Is MySpace becoming MyOhSoYesterday? It’s losing unique page views in droves quicker than Newt Gingrich is changing positions on Libya (well, maybe not THAT fast):
Latest statistics suggest attempts to kick new life into MySpace may be failing.
Tech industry analysts comScore say figures show MySpace lost more than 10 million unique users worldwide between January and February.
There were almost 63 million users of MySpace in February 2011, down from more than 73 million.
Year on year the site has lost almost 50 million users, down from close to 110 million in February 2010.
The loss of users comes despite a series of changes to the site to make it more about music.
It was the social network site that helped launch the careers of artists like Arctic Monkeys, Kate Nash and Lily Allen.
But so far this year MySpace has already announced plans to cut half its workforce.
Around 500 staff are going worldwide.
Five years ago it was booming and for many was the first place to visit to talk to friends and listen to music.
But the arrival of sites likes Facebook has changed the face of social networking.
And there are also blogs worth your time and then there are vital pages on Twitter.
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.