[bradwestness]

A lot of that can be ascribed to being in the right place at the right time, however.

Lots more people have access to the internet, or are internet-savvy enough to use social media sites, than twelve years ago, when MySpace was in its prime.

There were no MySpace apps for iPhone or iPad, because the most popular phone at the time was the old Nokia "snake" phone.

[rgbrenner]

12 years ago? Myspace was founded in Aug 2003, meaning it's only 9.5 years old now. It was acquired by News Corp just 8 years ago when they had only 25m registered users [0].. and was at its peak active users just 5 years ago (the numbers I already linked to).

Facebook was started only 6 months after Myspace.

So this isn't just about being in the right place at the right time. Myspace clearly made mistakes and/or executed poorly. They had the lead until mid-2008..

0. http://triblive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/s_720589.html#axzz...