longer supporting Last.FM
Last.fm has lost one major content supplier as Warner Music Group has revealed that their music is no longer available through their services.
However, the users of the Last.fm service can still stream music from Warner’s artists using the artist-based radio stations.
Warner Music Group confirmed this new development in a [...]
Mixi to enter Chinese social networking market
Mixi is one of the most popular social networking services in the Japanese market. The company has now said that they are now planning to enter the highly competitive Chinese market.
The company said that they would soon establish their subsidiary in Shanghai.
Mixi added: “We see China as a [...]
MySpace now offering targeted advertising program
World’s most popular social networking portal MySpace.com has announced the launch of their own targeted advertising platform.
Considering the huge network of user base they have, the company has access to large amount of personal details of their visitors which could help them sell more advertising.
MySpace said that advertisers can place [...]
