Turn The Lights Out, MySpace, The Party's Over

09.06.2011
Does anyone want ? The fading social network continues its desperate quest to find new investors, but the situation looks bleak.

AllThingsD that News Corp., which bought MySpace for the what-were-they-thinking price of $580 million in 2005, is down to one potential investing group that may include Activision chairman and CEO Bobby Kotick.

Earlier this week, the Wall Street Journal reported that News Corp., unable to sell MySpace outright, was hoping to form a "" with a potential sucker...I mean, buyer.

News Corp. reportedly wanted $100 million for MySpace, but bids were coming in significantly lower, according to the WSJ.

Indeed, the value of MySpace is certainly far less than what News Corp. wants.

The social network, which switched to an entertainment focus in October 2010, may still draw crowds, but it's losing money.