Category: MySpace
MySpace Google Agreement up for Renewal
It is believed News Corporation is in discussions with Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo about replacing MySpace’s search engine advertising agreement. Google has the current agreement which is expected to expire in August. The agreement is $300 million/ year in revenue for MySpace and it very unlikely they will get anywhere near this figure going forward. […]
Read More | ShareSocial Media and Online Video [STATS]
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Over the past couple years the use of video across the web has exploded. Video used to be a technical and ‘hard to create’ media – but now with an abundance of online tools it is easier than ever for regular internet users to create and watch videos online. Social Media Video statistics to take […]
Read More | ShareMySpace Co-President Jason Hirschorn departs
MySpace and News Corporation have announced that Co-President Jason Hirschorn has decided to leave the company. MySpace has had quite a few of their executives leave the company over the past year. Chief Digital Officer of News Corp, Jon Miller released the following statement: ‘We fully respect Jason’s decision to leave and his personal desire […]
Read More | ShareWhat companies are the most social? Infograph
A recent study – the NetProspex Social 50 looks at the social media/network usage of employees, and ranks the top 50 organisations overall social media activity. A range of companies are analysed including: Microsoft, LinkedIn, Facebook, MySpace, eBay, Amazon, Google, IBM, Sun, Dell, Oracle, CISCO, HP, Intel, Twitter, Nike, Coca Cola, Kodak plus many others. […]
Read More | ShareUltimate Social Media Demographic Statistics
I have found some very interesting data showing the demographical statistics of several social media sites including: Twitter, Facebook, StumbleUpon, Digg,Reddit, LinkedIn, MySpace, and Ning. The below infograph shows demographic data across these sites measuring: user age, gender, income level, and education level. Each dot on the graph represents 1% One area i have noticed […]
Read More | ShareSocial Media stats in Australia- Facebook, Blogger, MySpace
On a per capital basis Australia has one of the highest uptakes of social media in the world. Out of our population of 21 million, 14 million Australians are internet users. The most popular social media sites in Australia are: Facebook, Blogger and MySpace. Facebook has 9.2 million Australian users which is almost 66% of […]
Read More | Share20 Interesting Social Media statistics
20 Interesting Facts about Social Media #1 – Social media spending is expected to increase from $716 million in 2008 to $3.1 billion in 2014, which is a compound annual growth rate of 34% (CAGR) #2 – That 34% CAGR means that social media spending is growing faster than any other interactive marketing category #3 […]
Read More | ShareNews Corp Exec: MySpace lost its way
News Corp Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Chairman Chase Carey fielded questions on MySpace at in New York late last month, admitting: ‘Clearly, MySpace lost its way a bit’. Carey went on to comment about the future of MySpace: ‘We’ve spent a lot of the time since last summer right-sizing, went through some layoffs, bringing […]
Read More | ShareMySpace ups security in wake of Facebook privacy concerns
MySpace has announced that their privacy options are changing which will result in user profiles to be defaulted ‘private’ only sharing personal information to friends. This seems to be the exact opposite of Facebook’s current strategy. MySpace, Co-President Mike Jones comments: “We respect our users’ desires to balance sharing and privacy, and never push our […]
Read More | ShareMySpace Appoints New Chief Privacy Officer
MySpace has appointed Jennifer Mardosz as their new Chief Privacy Officer, effective immediately. Jennifer has been with the company since 2007 where she was Vice President of Business and Legal Affairs being responsible for safety, security and privacy matters. Jennifer has previously worked in the legal field, and also for the U.S. Attorney prosecuting various […]
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