Wednesday, January 5, 2011 2:18 PM
Famed (former) investment bank turned TARP recipient and paid own employees $23 billion in bonuses in 2009 after 2008's little financial blowup (thank God for them the accounting rules were changed regarding level 3 assets!) and then paid back TARP (was it by an accounting maneuver?) Goldman Sachs took a $500 million dollar stake in Facebook yesterday, valuing the company at $50 billion in the process. Belief is Goldman wants to make a bundle on the IPO which means taking Facebook public at some point.
So, how is Facebook going to monetize their business? As I recall, Myspace was the hot social media portal until Rupert Murdoch bought it and directed his staff to monetize it. The inclusion of cumbersome and annoying ads turned people off Myspace and they migrated like a flock to Facebook. So, anyone have idea(s) how Facebook can succeed where MySpace failed???
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