Comments on: MySpace Cutting Majority of Its International Staff

By: What Led to the Demise of MySpace? Part 1 of … – Topics in Digital Media – Spring 10

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:08:33 +0000

[...] laying off 30% of its U.S. workforce mid-June, and two-thirds of its international employees a week later. [...]

By: Ex-MySpace Exec Hurff to Found Startup Incubator, What About the Rest of Them? – GigaOM

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:20:53 +0000

[...] And while the executive 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 staff. [...]

By: MySpace Sales Down While Facebook Revenue Up in 2009

MySpace Sales Down While Facebook Revenue Up in 2009 — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:39:01 +0000

[...] by 2011, according to the Journal. Though Van Natta has been shaking things up at MySpace with a series of layoffs in the U.S. and abroad, it’s going to take more than downsizing to help the floundering social network regain the status [...]

By: Will MySpace Kill MySpace Latino?

Will MySpace Kill MySpace Latino? — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:45:49 +0000

[...] Jennifer Martinez | Thursday, July 2, 2009 | 12:45 PM PT | 0 comments As MySpace struggles to regain ground it’s lost to Facebook and sort out its revenue woes, executive departures from MySpace Latino, a combination Spanish-English site targeted at U.S.-based Latinos that launched a little over a year ago, indicate it may be on the chopping block. MySpace Latino’s VP of Hispanic sales and strategy, Manny Miravete, has left the company, and the site’s managing director, Victor Kong, has reportedly left as well. The site itself hasn’t been refreshed in over a week amid a wave of layoffs at MySpace’s U.S. and international offices. [...]

By: JackT

JackT — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:51:11 +0000

Seems pretty backwards. MySpace’s US user base is declining while their international users are growing.

By: DTs Flash Drive Blog

DTs Flash Drive Blog — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:28:31 +0000

Interesting development for sure. I read on another blog that the ever annoying face of Tom is getting a 500k a year deal for staying away from the office too. He’ll “mypsace” only from home now. I wonder what the laid-off staffers say about this deal?

By: Gadget Sleuth

Gadget Sleuth — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:34:32 +0000

I give this company 3 years before it folds. Not enough traffic or dollars coming in, interest waning towards platforms like Facebook and Twitter, and inconsistent, shaky leadership.

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Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:58:10 +0000

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