{"id":462,"date":"2011-07-07T02:27:53","date_gmt":"2011-07-07T02:27:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/?p=462"},"modified":"2012-03-19T02:41:13","modified_gmt":"2012-03-19T02:41:13","slug":"techtrends-is-myspace-making-a-comeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/tech-life\/techtrends-is-myspace-making-a-comeback\/","title":{"rendered":"TechTrends:  Is Myspace making a comeback?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/tech-life\/techtrends-is-myspace-making-a-comeback\/attachment\/myspace_logo2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-463\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-463\" title=\"myspace_logo2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/myspace_logo2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Oh, how the mighty have fallen!\u00a0 The once-powerful social media website responsible for launching the career of Tila Tequila is a shell of its former self.\u00a0 Myspace, bought six years ago for $580 million, just recently sold for\u00a0$35 million.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Now I&#8217;m no financial guru, but\u00a0I know a fire sale when I see one.\u00a0 The interesting thing about the sale (and the thing that may save Myspace&#8217;s neck) is the identity of one of the\u00a0new owners.<\/p>\n<p>Justin Timberlake is\u00a0part-owner and newly minted creative director of Myspace.\u00a0 In his new role, he says:\u00a0 \u00a0&#8220;There&#8217;s a need for a place where fans can go to interact with their favorite entertainers, listen to music, watch videos, share and discover cool stuff and just connect.\u00a0 MySpace has the potential to be that place. &#8230; Art is inspired by people and vice versa, so there&#8217;s a natural social component to entertainment. I&#8217;m excited to help revitalize MySpace by using its social media platform to bring artists and fans together in one community.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Even more exciting is the rumor that Timberlake is considering\u00a0using Myspace as a type of talent contest, a la &#8216;American Idol&#8217;.\u00a0 So if you think you have what it takes, reactivate your account (or get one) and start practicing!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oh, how the mighty have fallen!\u00a0 The once-powerful social media website responsible for launching the career of Tila Tequila is a shell of its former self.\u00a0 Myspace, bought six years ago for $580 million, just recently sold for\u00a0$35 million.<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/tech-life\/techtrends-is-myspace-making-a-comeback\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,19],"tags":[97,108,3,107,109,6,28,4],"class_list":["entry","author-admin","has-more-link","post-462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-tech-life","category-techtrends","tag-facebook","tag-justin-timberlake","tag-lifestyle","tag-myspace","tag-social-media","tag-stephanie-humphrey","tag-tech-life-2","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=462"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":731,"href":"https:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462\/revisions\/731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}