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Pretty Boy MySpace CEO Has Dumb Surrender Plan
Gawker: valleywag — MySpace now says it is no longer competing with Facebook, the rival social network with far more users. No, now MySpace will focus on the niche of music and digital entertainment. And compete with Apple and Google. MySpace CEO and would-be savior Owen Van Natta, the studmuffin hired away from Facebook, told the Financial Times he's not gunning for his ex employer any more: "Facebook is not our competition," he said. "We're very focused on a different space." Van Natta added that MySpace ...

Pretty Boy MySpace CEO Has Dumb Surrender Plan
Valleywag — MySpace now says it is no longer competing with Facebook, the rival social network with far more users. No, now MySpace will focus on the niche of music and digital entertainment. And compete with Apple and Google. MySpace CEO and would-be savior Owen Van Natta, the studmuffin hired away from Facebook, told the Financial Times he's not gunning for his ex employer any more: "Facebook is not our competition," he said. "We're very focused on a different space." Van Natta added that MySpace ...

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