Now That’s Negotiating- Myspace/News Corp Buying Photobucket
Monday, May 7th, 2007
Valleywag has the exclusive that Myspace/News Corp is Buying Photobucket. The price isn’t disclosed. Now with the events that have been going on, I’m sure this has been one hell of a negotiation by News Corp. Here’s how I think it went aka Mike this is your backstory:
Round One
Photobucket: Hi News Corp, we’d like you to buy us for 300 million. We’re a big asset to MySpace, you wouldn’t want google owning us
News Corp: you are a big asset, but you only had 6.3 million in revenues. We’re myspace we don’t need you. Try half that and we can talk
Photobucket: OMGZ our VCs and Bankers tell us 300 million, watch this.
Round Two
Photobucket To World: We’re for sale for 300 million and we’re making the announcement on Tech Crunch. Come buy us!
World: Not for that price.
News Corp: Watch this…
Round Three
News Corp: Eat Shit Photobucket, we just hit the off button
Photobucket: Oh shit, now we’re screwed…
World: you’re not worth anything to us now
Round Four
News Corp: Half your price, which is being generous. If you don’t give in, we’re never turning you back on
Photobucket: Okay, we’re still millionaires.
Yahoo: Oh crap, Flickr still only has minimal marketshare and is overhyped. At least we got rid of Yahoo! photos 
[tags] flickr, photobucket, news crop, acquisition, tech crunch, valleywag, publictivity, web 2.0, myspace [/tags]
So you think you know community? Our good friends at Scrapblog could use your help
Thursday, May 3rd, 2007
Our good friends at Scrapblog forwarded this over. They’re looking for someone who is really in touch with the community and “gets it”:
“Please see this post: http://blog.scrapblog.com/?p=71
I sure would appreciate your help in forwarding this to any locals who
you think might be interested. And if you submit the winning referral,
I’ll give you one of our awesome tees that we’ve ordered. How much
better can it be? 
Here’s what’s happenning:
Our membership has been growing by leaps and bounds since our launch
and we’re looking for outgoing people who want to get some awesome
experience reaching out to our community. There aren’t many formal
requirements for this job, but you do need to be curious, maintain an
open mind and be passionate about connecting people .
Requirements:
• Proficient with community or project management.
• Self-motivated. We’ll give you responsibilities, projects and
guidance, but the work is in your hands.
• Available to meet or work in our Coral Gables office at least three
times a week.
Please drop me an email at alex [at] scrapblog.com with a note on how you
think you can help and when you’ll be available.
We look forward to working with you!
Thanks in advance,
-Alex
“
[tags] scrapblog, publictivity, jobs, community, miami startups, web 2.0 [/tags]
Comment From Dan Scheinman On Social Software and the Enterprise
Thursday, May 3rd, 2007
“Enterprise is last now. We have 1,500 employees on Facebook because we don’t have the internal tools to provide community,” Scheinman said. “A lot of the enterprise has been behind in adopting all these tools.”
… nuff’ said.
Why am I posting this and what is its relation to us…? In due time my friends
[tags] cisco, publictivity, web 2.0, dan scheinman, social software, enterprise, facebook [/tags]