MySpace wants to make more mobile friends

LOS ANGELES – MySpace, the social networking platform, is launching a new, ad-supported mobile web site that will be free to users on mobile devices, Fox Interactive Media (FIM) announced Monday. The new MySpace Mobile Web service will be available to consumers this week, with additional sites coming in the months ahead for the company’s other web brands. “Accessing the Internet from a mobile phone will soon be as common as text messaging and voice calling, and it’s FIM’s goal to deliver these new free, ad-supported experiences as additional options for our users,” said John Smelzer, Senior Vice President and...