MySpace was just acquired by 94-year-old magazine company Time

http://www.businessinsider.com/time-inc-acquires-myspace-viant-2016-2?r=UK&IR=T

by uptown • 10 years ago

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dzdt• 10 years ago

Decrepit dinosaur scavanges putrescent mammal corpse?

aikah• 10 years ago

"But it was rewritten in NodeJs !"

I'm not sure what MySpace could do in order to be successful against. The name is kind of tainted at this point, I guess it could still pivot, focus on a niche(music), and try to compete with Twitter instead of Facebook.

tw04• 10 years ago

Tim Vanderhook, Viant CEO, told Business Insider last year that the company's revenue was in the "hundreds of millions," having grown 20% year-on-year.

If that's accurate... I'd say they're pretty successful already.

startuphacker• 10 years ago

Yeah, everyone loves to hate on and make fun of MySpace, but they aren't doing bad at all. They just aren't the poster child of startups anymore. Facebook got bigger and everyone claimed MySpace was dead. Look who is still making profit?

mariuolo• 10 years ago

Well, I hope it was a bargain!

MySpace was just acquired by 94-year-old magazine company Time

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