{"id":61,"date":"2006-08-29T04:33:53","date_gmt":"2006-08-29T04:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebizz.wordpress.com\/2006\/08\/29\/myspace-is-the-lifestyle-brand-do-you-agree\/"},"modified":"2006-08-29T04:33:53","modified_gmt":"2006-08-29T04:33:53","slug":"myspace-is-the-lifestyle-brand-do-you-agree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chris-salazar.com\/blog\/myspace-is-the-lifestyle-brand-do-you-agree\/","title":{"rendered":"MySpace is “the” lifestyle brand, do you agree?"},"content":{"rendered":"

(To the left is just one of the many MySpace t-shirts for sale)<\/b>
\nFirst, for some interesting statistics on how the MySpace audience is changing:<\/p>\n

“Some 87 percent of users today are 18 or older; 52 percent are 35 or older”<\/i><\/p>\n

52% of MySpace users are 35 and older…wow, that’s my parents’ generation! And, we thought they were not tech savy…time is changing!<\/p>\n

In the article Will Fox Change MySpace<\/a>, there is talk that MySpace could start selling Fox TV shows. Imagine that?<\/p>\n

Despite all the shirts saying “Tom is NOT my friend” and backlashes against how sluggish MySpace is, I commend them for letting the users take charge. MySpace has evolved and is continuing to do so. In fact, its attracted several bloggers, including myself and Robyn Tippins.<\/a><\/p>\n

Robyn even talks about MySpace starting their own newspaper<\/a>, which is interesting to say the least. They are definitely trying to seek new mediums to reach their target market…which is becoming more difficult as the userbase continues to expand.<\/p>\n

I’m beginning to think that MySpace is NOT a fad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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