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MySpace Hires Tom Cox To Oversee Business Strategy

MySpace announced that it has appointed Tom Cox as its new Senior VP of Business Development, which means he'll be responsible for crafting and implementing the overall business strategy for MySpace. It also means he'll be identifying and negotiating partnerships for the company. "Cox brings to MySpace a proven track record for crafting innovative strategies, structuring productive relationships, and building successful businesses and partnerships within the technology and online media industries," the company says.

Google-MySpace Deal May Be On For Another Month

It looks like MySpace's dealings with Google aren't over - or conclusively continued - just yet.  Even though a search and advertising deal is set to expire today, a report's indicated that the companies' existing contract has been extended a short time while negotiations continue.

MySpace Users Can Now Sync Accounts with Facebook Profiles, Pages

MySpace has announced a new feature that lets users sync their status updates with their Facebook profiles or Pages, while also letting them share content from their MySpace page with Facebook friends. "Sync with Facebook allows users to keep their friends on Facebook up to date on everything, including: sharing songs, latest photos, fun game apps, and more," says MySpace's Jennifer Ruffner.

Inside the Google Phonebooth, Apple Refuses to Show "Green" Rank

Today seems to be redesign day. Digg began rolling out its new redesign to all users (follow us here). MySpace introduced a redesign to profiles. In addition to these, UStream unveiled its own redesign with changes to the homepage as well as the dashboard.

MySpace Cleans Up its Profiles

MySpace has introduced new profiles for users, musicians, and celebrities. The goal, was to "clean things up", so MySpace is offering a newly designed MySpace profile and a theme gallery.

MySpace and Fox Audience Network Get Integrated

News Corp. is integrating its Fox Audience Network (FAN) business directly with MySpace. The company says this will allow MySpace to leverage the FAN team and technology platform. This comes as FAN President Adam Bain leaves the company for Twitter.

MySpace Launches Music Romeo Video App

MySpace has launched a free music video application that can be accessed via its website or on the iPad. The app called MySpace Music Romeo allows users to choose from 15 music genres such as pop or hip-hop and 13 moods including "chill" and "studying." Music Romeo features a "Love" icon that users can click on when a favorite song is played and it will be added to their "Love" list. The more songs a user loves, the more Romeo plays music based on favorites.

Will a Redesign Provide MySpace With a Fresh Spark?

MySpace has a new design for the user home page, which is available today on an opt-in basis, but should be rolled out completely by August 19th. MySpace tells WebProNews, "The new user homepage prominently displays the activity stream and simplifies the content discovery experience.  As users log-in to MySpace, there is a prompt to opt-in for an early look at the new homepage."

Lawmakers Question Yahoo, AOL And MySpace Over Online Tracking

U.S. representatives Ed Markey (D-Mass) and Joe Barton (R-Texas) sent a letter today to 15 companies identified in a recent Wall Street Journal investigation as installing consumer-tracking technologies to target users visiting these sites.

MySpace Improving its News Feed?

MySpace appears to be working on a new feature that could help give it a much-needed boost in consumer enthusiasm. From the sound of it, it's almost like Digg meets the Facebook News feed (or Reddit meets Twitter, if you'd rather look at it that way). Either way, it involves users voting content up and down, while giving them a way to tap into updates on topics of interest.