tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30737147.post3742457571356287651..comments2023-09-25T04:09:40.720-05:00Comments on Startup Florida: My (Crazy) Predictions for 2011Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00098380945086261202noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30737147.post-39566330987042157282010-12-11T19:04:16.847-05:002010-12-11T19:04:16.847-05:00Mel,
Yep. I was kidding about the Fox comment... ...Mel,<br /><br />Yep. I was kidding about the Fox comment... its actually owned by a separate corporation. Myspace has been re-invented one too many times, and they will fail this go around as well... and all Google needs to do is throw a big number out, and Murdoch will bite. I am more skeptical of google actually acquiring in this space, than I am about Murdoch selling.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00098380945086261202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30737147.post-91874777781945551632010-12-11T14:38:20.983-05:002010-12-11T14:38:20.983-05:00You may be right about the future of MySpace, but ...You may be right about the future of MySpace, but Rupert Murdoch is 1) A very stubborn man (from what I've read); and 2) A man with very deep pockets. On the other hand, he didn't get to be a billionaire by throwing money away on a lost cause. My bet is that he will not go down easy -- especially when he can plainly see that this whole social networking thing is not just a passing fad.<br /><br />Co-President Jason Hirschhorn was recently quoted as saying that he wants to take MySpace back to its roots and make it "the place that obsessively catered to creative leaders." We'll see if he can pull a rabbit out of a hat.<br /><br />Again, your prediction may be right. Maybe Murdoch is just setting up MySpace for someone (Facebook?) to pay his price and take MySpace off his hands. We'll see.<br /><br />As for the fact that FOX is connected to MySpace, I don't think that's really been a factor in MySpace's current malaise. <br /><br />I doubt that many of MySpace's audience even know about the corporate sister connection to FOX ... much less care that much. Information consumers are really only interested in whether MySpace (or any other social network for that matter) is giving them what they want. Unless "The Great Leader" Kim Jong iL or Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is backing MySpace I don't think most people will care that News Corp owns MySpace. But, I could be wrong.<br /><br />Mel Cooper<br />http://melcooper.comNon Deficere LLChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06404636153317214000noreply@blogger.com