BU Now » MySpace http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow News, information and research from Boston University Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:14:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 News Corp. Ousts MySpace Founders http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2009/04/24/news-corp-ousts-myspace-founders/ http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2009/04/24/news-corp-ousts-myspace-founders/#comments Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:15:18 +0000 Dick Taffe http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/?p=287

With Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. ousting the MySpace founders in an effort to transform the TV/movie/newspaper conglomerate into a new-media titan, College of Communication Professor T. Barton Carter says it’s about money and popularity.

“This illustrates two major issues facing many Internet ventures.  One is finding a way to translate popularity to revenue, and many of the best-known Web services have yet to find a way to make money.  The second  is maintaining popularity.  Far too often services can fall from the hot service to yesterday’s news.”

Contact T. Barton Carter, 617-353-3482, comlaw@bu.edu

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