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Myspace Is Back, Thanks To Justin Timberlake?

ReddRoxx — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 04:01:33 +0000

Justin Timberlake who once claimed to be “bringing sexy back” is bringing something else back that he feels the world needs…Myspace! Well, Myspace hasn’t actually gone anywhere but it has dropped to the bottom of the social networking totem pole when Facebook took off followed by Twitter. Timberlake purchased the long lost, but one of [...]

Justin Timberlake Buys a Stake in Myspace

Jordan Breindel — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 19:26:20 +0000

If he can bring sexy back, why not Myspace? It’s been revealed that Justin Timberlake was a significant financial backer of Wednesday’s $35 million dollar acquisition of Myspace by digital advertising firm Specific Media from former parent News Corp. Timberlake, who played Napster founder and Facebook investor Sean Parker in the ‘The Social Network’ will “lead the business strategy” for the new version of the floundering social network. Though he will have an office at Myspace HQ in Beverly Hills, Specific Media chief executive Tim Vangerhook said that JT is “probably not going to be there every day.”

Russell Simmons…MySpace CEO?

DJ Ed-Nice — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 22:59:00 +0000

That’s Right! Well sort-of… Hip-Hop Mogul and founder of Def Jam Recordings ‘hijacked’ the music section of MySpace with hopes of improving it. Simmons asked users of the social network, “I’m new CEO (chief executive officer) for a week…Taking over MySpace next week any ideas… what should I do to improve it?” In a statement [...]