Myspace Introduces Mashup with Facebook
Myspace Users Can Easily Create Highly Personalised, Entertainment-Focused Streams Based on their Facebook Profile
November 19, 2010 – Today Myspace announces Mashup with Facebook, a new feature that allows Myspace users to easily create a personalised
stream of entertainment content. With a simple one-click set-up, the likes and interests of a user’s Facebook profile
are ported over to Myspace, enabling a user’s stream to become immediately populated with the entertainment content they
already love.
Users also have the ability to program their own streams based on recommendations and trending topics bubbling up on
Myspace, while also engaging with other fans that share the same interests and passions in music, celebrities, TV, and
movies.
“We are thrilled to further our collaboration with Facebook through Mashup with Facebook. This new feature is a great
illustration of our strategy around social entertainment and enabling the real-time stream. The stream is one of our
most popular features on Myspace, and it is now delivering an even richer entertainment experience of relevant content
for our users to enjoy,” said Mike Jones, CEO of Myspace. “I’m particularly excited because so many people will be able
to have the immediate satisfaction of enjoying their own entertainment program that they have customised themselves as
well as connecting to all their passions and to the Myspace community at large.”
“Sharing entertainment and music interests is part of many of our friendships, online and off,” said Dan Rose, VP of
Partnerships and Platform Marketing, Facebook. “Myspace is giving people an easy way to bring their favorite bands,
celebrities and movies from Facebook to create a personalised experience on Myspace from the start.”
About Mashup with Facebook
Mashup with Facebook is an opt-in feature that is quick and easy to set up. Users can visit Myspace.com and click on the
Mashup with Facebook button to begin. In just a few simple steps, a basic Myspace profile is created and users can
immediately begin building their personal profile based on information they’ve listed in their Facebook profile. Built
into the feature are robust algorithms that help enable the discovery, expression, and connection to entertainment
content for a user to customise their Myspace profile. Specifically:
• Facebook “likes” and “interests” are matched to relevant Myspace topic pages, profiles, video programming and other
content in entertainment categories such as, music, celebrities, TV, and movies
• Tailored recommendations of new topic pages and profiles are surfaced in real-time to enable discovery of new
entertainment experiences and greater customization
• Subscriptions to a broad array of entertainment programming, including originals, exclusives and content from around
the Web are automatically enabled based on personal preferences and settings
• Passionate fans within the Myspace community are connected through “friending” and “following” features of Myspace
topic pages and profiles
Mashup with Facebook builds upon Sync with Facebook, a recently introduced popular feature that enables the syncing of a
Myspace status update with a Facebook profile or Page. In just one month, Facebook Sync has reached over one million
Myspace users and growing.
Mashup with Facebook is available now to Myspace users globally. Myspace will also soon be implementing the Facebook
Like button across the site to give users an easy way to share their entertainment interests with their friends on
Facebook.
Please visit http://www.myspace.com/pressroom/2010/11/myspace-introduces-mashup-with-facebook for a brief product demonstration, screenshots and b-roll.
About Myspace
Myspace, Inc. is a leading social entertainment destination powered by the passions of fans. Aimed at a Gen Y audience, Myspace
drives social interaction by providing a highly personalized experience around entertainment and connecting people to
the music, celebrities, TV, movies and games that they love. These entertainment experiences are available through
multiple platforms, including online, mobile devices and offline events. Myspace is also the home of Myspace Music,
which offers an ever-growing catalog of freely streamable audio and video content to users and provides major,
independent and unsigned artists alike with the tools to reach new audiences. The company is headquartered in Beverly
Hills, CA and is a division of News Corporation. (NASDAQ: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV)
Facebook® is a registered trademark of Facebook Inc.
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