# Prof. Sinan Aral on the reinvention of Myspace

1 Faculty News January 21, 2013 ![NBC News online logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_037262.gif?itok=6hhedDRK)>

Excerpt from[ Today.com (NBCNews.com)](lifeinc.today.com/_news/2013/01/21/16587377-justin-timberlake-tries-to-reinvent-myspace-but-theres-no-app-for-that?lite) -- "Myspace liberally borrows features from other social networks, but experts caution that could be a double-edged sword. Users obviously aren’t looking for redundancy, but a remix has the chance to deliver a better experience, said [Sinan Aral](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/sinan-aral), an assistant professor and Microsoft faculty fellow at the New York University Stern School of Business."

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