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The Year in Online Video

Chris Crum — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 05:20:45 -0500

Now that we are in December, the final month of the year, I thought it would be fun to go back through our archives and take a look at some of the highlights of different sectors of our industry, and reflect on everything that has happened over the year 2008. January seems so long ago. So much has happened.

MySpace Video Expands To Mobile

Mike Sachoff — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:49:00 -0500

MySpace announced today that it is launching video content for mobile users in beta globally and says it is the first social portal to offer streaming video for mobile.

Amy Walgenbach, MySpace Manager of Communications, told WebProNews that, "Users are increasingly interested in portability and on-the-go access to content, so video is the natural next step for us in mobile."

Corporate Wolves Circle Yahoo's Goose

Jason Lee Miller — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:48:25 -0500

Alright, my first prediction for 2009: Yahoo gets carved up like a Christmas goose. No more corporate pussyfooting, no more billionaire shouting matches, just the stealthy, calculated approach toward the crippled wheezing of the would-be carrion. Soon it will all be over in a rush of feathers and blood.

Flock Works With MySpace On OpenID

Mike Sachoff — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:14:45 -0500

Good news for those who are users of the Flock browser, the company announced today that it now supports OpenID.

Flock worked with MySpace and Vidoop to develop OpenID in the browser. Flock says that it now offers the most comprehensive discovery and management capabilities for OpenID currently available.

OpenID for Flock is now available to all Flock 2.0 users as an alpha extension. It's available for download at https://extensions.flock.com and http://vidoop.com/labs/.

Woman Found Guilty In MySpace Suicide Case

Mike Sachoff — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:52:43 -0500

A Missouri woman who prosecutors say caused a 13-year-old neighbor girl to commit suicide by harassing her via MySpace was acquitted Wednesday of felony charges of accessing a computer without authorization.

MySpace Music Finds Leadership

Chris Crum — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:16:46 -0500

MySpace Music finally has leadership. Last night, MySpace announced that Courtney Holt has officially been named the President of MySpace Music. He will begin his tenure there on January 5th, and he will be responsible for overseeing growth and development of the MySpace Music brand.

MySpace Getting Ready to Launch Primetime Application

Chris Crum — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:45:31 -0500

Tomorrow, MySpace will be launching the "MySpace Primetime Application", an app that allows users to embed, search, and watch content from Hulu and MySpaceTV on their pages. The application is a product of a partnership with Hulu, Warner Bros, and Sony.

CEOs Split On Social Media Effectiveness

Mike Sachoff — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:50:05 -0500

When it comes to social media 29 percent of CEOs believe that social media tools can be an effective way to communicate with stakeholders while an equal amount (29%) believes social media is ineffective according to a survey from PRWeek and PR firm Burson-Marsteller.

The survey found that 42 percent of CEOs personally participate in social media outlets, but just 18 percent of CEOs have used social media to engage their company's stakeholders.

MySpace Launches New Profile Editor

Doug Caverly — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:36:21 -0500

MySpace has often been maligned due to certain users' garish profiles. Now, although no one's outlawed the use of glitter and bad music, the social network seems to have made an all-around smart move by introducing Profile 2.0.

Things Are Looking Up For MySpace

Jordan McCollum — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 12:00:53 -0500

Wow, something’s up here—this is the second time this week we’ve written about MySpace.

Advertisers to Use Banners Less?

Chris Crum — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:32:26 -0500

A report from Borrell Associates claims that next year will be the first in many in which some components of interactive advertising show little or no growth, or may even decline. A summary for the report says:

News Corp Posts Disappointing Financial Results

Doug Caverly — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:55:07 -0500

There's no escaping it: News Corp had a rough quarter. Rupert Murdoch thinks times will be tough for a while, too. But even as the media giant posted some bad numbers, it turned out that at least a couple of its online properties are working well, with MySpace and WSJ.com making impressive amounts of money.

Yahoo News Top Web Site On Election Day

Mike Sachoff — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:37:22 -0500

Hitwise has released election online traffic results that show Yahoo News was the most visited Web site overall among the news and political Web sites grabbing .72 percent of all U.S. visits representing a 55 percent increase on election day.

CNN.com was the most visited TV network Web site receiving .61 percent of all U.S. Internet visits. CNN.com's visits increased 146 percent on Tuesday compared to Monday. MSNBC.com was the second most visited Web site receiving .40 percent of Internet visits and seeing a 122 percent increase in traffic.

MySpace Sees Big Numbers On Election Night

Mike Sachoff — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:41:58 -0500

MySpace has some fairly big numbers to brag about after the election.

On election night MySpace had 300 million more page views than last Tuesday and over 2 million visits to its MySpace election coverage on MySpace Decision08.

While both candidates had profiles on MySpace, Obama will be the first president on MySpace.

MTV To Profit From Pirated MySpace Videos

Jordan McCollum — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:10:10 -0500

If you thought YouTube’s click-to-buy feature was neat for music labels, allowing them to add links to purchase music on pirated videos featuring that music, you’ll love this: MTV has partnered with MySpace to identify videos posted to MySpace that are copyrighted by MTV, using audio and visual fingerprint technology. And here’s the good part: instead of getting medieval on pirated videos’ hineys, MTV gets to add ads.

MySpace, MTV Partner To Monetize Video

Mike Sachoff — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 09:53:24 -0500

MySpace and Viacom's MTV Networks have partnered with online video advertising firm Auditude to allow users to post copyright video online in exchange for advertising from the source.

How Effective Is Social Network Advertising?

Jordan McCollum — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:10:20 -0400

Social network advertising is not only not annoying but surprisingly effective in some segments, according to the results of a new survey by Razorfish. In FEED: the Razorfish Consumer Experience Report 2008, Razorfish surveyed “connected consumers”—1006 people with broadband access who spent at least $200 online in the past year, used a community site such as MySpace and consumed or made some type of digital media including videos and music.

AOL Launches New Homepage

Mike Sachoff — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 09:42:29 -0400

AOL has introduced a new homepage that allows users to access social networks directly from the site.

Users are now able to post status updates to a number of social networks at once along with keeping track of profile activity, friend requests, status updates and mail alerts from Bebo, MySpace, Facebook, and Twitter.

Kids See Less Online Ads Than Adults

Mike Sachoff — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:14:33 -0400

Younger Internet users between the ages of 12-17 years old are accustomed to less online advertising on the Web sites they visit than adults of all ages, according to a new report from Nielsen Online.

An analysis of online advertising clutter found that Internet users 65+ were exposed to the most clutter, while children 2-11 experienced the least.

Since Web sites geared towards children have little to no advertising, it is not unusual that the youngest Web site visitors are usually exposed to a low level of advertising clutter.

Social Networking Happy Birthday Stats

David Berkowitz — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:15:51 -0400

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Is Social Media Good or Bad For Business?

Chris Crum — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:11:47 -0400

Business owners often struggle with the question of whether or not their employees should be using social media in the workplace. There are obvious reasons why they shouldn't, but there are certainly potential benefits as well, and unfortunately not a lot of clarity to the matter. So let's look at this from several different angles.

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Report: MySpace Closing Netherlands Office

Doug Caverly — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:03:36 -0400

Ever hear of Hyves? MySpace has. The Dutch social network, which boasts around seven million members, kept MySpace Netherlands from establishing much of a market share, and seems to have been a big reason Rupert Murdoch's property decided to close its Amsterdam office.

MySpace, Imeem Announce Android Applications

Doug Caverly — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:35:07 -0400

Unlike the iPhone, Google's Android operating system hasn't seemed to burst onto the scene with ten marching bands in tow. The "little bit here, little bit there" approach looks to be working pretty well, however, as MySpace and Imeem have announced a couple of new applications.

MySpace Shuffles Into Deal With World Poker Tour

Mike Sachoff — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:17:57 -0400

MySpace has partnered with the World Poker Tour and will offer MySpace users a dedicated destination for all things poker, including expert tips, player profiles, video clips, tournament news, and behind-the-scenes videos from the World Poker Tour and new ClubWPT.com TV series.

Facebook Mulls Digital Music Business

Mike Sachoff — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 09:57:12 -0400

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly considering entering into the digital music business and becoming a streaming competitor to iTunes and MySpace.

Zuckerberg is in talks with several song streaming services and music community sites including Rhapsody.com, iMeem.com, iLike.com, and Lala.com, sources familiar with the situation said, according to the New York Post.

MySpace Could Reach A Billion This Year

Chris Crum — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 08:54:04 -0400

Things aren't looking too bad for MySpace right now in the financial department. As the economy is in a shambles, MySpace seems to be one of the businesses poised to overcome it and actually see growth.

Google Kicks it Old School with AdWords

Chris Crum — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:32:50 -0400

Hot on the heels of the recently launched MySpace MyAds platform, which lets users easily create their own display ads to run across the social network, Google has decided to go down a similar path with its largely popular AdWords service.

MySpace Redefines Karaoke Amusement

Chris Crum — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:21:24 -0400

Earlier this year, MySpace launched its Karaoke service, but has now upgraded it in a big way including adding video so we can actually watch people humiliate themselves without going to the bar (I've certainly been on both sides of that).

I have to wonder if the lack of that alcohol-fueled bar element will take away from some of the enjoyment of watching people sing popular songs, but when I think about the user-generated content of YouTube, something tells me there will be plenty of entertainment value to this.

Discussing Issues On Poverty, Through Blogs

Mike Banks Valentine — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:34:53 -0400

"Remember the poor, it costs nothing" -- Josh Billings

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Flock 2.0 Has Arrived

Mike Sachoff — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:15:10 -0400

Flock, the social Web browser built on Mozilla Firefox is now out of beta and can be integrated with the MySpace Data Availability platform.

Flock 2.0 includes support for Media RSS and offers access to any social network with a Media RSS feed.

Social networking users can have access to MySpace, Facebook, Digg, YouTube, Flickr, Picasa, Photobucket and Twitter via Flock's sidebar. Flock's Media Bar feature, at the top of the browser allows users to drag and drop pictures and videos into a MySpace user's profile.