Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Do You MySpace? I'll Bet You Do
It's become a phenomenom. MySpace has and still is taking over the world, whether it be a 15 year old girl trying to pose as a couple of years older to get comments from other guys or an unknown band trying to make a name for themselves by advertising themselves and their next shows and by listening to their music for free. MySpace is taking over and I think it is pretty safe to say that the majority of the age group between 16-35 do MySpace and after reading this article, my believe was validated.
Keith Wilson is a promoter for the club Boardner's, right off of Hollywood Boulevard. He said that he used to be known as just "Keith" and that advertising years ago for the club was a hard task. Now, he goes by the name of Keith 2.0 because that is what he known as on his MySpace page and he goes on to say "I conduct my whole business through MySpace. I haven't made a flier in years."
A free website created by Tom Anderson and Chris DeWolfe for people to advertise for themselves and create their own homepage, MySpace seemed to become an overnight sensation and become the main page found on computers everywhere. People became and still are obsessed with MySpace and it's overwhelming popularity couldn't be denied as it was purchased for $580 million by Rupert Murdoch, the chief executive of the News Corporation. Even Rupert realized that the times were changing and it was getting harder and harder by the day to reach teenagers and kids through what used to be the go to media outlets, such as newspapers and the television. MySpace has taken over and, by looking at the amount of money it cost and the popularity it has and is still gaining, it looks like it's here to stay.
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Yeah Myspace is really cool. Sometimes it gets on my nerves but nevertheless it is a good tool for up coming musicians, music, networking, killing time and just something to do!
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: 10:28 AM
A good post. It seems that MySpace is becoming a social network devoted to self-promotion and publicity. It's free so anyone can advertise themselves and their talents to the world. I wonder if anyone is still using it just to make friends, it seems that most of the myspace pages that make the news are some form of commerical self promotion.
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