| We see it on TV everyday. On CNN, NBC, every | | | | views and friends - Jessica Simpson has over |
| news channel, even on Martha Stewarts show | | | | 200,000 friends - that is over 200,000 people that |
| -yes, she is on Myspace also. Hundreds of | | | | get free updates and info from Jessica. Relatively |
| thousands of bands from Kid Rock and Uncle | | | | unknown websites and artists can now get free |
| Cracker to 50 Cent, Jessica Simpson, etc... all have | | | | publicity and get heard. To test this we started a |
| their own Myspace pages. Myspace has grown in | | | | Myspace page 1 week ago and today have over |
| the past 2-3 years to over 66 million users and is | | | | 1,000 page views and over 700 friends. We |
| growing at a rate of 2-10K per hour and several | | | | receive over 70 bulletins per day with |
| million per month. There are now more people on | | | | announcements on everything from band tour |
| Myspace then there are searches per day on | | | | dates to concerts, special invites, offer for a date, |
| Google - the largest internet search engine. | | | | business websites, etc... The majority of users are |
| Comedian Dane Cook has over 900,000 friends | | | | teens and young (under 38) adults. It seems this |
| on Myspace now and it helped promote him from | | | | age group has grown tired of VH1 and MTV |
| nothing to on Saturday Night Live and a | | | | reality shows and the lack of music and |
| nationwide tour under his name with many top | | | | information that is tailored to their desires. This is |
| comedians. Myspace doesn't charge a penny and | | | | what Myspace provides. You control who is in |
| doesn't bombard you with ads like other free | | | | your network and what information, music videos, |
| services in the paste (Kazaa, ICQ, etc...). You can | | | | news, etc... you receive and subscribe to. Myspace |
| advertise for free, start a blog, start a romance, | | | | is the next AOL, and the sky is the limit. It is |
| build friends, network, etc... With over 65 million | | | | rumored that a lot of programming will soon be |
| users the possibilities are endless. Its also very | | | | live off websites like Myspace. Maybe Myspace will |
| easy to use - It doesn't take a manual or a | | | | become like XM radio - no or little commercials, |
| learning timeframe like AOL in the past. This free | | | | choose your own programming 24 hours a day. |
| service has attracted bands in droves. There are | | | | No need to pay for cable TV, or movies. You will |
| over 100,000 bands, artists and similar on | | | | just pay a flat monthly fee. What ever Myspace's |
| Myspace with pages showing tour schedules, | | | | future holds, it is sure to change TV, radio, and |
| factoids, etc... Many of these bands are using | | | | our world or our space for ever. It certainly had a |
| Myspace for free publicity and to grow their | | | | profound effect on Dane Cook and his future is |
| fanbase and popularity. They can release videos, | | | | looking brighter and brighter. Myspace has left its |
| excerpts, free songs, etc... It all works - just look | | | | mark and is here to stay. |
| at some of the bands and their numbers of page | | | | |