MySpace Acquired: Email From CEO Mike Jones To Employees

Post by blahblahblah » Thu, Jun 30, 2011, 2:23 AM UTC

jeffchuber wrote: post #40

I'm scared that Myspace is simply a total data buy. Take the existing users data and build some models off of it. Notice these quotes. Doesn't sound too promising. '“... enhancing digital media experiences by fueling connections with relevance and interest.”' - Connection between relevance and interest? Isn't that like saying the connection between apples and .. apples? 'Specific Media is an innovative global interac…

Post by mkramlich » Thu, Jun 30, 2011, 2:58 AM UTC

callahad wrote: post #41

int3rnaut wrote: post #23

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I think Google+ made it so Myspace had to sell now--they've been bleeding money and users for a while now, and with one more challenger in the pit, they would have just bled out. I'm interested in seeing what the buyer actually has in mind for this company now though--It seems totally over, but inventive people always surprise me.

MySpace still seems to have a pretty good penetration with musicians. There might be a viable way to recenter the platform around that.

Post by zoowar » Thu, Jun 30, 2011, 4:28 AM UTC

Post by jackowayed » Thu, Jun 30, 2011, 6:50 AM UTC

jpadvo wrote: post #28

raganwald wrote: post #26

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This isn't just a question of emotional insensitivity. Machiavelli's "The Prince" specifically warns against trying to mix bad news with good. Send the bad news out and put as much bad news as possible in one message. Then dole out the good news in dribbles. So you start by saying almost everyone will be fired and the pension plan is bankrupt. Let that sink in. Then an email goes out saying that the executive team ha…

Interesting -- so not only does mixing good news with bad like this anger the recipients and cast doubt on the leader, it doesn't even accomplish anything. And thanks for reminding me that I need to read that book.

Post by aaronbrethorst » Thu, Jun 30, 2011, 6:58 AM UTC

blahblahblah wrote: post #42

jeffchuber wrote: post #40

I'm scared that Myspace is simply a total data buy. Take the existing users data and build some models off of it. Notice these quotes. Doesn't sound too promising. '“... enhancing digital media experiences by fueling connections with relevance and interest.”' - Connection between relevance and interest? Isn't that like saying the connection between apples and .. apples? 'Specific Media is an innovative global interac…

The really bad news, if they decide to be evil, is that the purchase of MySpace provides a means to circumvent anti-spam and anti-telemarketing laws - if you have a MySpace account, you can be construed to have an existing business relationship, which legitimizes sending you unsolicited email or, for those unlucky folks who used the mobile features of MySpace, telemarketing to you on your cell phone.