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The only numbers that are real is the $550M revenue for last year, and the $10M profit. The $800M forecast is exactly that, a guess. Murdoch paid slightly ove
by run4yourlives 19y ago
The only numbers that are real is the $550M revenue for last year, and the $10M profit. The $800M forecast is exactly that, a guess.
Murdoch paid slightly over a year's revenues for mySpace. That's not a bad deal (actually it's pretty sweet if you think there is a long term chance of success), but that thin profit margin is really worrying.
What's more worrying is that mySpace was sold by people who thought that yearly revenue + $10M was a good deal. When even your basic deal starts at 3x yearly revenue, one wonders why they sold so low.
If mySpace is investing to the point of razor thin profit margins now, they must either really have something up their sleeves, or are not as healthy as thought.
- staunch 19y agoPeople who know me know I'm usually the skeptical one about the long-term value of Facebook and MySpace. You have me beat by a long shot though ;-) With the humor of Will Ferrel in Anchorman let's "Agree to disagree."
- run4yourlives 19y agolol, sure. Did you see this today on TC though... check out Woody's comment, #25. Interesting given the topic at hand, don't ya think? Link: http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/09/wow-clown-co-got-that-1-billion-valuation-still-nameless-though/ http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/09/wow-clown-co-got-that-1...