Comments on: MySpace to Cut 30% of Staff as Facebook Gains Ground http://gigaom.com/2009/06/16/myspace-to-cut-30-of-staff-as-facebook-gains-ground/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:38:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Confirmed: MySpace to Acquire iLike – GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2009/06/16/myspace-to-cut-30-of-staff-as-facebook-gains-ground/#comment-214256 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:05:34 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=54493#comment-214256 [...] took the helm of MySpace this spring, his first shake-up at the social network involved cutting 30 percent of its U.S. workforce and two-thirds of its international staff. The number of unique U.S. visitors to Facebook eclipsed [...]

]]> By: Ex-MySpace Exec Hurff to Found Startup Incubator, What About the Rest of Them? – GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2009/06/16/myspace-to-cut-30-of-staff-as-facebook-gains-ground/#comment-214255 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:05:16 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=54493#comment-214255 [...] suite has been emptying by choice, Van Natta has also been actively cleaning house, cutting 30 percent of MySpace’s U.S. workforce and two-thirds of its international [...]

]]> By: MySpace Sales Down While Facebook Revenue Up in 2009 http://gigaom.com/2009/06/16/myspace-to-cut-30-of-staff-as-facebook-gains-ground/#comment-214254 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:38:55 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=54493#comment-214254 [...] It’s no secret that the News Corp.-owned social network is playing catch-up with Facebook’s rising traffic, and the expiration date on its advertising deal with Google is looming. Now, in addition, U.S. [...]

]]> By: MySpace Cutting Majority of Its International Staff http://gigaom.com/2009/06/16/myspace-to-cut-30-of-staff-as-facebook-gains-ground/#comment-214253 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:15:50 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=54493#comment-214253 [...] employees to 150. The move comes a week after the social networking site said it would slash 30 percent of its U.S. workforce. MySpace said today that it will ”restructure its international operations and refocus [...]

]]> By: virtual online worlds for kids http://gigaom.com/2009/06/16/myspace-to-cut-30-of-staff-as-facebook-gains-ground/#comment-214252 Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:23:53 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=54493#comment-214252 MySpace is so similkar to Friendster, it’ll most probably suffer the same fate.

]]> By: Greg Bowen http://gigaom.com/2009/06/16/myspace-to-cut-30-of-staff-as-facebook-gains-ground/#comment-214251 Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:21:43 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=54493#comment-214251 I don’t understand why MySpace didn’t just adapt – Are there patents involved?

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Om Malik | Friday, October 10, 2008 | 9:51 AM PT
“Earlier this morning, Rich Greenfield, the scary smart media analyst at Pali Capital……….”
“MySpace is one of their BEST-performing assets right now…MySpace is doing great.”

Fast Forward to June 16, 2009 – and now – We need another “scary smart” prediction from Richard Greenfield. @ Pali Capital.

OM – please do the honors and get Greenfield on the phone for comment :-)

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