Comments on: Can Internet Free Agents Rescue MySpace? http://gigaom.com/2009/04/27/can-internet-free-agents-rescue-myspace/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:47:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: MySpace, R.I.P – GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2009/04/27/can-internet-free-agents-rescue-myspace/#comment-209269 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 03:31:53 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=47347#comment-209269 [...] the trio came together, I asked the question, Can Internet’s Free Agents Save MySpace? My take was simple: News Corp is counting on the equivalent of three Internet free agents to [...]

]]> By: Confirmed: MySpace to Acquire iLike. | GAby Menta http://gigaom.com/2009/04/27/can-internet-free-agents-rescue-myspace/#comment-209268 Thu, 20 Aug 2009 01:41:13 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=47347#comment-209268 [...] Van Natta took the helm of MySpace this spring, his first shake-up at the social network involved cutting 30 percent of its U.S. [...]

]]> By: Confirmed: MySpace to Acquire iLike http://gigaom.com/2009/04/27/can-internet-free-agents-rescue-myspace/#comment-209267 Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:23:14 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=47347#comment-209267 [...] Van Natta took the helm of MySpace this spring, his first shake-up at the social network involved cutting 30 percent of its U.S. [...]

]]> By: MySpace to Cut 30% of Staff as Facebook Gains Ground http://gigaom.com/2009/04/27/can-internet-free-agents-rescue-myspace/#comment-209266 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:16:30 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=47347#comment-209266 [...] DeWolfe and Anderson left in April, former Facebook COO Owen Van Natta took the helm at MySpace as the new CEO. In a statement released this morning, Van Natta said: “Simply put, our staffing [...]

]]> By: Social Media Evangelist http://gigaom.com/2009/04/27/can-internet-free-agents-rescue-myspace/#comment-209265 Thu, 21 May 2009 08:28:30 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=47347#comment-209265 A niche social network will be the future for myspace. Music will remain the big focus and other performing arts can also join as one more revenue generation stream.

This is no prediction though, just a thought!

Manish Pahuja

]]> By: Why MySpace Is Really GeoCities 2.0 [GigaOM] | BYOHosting.com Blogs http://gigaom.com/2009/04/27/can-internet-free-agents-rescue-myspace/#comment-209264 Mon, 04 May 2009 14:22:48 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=47347#comment-209264 [...] fixing MySpace, as Om said recently, a “mission impossible“? Or can Owen Van Natta keep it from becoming GeoCities 2.0? The latter seems unlikely, since [...]

]]> By: TechWrap » Why MySpace Is Really GeoCities 2.0 http://gigaom.com/2009/04/27/can-internet-free-agents-rescue-myspace/#comment-209263 Sun, 03 May 2009 00:54:58 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=47347#comment-209263 [...] fixing MySpace, as Om said recently, a “mission impossible“? Or can Owen Van Natta keep it from becoming GeoCities 2.0? The latter seems unlikely, since [...]

]]> By: thegeniusfiles.com http://gigaom.com/2009/04/27/can-internet-free-agents-rescue-myspace/#comment-209262 Sat, 02 May 2009 22:59:51 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=47347#comment-209262 keep milking the cash cow until the milk dries up. MoooSpace™

]]> By: Why It May Be Too Late to Fix MySpace http://gigaom.com/2009/04/27/can-internet-free-agents-rescue-myspace/#comment-209261 Sat, 02 May 2009 16:01:49 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=47347#comment-209261 [...] fixing MySpace, as Om said recently, a “mission impossible“? Or can Owen Van Natta keep it from becoming GeoCities 2.0? The latter seems unlikely, since [...]

]]> By: Christian http://gigaom.com/2009/04/27/can-internet-free-agents-rescue-myspace/#comment-209260 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:13:39 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=47347#comment-209260 Myspace is too social. Once people started to use it as a dating site, its popularity began to wane. There is much more control over facebook and your interaction with people. Its simpler and much more to the point. The music is a good idea for Myspace, but not just music, multimedia as a whole.

]]> By: Ryan http://gigaom.com/2009/04/27/can-internet-free-agents-rescue-myspace/#comment-209259 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:09:31 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=47347#comment-209259 People promise the moon to secure talent all the time. Culture, expectations, and management (Murdoch) are barriers to execution though. Can a FIM company execute like an agile start-up? That’s what Myspace needs, but it is unfortunately under pressure to replace Google’s soon-departing ad revenue.

]]> By: partywedo http://gigaom.com/2009/04/27/can-internet-free-agents-rescue-myspace/#comment-209258 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:31:54 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=47347#comment-209258 I attended an eMarketing summit in Portland last week. I was amazed at how many of the presenters made remarks like: “who even uses MySpace anymore?”. This and other disparaging remarks lead me to believe that these guys will have to reverse a huge image problem.

As a baby boomer, I get the impression that MySpace is only for the young and the reckless. That may not be true, but I think that there are millions of others who may be getting the same impression.

They should stake out a niche and keep hitting the ball to one or two fields. The trouble is that it will be hard for a big company to turn their thinking to landing on a niche.

A lot of batting practice is probably on the agenda if they want any home runs.

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2009/04/27/can-internet-free-agents-rescue-myspace/#comment-209257 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:06:59 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=47347#comment-209257 Well you might be right about the fact that no small company person wants to deal with this mess. I bet they are promising him the moon in order to take this job. I know Mike pretty well and have a lot of respect for him. I mean, he is one of the few people I qualify as A-type free agent… in baseball parlance.

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2009/04/27/can-internet-free-agents-rescue-myspace/#comment-209256 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:05:27 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=47347#comment-209256 Bijan

after last four games — i don’t see it. i think the trouble begins at top. the manager isn’t just good enough in my opinion to handle this team.

]]> By: Jenkins http://gigaom.com/2009/04/27/can-internet-free-agents-rescue-myspace/#comment-209255 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:32:30 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=47347#comment-209255 He’s not going to have the power to run anything. A small company person wouldn’t take this job. Trust me, I’m one of them.

]]> By: Can Internet Free Agents Rescue MySpace? | Geek Nation http://gigaom.com/2009/04/27/can-internet-free-agents-rescue-myspace/#comment-209254 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:40:07 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=47347#comment-209254 [...] View the entire post by clicking here [...]

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