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‘Dreams,’ Film About Teen Infatuation, Takes Top Prize at Berlin
International Film Festival
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The event’s other honorees include the actress Rose Byrne, a performance as
the composer Richard Rodgers and an Argentine film about a girl who seems
to sp...
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"The numbers tell an amazing story of strong momentum and dramatic change for Myspace," said Tim Vanderhook, CEO of Myspace. "And the 1 million-plus new user accounts we've seen in the last 30 days validates our approach."
ReplyDeleteA team of investors bought out Myspace in June for the fire-sale price of $35 million. Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. paid (many would say overpaid) $580 million for it in 2005.
The new owners, most notably pop star/actor Timberlake, have effectively stopped trying to compete with Facebook and other social sites, instead focusing on Myspace's superior platform for posting and listening to music.
Monday's release from Specific Media credited the site's new music player, with access to more than 42 million songs, as offering the Web's biggest collection of free music.