Does anyone want to buy MySpace?

The Bev Hills-based social networking site isn't officially on the block, but News Corp. COO Chase Carey told a conference today that he's open to offers or partnerships. Of course that's been the case for quite a while - it's just that there's little reason any of the obvious players would be interested. From paidContent:

Earlier this month, Carey spoke quite bluntly about the challenge of turning around MySpace. And while he stopped short of putting the property on the block, he signaled that he put a time frame on getting results out of the relaunch. "This is something we judge in quarters, not years." But as Reuters reported of Carey's latest comments, "He refused to specify how long News Corp was willing to give MySpace to regain some of its former luster."

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