Timberlake Talks Up New Myspace TV

Pop star Justin Timberlake, who bought a stake of former social networking star Myspace last year, announced a new evolution for the website, and TV, at the Consumer Electronics show in Las Vegas.
 
The new Myspace TV offering comes as the result of a partnership with consumer electronics company Panasonic, aims to integrate Panasonic TVs into user’s daily social life, and provide a much needed boost for Myspace, which has seen revenues and membership numbers dwindle out over the past …

MySpace to re-launch as music hub under Specific Media

Former social networking star MySpace will have a new focus and ambition when its new owners, Specific Media and Justin Timberlake, relaunch it this year: to be the premier music destination on the internet.
 

MySpace aims to become the premier music destination on the internet

MySpace was purchased by advertizing network Specific Media at the end of June, and pop music star Justin Timberlake took a stake in and will help shape its future.  NewsCorp purchased the social networking …

Specific Media buys MySpace for $35m

Justin Timberlake will be working with Specific Media, the ad company that purchased social networking website MySpace for $35m this week, to “rebuild and reinvigorate” it.  Timberlake invested in MySpace but the amount has not been disclosed.   The sale marks the end of a drawn out and disappointing venture for NewsCorp, which paid $580 million for MySpace 6 years ago, when it was a darling of the emerging social media universe.
Specific Media, a little known ad company that sells ads …

Lady GaGa, Justin Timberlake and Usher stop using Twitter for ‘Keep a Child Alive’ campaign

Alicia Keys has become the organizer of the campaign joined by top stars like Lady Gaga, Justin Timberlake and Usher
It means that these stars will no longer be using the sites such as Facebook and Twitter (the most popular social networking sites in the world) beginning November 30, the eve of World AIDS Day. Stars will not update their pages until the fund ‘Keep a Child Alive’ has not collected $ 1 million.
Lady GaGa’s microblog on Twitter is followed by more than 7 million people. Star …