Myspace

MySpace is an American social media platform dedicated to music. Considered the "grandfather of Facebook", it was the first big social media.
==Overview==
MySpace was founded on August 1, 2003, by Chris DeWolfe and Tom Anderson, eUniverse employees. The site grew exponentially within the next three years, and exerted a heavy influence over popular culture and music. Due to a variety of reasons, including the rise of Facebook in popularity, Myspace eventually fell in popularity. The current CEO is Tim Vanderhook. Their platform, unlike most social media platforms, allowed and even encouraged the usage of the site to promote music. To this day, the platform is focused on music. It is primarily a music recommendation sitehttps://www.appletoncreative.com/blog/myspace-what-happened-and-where-is-it-now/, more of a competitor to sites like Spotify and Pandora than its former competitors, Facebook and Twitter.https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffbercovici/2012/02/13/first-facebook-killed-myspace-now-its-saving-it/?sh=45144f9b46a2https://www.britannica.com/topic/Myspace
==YouTube==
The Myspace YouTube channel was created on January 12, 2010. Their first and most popular video was uploaded on January 31, 2012, an interview with Lana Del Rey, when she was a relatively new artist. Their last video was uploaded on February 24, 2016, titled "FIVE MINUTES TO THE STAGE: A Silent Film".
==Trivia==
*Myspace had the opportunity to purchase Facebook in 2005.
==References==
Category:Music YouTubers
Category:American YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2010