Indeed, MTV, once the undisputed king of teen and 20something content, is finding it
harder to reach its core audience as the Internet generation, which fundamentally communicates differently than previous generations, grows up.
Anderson goes on to tell the story of
MySpace. Originally, founders Anderson and Chris DeWolfe started the social network as an online meeting point for creative types in Los Angeles-actors, musicians, and artists. A revolutionary idea
for its time, LA-based MySpace struggled to find investors, given the radical nature of its content-that is, user-generated content.
At the time the site was founded in 2003, social-networking sites tended to be the domain of tech geeks only; Anderson and DeWolfe set up MySpace to be a place for everyday people to express themselves creatively. At 140 million worldwide users, MySpace has grown to be virtually synonymous with Generation Y and the slightly younger "Millennials."