Tag archive: Tom Anderson

LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner isn't confident that Google+ can succeed competing against the already-established social media trifecta of Facebook, Twitter and his own network, saying “Nobody has any free time” for Google+ according to a Business Insider report. Weiner's statements, of course, come hot on the heels of former MySpace CEO Tom Anderson's recent comments that Google+ can not only succeed, but also coexist… Read More

Google would be remiss to use its vaunted talent in algorithms in Google+, MySpace founder Tom Anderson has cautioned in a TechCrunch editorial. Anderson argues that Facebook's over-reliance on algorithmic filtering of the vast output of information in the network is hurting the company by limiting the amount of control users have over their feeds. As such, Anderson warns, Google should be cautious of trying to find an algorithmic… Read More

Although my measures still indicate MySpace is the largest social networking site in the United States, it's no secret that the service has been losing ground to FaceBook, which may still ag behind in the United States but has already surpassed MySpace worldwide in terms of its total usership, and is also experiencing faster growth. Now, MySpace's parent company News Corp. has announced that "by mutual agreement"… Read More

Facebook might be getting all the media attention lately, but MySpace is still the 800-pound gorilla of the social networking sphere, and its never shown any hesitation to hitch its wagon to anything that might bring eyeballs and mouseclicks its way. Today, the site launched MySpace Celebrity, a new content channel where MySpace users can keep up on entertainment news, blogs, videos, and events…as well as server as a central point… Read More

Social networking site MySpace officially launched a beta version of its MySpaceIM instant messaging client—although the company notes it began rolling out the software a year ago, and it's been spreading virally ever since, to the point where 17 million MySpace users have already given it a shot. “This is a product with personality,” said MySpace president and co-founder Tom Anderson, in a statement.… Read More

Reality TV shows have been used to pick out the next singing sensations, models, and even Coyote Ugly bartenders. Now MySpace wants to use the medium to pick who we’ll put in office. The company announced Wednesday that it will partner with Mark Burnett Productions to produce INDEPENDENT, a reality TV show that will test participants’ political chops using input from online communities. The winner will receive one… Read More

Pundits have been pondering just how much influence social networking sites like the ever-popular MySpace might be able to exert on U.S. election politics: declared presidential candidates from both major parties have assembled MySpace pages and are enthusiastically inviting the sites' online-savvy youth demographic to sign on as their friends, and organizers alternately quake in fear and glee as they ponder the potential… Read More