Is MySpace Making a Comeback?

While many consider MySpace a defunct network, there may be evidence to suggest a boomerang of old users returning to the site and a growth in advertising revenue

MySpaceScHoolboyQ650Social networks have come and gone. While some, like GeoCities, are closed down entirely, others like MySpace and Bebo fade into obscurity. However, according to The Wall Street Journal, MySpace might not be dead after all, and the social network is experiencing advertising growth every year.

Mike Shields wrote on the Journal‘s CMO Today blog:

Between desktop and mobile devices, MySpace reached 50.6 million unique users in the U.S. in November. That’s a massive surge of 575 percent versus the same month in 2013.

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