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Something doesn't sit right about MySpace being called "Rupert Murdoch's phenomenally successful networking site" in this article. It feels like MySpace comple
by TwentySent 4y ago
Something doesn't sit right about MySpace being called "Rupert Murdoch's phenomenally successful networking site" in this article.
It feels like MySpace completely collapsed within a very short time-frame of it being bought by News Corp. Nobody associates it with them, we all associate it with Tom. I guess this article was written just before the collapse, and it probably really felt to The Guardian that MySpace was a really powerful asset in Murdoch's hands forever.
- _hypx 4y agoYour memory is compressing the timeline. News Corp bought MySpace in 2005. And MySpace was still bigger than Facebook until mid-2008. Of course, it was no longer cool long before that event, but that problem doesn't show up in formal metrics until much later. So even in early 2007, there was no hard signs of trouble at MySpace.