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|Chris DeWolfe|Co-Founder, CEO|2003–2009|Tom Anderson|Co-Founder, President|2003–2009|Aber Whitcomb|CTO|2003–2009|Josh Berman |COO|2003–2008|Travis Katz|SVP, Head of International|2005–2009|Amit Kapur|COOVP, Business Development|2008–20092006–2009|Jamie Kantrowitz|SVP, International Marketing|2004–2009|Shawn Gold|SVP, Marketing|2006–2007|Jeff Berman|President, Sales & MarketingVP Communications & Policy|2007–20092006–2007|Dani Dudeck|VP Communications|2006–2010|Steve Pearman|SVP, Strategy|2005–2009|Tom Andrus|SVP Product|2007–2009

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name	Myspace LLC| logo = Myspacelogo2013.svg| logo_size = 240px| screenshot = Myspace Homepage.PNG| screenshot_size = 245px| caption = Screenshot of Myspace in 2013| website_type = Social networking service| company_type = Subsidiary	Tim Vanderhook {{small|(CEO){edih} Chris Vanderhook {{small|(COO)}} }}| revenue = | owner = Viant Technology LLC		WEBSITE=EXPANDING RAMBLINGS	ACCESS-DATE=DECEMBER 24, 2018	ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20181224074203/HTTPS://EXPANDEDRAMBLINGS.COM/INDEX.PHP/MYSPACE-STATS-THEN-NOW/, live,	myspace.com}}| registration = Required	#International>14 languages	Myspace (formerly stylized as MySpace; also myspace and sometimes my␣, with an elongated open box symbol) is a social networking service based in the United States. Launched on August 1, 2003, it was the first social network to reach a global audience and had a significant influence on technology, pop culture and music.WEB, Molloy, Fran,www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/03/27/2199691.htm, Internet connectivity ” Science Features (ABC Science), Abc.net.au, March 27, 2008, October 19, 2012, November 26, 2020,www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/03/27/2199691.htm," title="web.archive.org/web/20201126035404www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/03/27/2199691.htm,">web.archive.org/web/20201126035404www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/03/27/2199691.htm, live, It also played a critical role in the early growth of companies like YouTubeWEB, MySpace: We’ll Crush YouTube,mashable.com/2006/09/13/myspace-well-crush-youtube/, Cashmore, Pete, Mashable, September 13, 2006, en, 2020-05-25, August 4, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200804052750/https://mashable.com/2006/09/13/myspace-well-crush-youtube/, live, and created a developer platform that launched the successes of Zynga, RockYou and Photobucket, among others.WEB,venturebeat.com/2009/07/24/myspace-is-a-big-gaming-platform-but-it-hopes-to-be-more-of-one/, MySpace is a big gaming platform but it hopes to be more of one, VentureBeat, July 24, 2009, October 19, 2012, September 21, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200921010054/https://venturebeat.com/2009/07/24/myspace-is-a-big-gaming-platform-but-it-hopes-to-be-more-of-one/, live, From 2005 to 2009, Myspace was the largest social networking site in the world.NEWS, The rise and fall of MySpace {{!, Financial Times|url=https://www.ft.com/content/fd9ffd9c-dee5-11de-adff-00144feab49a|newspaper=Financial Times|date=December 4, 2009|access-date=2020-05-25|archive-date=November 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111233956www.ft.com/content/fd9ffd9c-dee5-11de-adff-00144feab49a|url-status=live}}WEB, These are 13 of the most popular social networks a decade ago that have died or faded into obscurity,www.businessinsider.com/aim-myspace-club-penguin-social-apps-popular-2010-decade-2019-11, Business Insider, December 23, 2019, 2022-10-15, October 15, 2022,web.archive.org/web/20221015142401/https://www.businessinsider.com/aim-myspace-club-penguin-social-apps-popular-2010-decade-2019-11, live, In July 2005, Myspace was acquired by News Corporation for $580 millionWEB,www.newscorp.com/news/news_251.html, News Corporation, Newscorp.com, October 23, 2011, January 13, 2013,www.newscorp.com/news/news_251.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20130113204630www.newscorp.com/news/news_251.html,">web.archive.org/web/20130113204630www.newscorp.com/news/news_251.html, dead, and, in June 2006, it surpassed Yahoo! and Google to become the most visited website in the United States.WEB,www.cnet.com/news/googles-antisocial-downside/, Google’s antisocial downside, CNET News, June 11, 2020, August 13, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200813174318/https://www.cnet.com/news/googles-antisocial-downside/, live, WEB, Pete Cashmore,mashable.com/2006/07/11/myspace-americas-number-one/, MySpace, America’s Number One, Mashable.com, July 11, 2006, July 24, 2010, May 25, 2010,mashable.com/2006/07/11/myspace-americas-number-one/," title="web.archive.org/web/20100525153710mashable.com/2006/07/11/myspace-americas-number-one/,">web.archive.org/web/20100525153710mashable.com/2006/07/11/myspace-americas-number-one/, live, It generated $800 million in revenue during the 2008 fiscal year.WEB, Dignan, Larry,www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/fox-interactive-turns-annual-profit-myspace-revenue-to-top-800-million-in-fiscal-2008/5899, Fox Interactive turns annual profit; MySpace revenue to top $800 million in fiscal 2008, ZDNet, August 8, 2007, October 19, 2012, January 3, 2013,www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/fox-interactive-turns-annual-profit-myspace-revenue-to-top-800-million-in-fiscal-2008/5899," title="web.archive.org/web/20130103043624www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/fox-interactive-turns-annual-profit-myspace-revenue-to-top-800-million-in-fiscal-2008/5899,">web.archive.org/web/20130103043624www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/fox-interactive-turns-annual-profit-myspace-revenue-to-top-800-million-in-fiscal-2008/5899, live, At its peak in April 2008, Myspace and Facebook reached 115 million monthly visitors, but Myspace narrowly lost to the newly emerging Facebook in terms of global users.WEB, Is Myspace Dead or Does It Still Exist?, Elise, Moreau, 2022-01-21, 2021-02-24, Lifewire,www.lifewire.com/is-myspace-dead-3486012,web.archive.org/web/20230605040608/https://www.lifewire.com/is-myspace-dead-3486012, 2023-06-05, live, In May 2009, Facebook surpassed Myspace in its number of unique U.S. visitors.NEWS, Albanesius, Chloe,www.pcmag.com/archive/more-americans-go-to-facebook-than-myspace-241432, More Americans Go To Facebook Than MySpace, PCMag.com, June 16, 2009, June 11, 2020, August 14, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200814231303/https://www.pcmag.com/archive/more-americans-go-to-facebook-than-myspace-241432, live, Since then, the number of Myspace users has declined steadily despite several redesigns. By 2019, the site’s monthly visitors had dropped to seven million.In June 2009, Myspace employed approximately 1,600 people.NEWS, Vascellaro, Jessica E.,www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304584004576415932273770852, News Corp. Selling Myspace to Specific Media, The Wall Street Journal, June 30, 2011, October 23, 2011, subscription, November 12, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20201112230856/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304584004576415932273770852, live, WEB,techcrunch.com/2009/06/16/myspace-executes-30-staff-reduction-today/, MySpace Executes 30% Staff Reduction Today, TechCrunch, June 16, 2009, October 23, 2011, September 21, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200921040605/https://techcrunch.com/2009/06/16/myspace-executes-30-staff-reduction-today/, live, In June 2011, Specific Media Group and Justin Timberlake jointly purchased the company for approximately $35 million.Fixmer, Andy, “News Corp. Calls Quits on Myspace With Specific Media Sale” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110701104739www.businessweek.com/news/2011-06-29/news-corp-calls-quits-on-myspace-with-specific-media-sale.html |date=July 1, 2011 }}, Business Week, June 29, 2011 On February 11, 2016, it was announced that Myspace and its parent company had been purchased by Time Inc. for $87 million.WEB,variety.com/2016/digital/news/time-inc-myspace-viant-1201703860/, Time Inc. Buys Myspace Parent Company Viant, Todd, Spangler, February 11, 2016, December 28, 2017, November 11, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20201111211738/https://variety.com/2016/digital/news/time-inc-myspace-viant-1201703860/, live, WEB,variety.com/2016/digital/news/time-inc-myspace-viant-1201703860/, Time Inc. Buys Myspace Parent Company Viant, Spangler, Todd, Variety (magazine), Variety, February 11, 2016, September 30, 2016, November 11, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20201111211738/https://variety.com/2016/digital/news/time-inc-myspace-viant-1201703860/, live, Time Inc. was in turn purchased by Meredith Corporation on January 31, 2018.NEWS,www.nytimes.com/2019/03/19/business/myspace-user-data.html, Myspace, Once the King of Social Networks, Lost Years of Data From Its Heyday, Niraj, Chokshi, March 19, 2019, The New York Times, June 18, 2019, limited, December 8, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20201208080417/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/19/business/myspace-user-data.html, live, On November 4, 2019, Meredith spun off Myspace and its original holding company (Viant Technology Holding Inc.) and sold it to Viant Technology LLC.WEB,meredith.mediaroom.com/2019-11-04-Meredith-Corporation-Sells-Equity-Stake-In-Viant-Technology-Holding-Inc, Meredith Corporation Sells Equity Stake in Viant Technology Holding Inc, January 20, 2022, January 20, 2022,web.archive.org/web/20220120020125/https://meredith.mediaroom.com/2019-11-04-Meredith-Corporation-Sells-Equity-Stake-In-Viant-Technology-Holding-Inc, live, History 2003–2005: Beginnings and rise File:Foxinteractivemediaheadquarters.jpg|thumb|Fox Interactive Media’s former headquarters in Beverly Hills, California, before 2016, where Myspace was also housed (now home to Fandango)]]In August 2003, several eUniverse employees with Friendster accounts saw potential in its social networking features. The group decided to mimic the more popular features of the website. Within 10 days, the first version of MySpace was ready for launch, implemented using ColdFusion.NEWS,www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2011-06-22/the-rise-and-inglorious-fall-of-myspace, The Rise and Inglorious Fall of Myspace, Felix Gillette, June 22, 2011, Bloomberg Businessweek, June 23, 2011,web.archive.org/web/20191202173130/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2011-06-22/the-rise-and-inglorious-fall-of-myspace, 2019-12-02, Alt URL {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110625031242www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/11_27/b4235053917570.htm |date=June 25, 2011 }}WEB, Lapinski, Trent, MySpace: The Business of Spam 2.0 (Exhaustive Edition),valleywag.com/tech/myspace/myspace-the-business-of-spam-20-exhaustive-edition-199924.php, ValleyWag, September 11, 2006, March 13, 2008, dead,valleywag.com/tech/myspace/myspace-the-business-of-spam-20-exhaustive-edition-199924.php," title="web.archive.org/web/20080312041913valleywag.com/tech/myspace/myspace-the-business-of-spam-20-exhaustive-edition-199924.php,">web.archive.org/web/20080312041913valleywag.com/tech/myspace/myspace-the-business-of-spam-20-exhaustive-edition-199924.php, March 12, 2008, A complete infrastructure of finance, human resources, technical expertise, bandwidth, and server capacity was available for the site. The project was overseen by Brad Greenspan (eUniverse’s founder, chairman and CEO), who managed Chris DeWolfe (MySpace’s starting CEO), Josh Berman, Tom Anderson (MySpace’s starting president), and a team of programmers and resources provided by eUniverse. It was during this early period in June 2003, just prior to the birth of MySpace, that Jeffrey Edell was brought on as chairman of parent company Intermix Media.The first MySpace users were eUniverse employees. The company held contests to see who could sign up the most users.BOOK, Percival, Sean, MySpace Marketing, 2008, Que, Indianapolis, Ind., 978-0-7897-3709-0,books.google.com/books?id=r0OZBiiWBkMC&q=myspace+euniverse+contests&pg=PT49, November 18, 2020, January 22, 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230122152732/https://books.google.com/books?id=r0OZBiiWBkMC&q=myspace+euniverse+contests&pg=PT49, live, eUniverse used its 20 million users and e-mail subscribers to breathe life into MySpaceWEB,freemyspace.com/N.jpg, Welcome to, Freemyspace.com, July 24, 2010, dead,freemyspace.com/N.jpg," title="web.archive.org/web/20100623233215freemyspace.com/N.jpg,">web.archive.org/web/20100623233215freemyspace.com/N.jpg, June 23, 2010, and move it to the head of the pack of social networking websites. A key architect was tech expert Toan Nguyen, who helped stabilize the platform when Greenspan asked him to join the team.WEB,freemyspace.com/09-03-03-f.jpg, Welcome to, Freemyspace.com, July 24, 2010, dead,freemyspace.com/09-03-03-f.jpg," title="web.archive.org/web/20100623233225freemyspace.com/09-03-03-f.jpg,">web.archive.org/web/20100623233225freemyspace.com/09-03-03-f.jpg, June 23, 2010, Co-founder and CTO Aber Whitcomb played an integral role in software architecture, utilizing the then-superior development speed of ColdFusion over other dynamic database driven server-side languages of the time. Despite having over ten times the number of developers, Friendster, which was developed in JavaServer Pages (jsp), could not keep up with the speed of development of MySpace and cfm. For example, users could customize the background, look and feel of pages on MySpace.(File:MySpace logo.svg|thumb|left|alt=old logo|MySpace logo used from June 2004 to October 2010)The MySpace.com domain was originally owned by YourZ.com, Inc., intended until 2002 for use as an online data storage and sharing site. By late 2003, it was transitioned from a file storage service to a social networking site. A friend who also worked in the data storage business reminded DeWolfe that he had earlier bought the MySpace.com domain.NEWS, Sellers, Patricia,archive.fortune.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/09/04/8384727/index.htm, money.cnn.com, CNN, August 29, 2006, July 24, 2010, DeWolfe suggested they charge a fee for the basic MySpace service.WEB,freemyspace.com/I-2.jpg, Welcome to, Freemyspace.com, July 24, 2010, dead,freemyspace.com/I-2.jpg," title="web.archive.org/web/20100623233236freemyspace.com/I-2.jpg,">web.archive.org/web/20100623233236freemyspace.com/I-2.jpg, June 23, 2010, However, Greenspan nixed the idea, believing that keeping the site free was necessary to make it a successful community.WEB,freemyspace.com/?q=node%2F13, MySpace History, FreeMySpace, July 24, 2010, July 22, 2015,www.freemyspace.com/?q=node%2F13," title="web.archive.org/web/20150722132216www.freemyspace.com/?q=node%2F13,">web.archive.org/web/20150722132216www.freemyspace.com/?q=node%2F13, dead, MySpace quickly gained popularity among teenagers and young adults. In February 2005, DeWolfe held talks with Mark Zuckerberg over acquiring Facebook, but rejected Zuckerberg’s offer to sell Facebook to him for $75 million.WEB,techcrunch.com/2009/01/24/myspacebook/, Stories From The Tell-All MySpace Book, Michael, Arrington, January 25, 2009, October 16, 2017, August 8, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200808213731/https://techcrunch.com/2009/01/24/myspacebook/, live, Some employees of MySpace, including DeWolfe and Berman, were able to purchase equity in the property before MySpace and its parent company eUniverse (now renamed Intermix Media) were bought.{{cn|date=February 2023}} 2005–2009: Purchase by News Corp. and peak years In July 2005, in one of the company’s first major Internet purchases, News Corporation purchased MySpace for US$580 million.NEWS, News Corp in $580m internet buy,news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4695495.stm, BBC News, July 19, 2005, March 13, 2008, October 13, 2007,news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4695495.stm," title="web.archive.org/web/20071013114023news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4695495.stm,">web.archive.org/web/20071013114023news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4695495.stm, live, At the time of the acquisition, the company was seeing 16 million monthly users and was growing exponentially.NEWS, Siklos, Richard, 2005-07-18, News Corp. to Acquire Owner of MySpace.com, en-US, The New York Times,www.nytimes.com/2005/07/18/business/news-corp-to-acquire-owner-of-myspacecom.html, 2020-05-25, 0362-4331, limited, November 19, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20201119162201/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/18/business/news-corp-to-acquire-owner-of-myspacecom.html, live, News Corporation had beat out Viacom by offering a higher price for the website,NEWS, Haden, Jeff,business.time.com/2011/01/12/remember-news-corp-s-brilliant-myspace-buy/, MySpace Layoffs Are A Good Reminder how Uncool Rupert Murdock’s acquisition of the social media was?, Business.time.com, January 12, 2011, June 30, 2012, August 30, 2012,business.time.com/2011/01/12/remember-news-corp-s-brilliant-myspace-buy/," title="web.archive.org/web/20120830050925business.time.com/2011/01/12/remember-news-corp-s-brilliant-myspace-buy/,">web.archive.org/web/20120830050925business.time.com/2011/01/12/remember-news-corp-s-brilliant-myspace-buy/, live, and the purchase was seen as a good investment at the time. Within a year, MySpace had tripled in value from its purchase price. News Corporation saw the purchase as a way to capitalize on Internet advertising and drive traffic to other News Corporation properties.File:Rupert Murdoch Wendi Deng2.jpg|thumb|left|Oxfam America president Raymond C. Offenheiser, Wendi Deng and Rupert Murdoch with MySpace co-founders Anderson and DeWolfe at the 2006 OxfamOxfamAfter the acquisition, MySpace continued its exponential growth. In January 2006, the site was signing up 200,000 new users a day. A year later, it was registering 320,000 users a day, and had overtaken Yahoo! to become the most visited website in the United States. ComScore said that a key driver of the site’s success in the US was high “engagement levels”, with the average MySpace user viewing over 660 pages a month.NEWS, MySpace clicks to Canada and Mexico,www.ft.com/content/c95d9e72-aef0-11db-a446-0000779e2340, 2007-01-28, Financial Times, en-GB, 2020-05-25, August 9, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200809054131/https://www.ft.com/content/c95d9e72-aef0-11db-a446-0000779e2340, live, In January 2006, Fox announced plans to launch a UK version of MySpace.NEWS, BBC News, January 24, 2006,news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4642622.stm, MySpace looks to UK music scene, January 24, 2006, Rowan, Bridge, February 4, 2006,news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4642622.stm," title="web.archive.org/web/20060204205143news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4642622.stm,">web.archive.org/web/20060204205143news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4642622.stm, live, During 2006, MySpace launched localized versions in 11 countries across Europe, Asia and the Americas, including MySpace China with Solstice.WEB,medium.com/triton-business-review/tiktok-and-the-future-of-us-china-relations-78284ab95b29, TikTok and the Future of US-China Relations, August 30, 2020, September 30, 2022, September 30, 2022,web.archive.org/web/20220930045903/https://medium.com/triton-business-review/tiktok-and-the-future-of-us-china-relations-78284ab95b29, live, At the time, Travis Katz, senior vice-president for international operations, reported that 30 million of the site’s 90 million users were coming from outside of the United States.The 100 millionth MySpace account was created on August 9, 2006, in the Netherlands.NEWS,seekingalpha.com/article/15237-rupert-murdoch-comments-on-fox-interactives-growth, Rupert Murdoch Comments on Fox Interactive’s Growth, Murdoch, Rupert, August 9, 2006, September 12, 2006, SeekingAlpha, August 4, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200804074202/https://seekingalpha.com/article/15237-rupert-murdoch-comments-on-fox-interactives-growth, live, That same month, MySpace signed a landmark advertising deal with Google that guaranteed MySpace $900 million over three years, over 55% more than the price News Corporation had paid to acquire the business. In exchange, Google received exclusive rights to provide Web search results and sponsored links on MySpace. When the deal was signed, Google chairman Eric Schmidt said, “When we looked at what was growing on the Web, all our internal metrics pointed to [MySpace] [...] It’s important to move Google to where users are, and that is where user-generated content is.“WEB, Google pledges $900 million for MySpace honors,www.cnet.com/news/google-pledges-900-million-for-myspace-honors/, Olsen, Stefanie, CNET, en, 2020-05-25, October 27, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20201027155850/https://www.cnet.com/news/google-pledges-900-million-for-myspace-honors/, live, By October 2006, MySpace had grown from generating $1 million in revenue per month to $30 million per month, half of which came from the Google deal. The remaining 50% came from display advertising sold by MySpace’s in-house sales team. In November 2006, Myspace announced a 50-50 joint venture with Softbank to launch the site in Japan.NEWS, Julia, Angwin, Julia Angwin, Jay, Alabaster, 2006-11-08, MySpace Adds a Friend in Japan, en-US, The Wall Street Journal,www.wsj.com/articles/SB116290234314615478, 2020-05-25, 0099-9660, subscription, August 4, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200804164651/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB116290234314615478, live, MAGAZINE, MySpace Enters Japan,www.billboard.com/articles/business/1348071/myspace-enters-japan, 2006-11-07, Billboard, 2020-05-25, August 4, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200804234442/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/1348071/myspace-enters-japan, live, In mid-2007, MySpace was the largest social-networking site in every European country where it had created a local presence. By July 2007, NielseNetRatings reported the company’s “active reach”, or the percentage of the population that visited the site, was anywhere from 10 to 15 times higher in Spain, France and Germany than for runner-up Facebook; in the United Kingdom, MySpace led Facebook by two-to-one in terms of reach.NEWS, Social Networking in Europe: How MySpace Conquered the Continent - DER SPIEGEL - International, https:www.spiegel.de/international/business/social-networking-in-europe-how-myspace-conquered-the-continent-a-493755.html, Mark, Scott, Der Spiegel, July 11, 2007, en, 2020-05-25, August 4, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200804084428/https://www.spiegel.de/international/business/social-networking-in-europe-how-myspace-conquered-the-continent-a-493755.html, live, On November 1, 2007, MySpace and Bebo joined the Google-led OpenSocial alliance, which already included Friendster, Hi5, LinkedIn, Plaxo, Ning, and Six Apart. The alliance’s goal was to promote a common set of standards for software developers to write programs for social networks. Google had been unsuccessful in building its own social networking site Orkut in the American market, and was using the alliance to present a counterweight to Facebook.NEWS,www.nytimes.com/2007/11/02/technology/02google.html, The New York Times, Miguel, Helft, Brad, Stone, MySpace Joins Google Alliance to Counter Facebook, November 2, 2007, limited, February 22, 2017, December 11, 2008,www.nytimes.com/2007/11/02/technology/02google.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20081211173736www.nytimes.com/2007/11/02/technology/02google.html,">web.archive.org/web/20081211173736www.nytimes.com/2007/11/02/technology/02google.html, live, NEWS,technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article2793615.ece, London, The Times, Jonathan, Richards, MySpace and Bebo join Googles lovein, November 2, 2007, dead,technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article2793615.ece," title="web.archive.org/web/20110429135658technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article2793615.ece,">web.archive.org/web/20110429135658technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article2793615.ece, April 29, 2011, NEWS,www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/social-media/7564413/Did-AOL-squander-its-chances-with-Bebo.html,ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/social-media/7564413/Did-AOL-squander-its-chances-with-Bebo.html, January 11, 2022, subscription, live, London, The Daily Telegraph, Emma, Barnett, Did AOL squander its chances with Bebo?, April 8, 2010, {{cbignore}}WEB,www.infoworld.com/d/cloud-computing/building-facebook-killer-no-easy-task-google-787, Update: Building a Facebook killer no easy task for Google | Cloud Computing, InfoWorld, June 30, 2010, October 23, 2011, November 26, 2011,www.infoworld.com/d/cloud-computing/building-facebook-killer-no-easy-task-google-787," title="web.archive.org/web/20111126060640www.infoworld.com/d/cloud-computing/building-facebook-killer-no-easy-task-google-787,">web.archive.org/web/20111126060640www.infoworld.com/d/cloud-computing/building-facebook-killer-no-easy-task-google-787, live, By late 2007 and into 2008, MySpace was considered the leading social networking site, and consistently beat out its main competitor Facebook in traffic. Initially, the emergence of Facebook did little to diminish MySpace’s popularity; at the time, Facebook was targeted only at college students.At its peak, when News Corporation attempted to merge it with Yahoo! in 2007, Myspace was valued at $12 billion and had more than 300 million registered users.NEWS,www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/myspace/8404510/MySpace-loses-10-million-users-in-a-month.html, London, The Daily Telegraph, Emma, Barnett, MySpace loses 10 million users in a month, March 24, 2011, April 5, 2018, November 12, 2020,www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/myspace/8404510/MySpace-loses-10-million-users-in-a-month.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20201112025721www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/myspace/8404510/MySpace-loses-10-million-users-in-a-month.html,">web.archive.org/web/20201112025721www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/myspace/8404510/MySpace-loses-10-million-users-in-a-month.html, live, NEWS,www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703576204576226620748953038, The Wall Street Journal, Emily, Steel, Advertisers Wary of Myspace, March 28, 2011, subscription, October 16, 2017, August 19, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200819181023/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703576204576226620748953038, live, What We Wrote About Facebook 12 Years Ago 2009–2016: Decline and sale by News Corporation On April 19, 2008, Facebook overtook MySpace in Alexa rankings.WEB,techcrunch.com/2008/06/12/facebook-no-longer-the-second-largest-social-network/, TechCrunch, Facebook No Longer The Second Largest Social Network, June 12, 2008, March 12, 2015, December 5, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20201205150545/https://techcrunch.com/2008/06/12/facebook-no-longer-the-second-largest-social-network/, live, WEB,www.youngacademic.co.uk/features/the-death-of-myspace-young-academic-columns-953, The Death of MySpace, Young Academic, March 31, 2011, October 23, 2011, August 15, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200815131154/https://www.youngacademic.co.uk/features/the-death-of-myspace-young-academic-columns-953, live, In May 2009, Facebook surpassed MySpace in the number of unique U.S. visitors. From that point, Myspace saw a consistent loss of membership. There are several suggested explanations for its decline, including the fact that it stuck to a “portal strategy” of building an audience around entertainment and music, whereas Facebook and Twitter continually added new features to improve the social networking experience.NEWS,articles.latimes.com/2009/jun/17/business/fi-ct-myspace17, Los Angeles Times, Dawn C., Chmielewski, David, Sarno, June 17, 2009, How MySpace fell off the pace, subscription, April 17, 2020, June 20, 2018,articles.latimes.com/2009/jun/17/business/fi-ct-myspace17," title="web.archive.org/web/20180620021533articles.latimes.com/2009/jun/17/business/fi-ct-myspace17,">web.archive.org/web/20180620021533articles.latimes.com/2009/jun/17/business/fi-ct-myspace17, live, NEWS,www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/social-media/7564413/Did-AOL-squander-its-chances-with-Bebo.html, London, The Daily Telegraph, Emma, Barnett, Did AOL squander its chances with Bebo?, April 8, 2010, April 5, 2018, March 30, 2019,web.archive.org/web/20190330221548/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/social-media/7564413/Did-AOL-squander-its-chances-with-Bebo.html, live, A former MySpace executive suggested that the $900 million three-year advertisement deal with Google,WEB, Olsen, Stefanie, Google pledges $900 million for MySpace honors,www.zdnet.com/article/google-pledges-900-million-for-myspace-honors/, 2020-11-18, ZDNet, en, December 13, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20201213155754/https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-pledges-900-million-for-myspace-honors/, live, while being a short-term cash windfall, was a handicap in the long run, as it required MySpace to place even more ads on its already heavily advertised space, which made the site slow, more difficult to use and less flexible. MySpace could not experiment with its own site without forfeiting revenue, while Facebook was rolling out a new, clean site design.WEB,www.telecomtv.com/comspace_newsDetail.aspx?n=47741&id=e9381817-0593-417a-8639-c4c53e2a2a10, Only one bidder for MySpace – and he might walk, TelecomTV, June 13, 2011, October 23, 2011, dead,www.telecomtv.com/comspace_newsDetail.aspx?n=47741&id=e9381817-0593-417a-8639-c4c53e2a2a10," title="web.archive.org/web/20111203053549www.telecomtv.com/comspace_newsDetail.aspx?n=47741&id=e9381817-0593-417a-8639-c4c53e2a2a10,">web.archive.org/web/20111203053549www.telecomtv.com/comspace_newsDetail.aspx?n=47741&id=e9381817-0593-417a-8639-c4c53e2a2a10, December 3, 2011, WEB,gigaom.com/2011/04/08/was-it-google-who-killed-myspace/, Was It Google That Killed MySpace? – Tech News and Analysis, April 8, 2011, gigaom.com, April 9, 2011, April 9, 2011,gigaom.com/2011/04/08/was-it-google-who-killed-myspace/," title="web.archive.org/web/20110409160032gigaom.com/2011/04/08/was-it-google-who-killed-myspace/,">web.archive.org/web/20110409160032gigaom.com/2011/04/08/was-it-google-who-killed-myspace/, live, MySpace CEO Chris DeWolfe reported that he had to push back against Fox Interactive Media’s sales team, who monetized the site without regard to user experience. In 2012, Katz described how News Corporation had put significant pressure on MySpace to “focus on near-term monetization, as opposed to thinking about long-term product strategy,” while Facebook focused user engagement over revenue.{{Citation|title=MySpace Exec and Trip.com Founder Travis Katz talks Facebook IPO Fox Business|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TX_s-MMcQBE| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211028/TX_s-MMcQBE| archive-date=2021-10-28|language=en|access-date=2020-05-28}}{{cbignore}}Danah Boyd, a senior researcher at Microsoft Research, noted of social networking websites that “companies might serially rise, fall, and disappear, as influential peers pull others in on the climb up—and signal to flee when it’s time to get out.” The volatility of social networks was exemplified in 2006, when Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal launched an investigation into children’s exposure to pornography on MySpace. The resulting media frenzy and the site’s lack of an effective spam filter gave the site a reputation as a “vortex of perversion”. Around that time, specialized social media companies such as Twitter formed and began targeting users on MySpace, while Facebook rolled out communication tools that were seen as safe in comparison to MySpace. In addition, MySpace had particular problems with vandalism, phishing, malware, and spam, which it failed to curtail, making the site seem inhospitable.JOURNAL, Gehl, Robert W., Real (Software) Abstractions: On the Rise of Facebook and the Fall of Myspace, Social Text, 2012, 30, 2 111, 10.1215/01642472-1541772,socialtext.dukejournals.org/content/30/2_111/99.full.pdf, June 27, 2013, free, October 2, 2013,socialtext.dukejournals.org/content/30/2_111/99.full.pdf," title="web.archive.org/web/20131002151223socialtext.dukejournals.org/content/30/2_111/99.full.pdf,">web.archive.org/web/20131002151223socialtext.dukejournals.org/content/30/2_111/99.full.pdf, live, These have been cited as factors why users, who as teenagers were MySpace’s strongest audience in 2006 and 2007,WEB, Newman, Jared,www.pcworld.com/article/234806/myspace_4_lessons_learned_from_the_collapse.html, MySpace: 4 Lessons Learned from the Collapse, PCWorld, June 30, 2011, October 23, 2011, October 8, 2011,www.pcworld.com/article/234806/myspace_4_lessons_learned_from_the_collapse.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20111008110525www.pcworld.com/article/234806/myspace_4_lessons_learned_from_the_collapse.html,">web.archive.org/web/20111008110525www.pcworld.com/article/234806/myspace_4_lessons_learned_from_the_collapse.html, live, NEWS,www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2006-01-08-myspace-teens_x.htm, USA Today, Janet, Kornblum, MySpace is the place, January 9, 2006, October 16, 2017, March 10, 2012,www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2006-01-08-myspace-teens_x.htm," title="web.archive.org/web/20120310185316www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2006-01-08-myspace-teens_x.htm,">web.archive.org/web/20120310185316www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2006-01-08-myspace-teens_x.htm, live, had been migrating to Facebook, which started strongly with the 18-to-24 group (mostly college students)NEWS,www.theguardian.com/world/2007/jun/26/usa.news?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487, London, The Guardian, Bobbie, Johnson, World news, US news, Technology, Digital media, Media, Facebook, Myspace, Research + Development (Technology), Social networking, June 26, 2007, December 15, 2016, August 4, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200804091302/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/jun/26/usa.news?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487, live, and has been much more successful than MySpace at attracting older users.WEB, Jesdanun, Anick,www.nbcnews.com/id/19717700, MySpace popularity with teens fizzles, NBC News, November 7, 2007, October 23, 2011, November 4, 2013,www.nbcnews.com/id/19717700/," title="web.archive.org/web/20131104102750www.nbcnews.com/id/19717700/,">web.archive.org/web/20131104102750www.nbcnews.com/id/19717700/, live, WEB, Andrews, Robert,paidcontent.co.uk/article/419-myspace-bebo-audience-shrinking-as-facebook-surges-ahead/, MySpace, Bebo Audience Shrinking As Facebook Surges Ahead, paidContent, April 8, 2009, October 23, 2011, October 9, 2011,paidcontent.co.uk/article/419-myspace-bebo-audience-shrinking-as-facebook-surges-ahead/," title="web.archive.org/web/20111009015008paidcontent.co.uk/article/419-myspace-bebo-audience-shrinking-as-facebook-surges-ahead/,">web.archive.org/web/20111009015008paidcontent.co.uk/article/419-myspace-bebo-audience-shrinking-as-facebook-surges-ahead/, live, WEB,www.newsfactor.com/news/Facebook-Traffic-More-Than-Doubles/story.xhtml?story_id=10000BCLMR0W&full_skip=1, Facebook Traffic More Than Doubles in One Year, Newsfactor.com, March 16, 2009, October 23, 2011, October 19, 2017,web.archive.org/web/20171019135307/https://www.newsfactor.com/news/Facebook-Traffic-More-Than-Doubles/story.xhtml?story_id=10000BCLMR0W&full_skip=1, live, News Corporation chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch was said to be frustrated that MySpace never met expectations as a distribution outlet for Fox studio content and missed the US$1 billion mark in total revenues.WEB, Grover, Ronald,www.businessweek.com/technology/content/apr2009/tc20090427_826659.htm, Murdoch Tightens His Grip on MySpace, BusinessWeek, April 27, 2009, October 23, 2011,www.businessweek.com/technology/content/apr2009/tc20090427_826659.htm," title="web.archive.org/web/20111013165021www.businessweek.com/technology/content/apr2009/tc20090427_826659.htm,">web.archive.org/web/20111013165021www.businessweek.com/technology/content/apr2009/tc20090427_826659.htm, 13 October 2011, This resulted in DeWolfe and Anderson gradually losing their status within Murdoch’s inner circle of executives, as well as DeWolfe’s mentor Peter Chernin, president and COO of News Corporation, departing the company in June 2009. Former AOL executive Jonathan Miller, who joined News Corporation in charge of the digital media business, was in the job for three weeks when he shuffled MySpace’s executive team in April 2009. MySpace president Tom Anderson stepped down while Chris DeWolfe was replaced as CEO by former Facebook COO Owen Van Natta.NEWS,archive.fortune.com/2009/04/23/magazines/fortune/tech/myspace-dewolfe-miller.fortune/index.htm, CNN, Jessi, Hempel, MySpace shakeup: News Corp.’s morning-after plan, April 23, 2009, NEWS,www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/22/AR2009042203524.html, The Washington Post, Joseph, Tartakoff, paidContent.org – It’s Official: Chris DeWolfe To Exit As MySpace CEO; Tom Anderson Out As President, April 23, 2009, October 16, 2017, December 13, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20201213183246/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/22/AR2009042203524.html, live, A meeting at News Corporation over the direction of MySpace in March 2009 was reportedly the catalyst for that management shakeup, with the Google search deal about to expire and the departure of key personnel (Myspace’s COO, SVP of engineering, and SVP of strategy) to form a startup. Furthermore, the opening of extravagant new offices around the world was questioned, as Facebook did not have similarly expensive expansion plans but still attracted international users at a rapid rate. The changes to MySpace’s executive ranks were followed in June 2009 by a layoff of 37.5% of its workforce (including 30% of its U.S. employees), reducing employees from 1,600 to 1,000.In 2009, MySpace implemented site redesigns as a way to get users back. However, this may have backfired, as users generally disliked tweaks and changes on Facebook.The Economist. June 20–26 U.S. print edition. Page 8.In March 2011, market research figures released by Comscore suggested that Myspace had lost 10 million users between January and February 2011, and had fallen from 95 million to 63 million unique users in the previous 12 months.NEWS,www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/myspace/8404510/MySpace-loses-10-million-users-in-a-month.html, Daily Telegraph, UK, MySpace loses 10 million users in a month, March 24, 2011, March 26, 2011, Emma, Barnett, November 12, 2020,www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/myspace/8404510/MySpace-loses-10-million-users-in-a-month.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20201112025721www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/myspace/8404510/MySpace-loses-10-million-users-in-a-month.html,">web.archive.org/web/20201112025721www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/myspace/8404510/MySpace-loses-10-million-users-in-a-month.html, live, Myspace registered its sharpest audience declines in February 2011, as traffic fell 44% from a year earlier to 37.7 million U.S. visitors. Advertisers were reported as unwilling to commit to long-term deals with the site.NEWS,www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703576204576226620748953038, Advertisers Wary of Myspace, The Wall Street Journal, April 1, 2011, subscription, August 19, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200819181023/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703576204576226620748953038, live, In late February 2011, News Corporation officially put the site up for sale for an estimated $50–200 million.NEWS,www.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-54673520110205, Reuters, News Corp taps Allen & Co for MySpace interest, February 5, 2011, July 5, 2021, October 19, 2021,web.archive.org/web/20211019140332/https://www.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-54673520110205, live, Losses from the last quarter of 2010 were $156 million, over double the previous year, which dragged down the otherwise strong results of News Corporation.NEWS,www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703530504576164830897334082, The Wall Street Journal, Jessica E., Vascellaro, Russell, Adams, Myspace Opens Books to Prospective Buyers, February 25, 2011, subscription, October 16, 2017, August 4, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200804034221/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703530504576164830897334082, live, The deadline for bids, May 31, 2011, passed without any above the reserve price of $100 million being submitted.NEWS,allthingsd.com/20110531/the-myspace-sweepstakes-drag-on-another-bid-deadline-today-as-sale-deadline-looms/, All Things D, Kara, Swisher, The Myspace Sweepstakes Drag on–Another Bid Deadline Today As Sale Deadline Looms, June 3, 2011, June 3, 2011, February 1, 2013,allthingsd.com/20110531/the-myspace-sweepstakes-drag-on-another-bid-deadline-today-as-sale-deadline-looms/," title="web.archive.org/web/20130201123038allthingsd.com/20110531/the-myspace-sweepstakes-drag-on-another-bid-deadline-today-as-sale-deadline-looms/,">web.archive.org/web/20130201123038allthingsd.com/20110531/the-myspace-sweepstakes-drag-on-another-bid-deadline-today-as-sale-deadline-looms/, live, It has been said that the decline in users during the most recent quarter deterred several potential suitors.On June 29, 2011, Myspace announced in an email to label partners and press that it had been acquired by Specific Media for an undisclosed sum, which was rumored to be as low as $35 million.WEB,eon.businesswire.com/news/eon/20110629006943/en, Specific Media Acquires Myspace, Eon.businesswire.com, June 29, 2011, October 23, 2011,eon.businesswire.com/news/eon/20110629006943/en," title="web.archive.org/web/20110902034704eon.businesswire.com/news/eon/20110629006943/en,">web.archive.org/web/20110902034704eon.businesswire.com/news/eon/20110629006943/en, September 2, 2011, dead, NEWS,www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13969338, BBC News, MySpace sold to Specific Media by Murdoch’s News Corp, June 29, 2011, July 21, 2018, November 11, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20201111190516/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13969338, live, CNN reported that the site sold for $35 million, and noted that it was “far less than the $580 million News Corp. paid for Myspace in 2005.“NEWS, Laurie Segall,money.cnn.com/2011/06/29/technology/myspace_layoffs/index.htm?hpt=te_bn2, News Corp. sells Myspace to Specific Media, CNN, June 29, 2011, June 29, 2011, October 29, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20201029090429/https://money.cnn.com/2011/06/29/technology/myspace_layoffs/index.htm?hpt=te_bn2, live, Murdoch went on to call the Myspace purchase a “huge mistake”,NEWS,latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2011/10/news-corps-murdoch-calls-myspace-a-huge-mistake.html, News Corp.’s Rupert Murdoch calls Myspace buy a ‘huge mistake’, Latimesblogs.latimes.com, October 21, 2011, June 30, 2012, December 24, 2011,latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2011/10/news-corps-murdoch-calls-myspace-a-huge-mistake.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20111224180710latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2011/10/news-corps-murdoch-calls-myspace-a-huge-mistake.html,">web.archive.org/web/20111224180710latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2011/10/news-corps-murdoch-calls-myspace-a-huge-mistake.html, live, and Time magazine compared it to Time Warner’s 2000 purchase of AOL, which saw a conglomerate trying to stay ahead of the competition. Many former executives have gone on to further success after departing Myspace.WEB,allthingsd.com/20110613/is-there-a-myspace-mafia-too-because-leaving-it-seems-to-have-paid-off-for-many-ex-execs/?mod=googlenews, Myspace Might Be a Failure, But Its Ex-Execs Are Not – Kara Swisher – Social, AllThingsD, June 13, 2011, October 23, 2011, November 11, 2011,allthingsd.com/20110613/is-there-a-myspace-mafia-too-because-leaving-it-seems-to-have-paid-off-for-many-ex-execs/?mod=googlenews," title="web.archive.org/web/20111111172323allthingsd.com/20110613/is-there-a-myspace-mafia-too-because-leaving-it-seems-to-have-paid-off-for-many-ex-execs/?mod=googlenews,">web.archive.org/web/20111111172323allthingsd.com/20110613/is-there-a-myspace-mafia-too-because-leaving-it-seems-to-have-paid-off-for-many-ex-execs/?mod=googlenews, live, Since 2016: Time Inc. and Meredith Corporation ownership On February 11, 2016, it was announced that Myspace and its parent company had been bought by Time Inc. On January 31, 2018, Time Inc. was in turn purchased by Meredith Corporation, who went on to sell a number of Time Inc.’s assets, including (as it announced on November 4, 2019)WEB,s21.q4cdn.com/842953260/files/doc_news/Meredith-Corporation-Sells-Equity-Stake-In-Viant-Technology-Holding-Inc-2019.pdf, Meredith Corporation Sells Equity Stake In Viant Technology Holding Inc, Nov 4, 2019, Jan 12, 2021, January 14, 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210114131257/https://s21.q4cdn.com/842953260/files/doc_news/Meredith-Corporation-Sells-Equity-Stake-In-Viant-Technology-Holding-Inc-2019.pdf, live, selling its equity in Viant, the parent company of Specific Media, back to Viant Technology Holding Inc.WEB,pitchbook.com/profiles/company/52736-05, Specific Media UK, Jan 12, 2021, January 14, 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210114033741/https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/52736-05, live, In May 2016, the data for almost 360 million Myspace accounts was offered on the “Real Deal” dark market website, which included email addresses, usernames, and weakly encrypted passwords (SHA1 hashes of the first 10 characters of the password converted to lowercase and stored without a cryptographic salt).WEB,haveibeenpwned.com/, Have I been pwned? Check if your email has been compromised in a data breach, October 24, 2020, December 13, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20201213050404/https://haveibeenpwned.com/, live, WEB,motherboard.vice.com/read/427-million-myspace-passwords-emails-data-breach, Hacker Tries To Sell 427 Million {{sic, y, typo in source, so it should not be “fixed”, Stolen MySpace Passwords For $2,800 - Motherboard|date=May 27, 2016 |access-date=November 24, 2016|archive-date=November 23, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161123124901motherboard.vice.com/read/427-million-myspace-passwords-emails-data-breach|url-status=live}} The exact data breach date is unknown, but analysis of the data suggests it was exposed around eight years before being made public, around mid-2008 to early 2009.WEB,www.troyhunt.com/dating-the-ginormous-myspace-breach/, Dating the ginormous MySpace breach, May 31, 2016, November 24, 2016, November 8, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20201108175515/https://www.troyhunt.com/dating-the-ginormous-myspace-breach/, live, Currently, Myspace has been placed in a read-only mode of sorts, as no new articles have been published since early 2022, media uploads are disabled, most images on the site seem to be broken, and existing songs cannot be played. Features From YouTube’s founding in 2005, Myspace users could embed YouTube videos in their profiles. Considering this a competitive threat to its new Myspace Videos service, the site in late 2005 banned embedded YouTube videos from user profiles, which was widely protested by Myspace users, prompting the site to lift the ban shortly after.WEB,www.techdirt.com/articles/20060110/0735214.shtml, So That’s Why Myspace Blocked YouTube, July 28, 2006, Carlo, Longino, January 10, 2006, Techdirt.com, August 22, 2006,techdirt.com/articles/20060110/0735214.shtml," title="web.archive.org/web/20060822195808techdirt.com/articles/20060110/0735214.shtml,">web.archive.org/web/20060822195808techdirt.com/articles/20060110/0735214.shtml, live, There were a variety of environments in which users could access Myspace content on their mobile phones. In early 2006, mobile phone provider Helio released a series of mobile phones utilizing a service known as Myspace Mobile to access and edit one’s profile and communicate with and view the profiles of other members.WEB,www.moconews.net/?p=5176,www.moconews.net/?p=5176," title="web.archive.org/web/20060901003014www.moconews.net/?p=5176,">web.archive.org/web/20060901003014www.moconews.net/?p=5176, September 1, 2006, Myspace Mobile To Debut On Helio; Details on Handsets, Dis*Content Media LLC, February 16, 2006, September 8, 2006, Additionally, UIEvolution and Myspace developed a mobile version of Myspace for a wider range of carriers, including AT&T, VodafoneWEB,live.marketclusters.com/cl2/view/2007/02/07/myspace_partners_with_vodafone/, Myspace partners with Vodafone, StrategyWire, February 8, 2007, dead,live.marketclusters.com/cl2/view/2007/02/07/myspace_partners_with_vodafone/," title="web.archive.org/web/20070301065454live.marketclusters.com/cl2/view/2007/02/07/myspace_partners_with_vodafone/,">web.archive.org/web/20070301065454live.marketclusters.com/cl2/view/2007/02/07/myspace_partners_with_vodafone/, March 1, 2007, and Rogers Wireless.WEB,www.moconews.net/entry/419-myspace-launches-mobile-site-in-canada-with-rogers-wireless/, Myspace Launches Mobile Site In Canada With Rogers Wireless; Charges Fee, MocoNews, August 16, 2007,www.moconews.net/entry/419-myspace-launches-mobile-site-in-canada-with-rogers-wireless," title="web.archive.org/web/20070904123251www.moconews.net/entry/419-myspace-launches-mobile-site-in-canada-with-rogers-wireless,">web.archive.org/web/20070904123251www.moconews.net/entry/419-myspace-launches-mobile-site-in-canada-with-rogers-wireless, September 4, 2007, dead, In August 2006, Myspace began offering classified ads, a service which grew by 33 percent during the following year.www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20070904%2FBUSINESS%2F709040311%2F1003" title="web.archive.org/web/20071110232402www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20070904%2FBUSINESS%2F709040311%2F1003">Classified ads undergoing metamorphosis, delawareonline (November 10, 2007). It previously had an instant messaging tool called MySpace IM. Myspace used an implementation of Telligent Community for its forum system.WEB,communityserver.com/showcases/marketing/myspace/, Community Server in Action, October 9, 2015, MySpace, 2008,communityserver.com/showcases/marketing/myspace/," title="web.archive.org/web/20090120014120communityserver.com/showcases/marketing/myspace/,">web.archive.org/web/20090120014120communityserver.com/showcases/marketing/myspace/, January 20, 2009, Music Shortly after Myspace was sold to News Corporation in 2005, the website launched a record label called MySpace Records, with JD Mangosing as CEO, in an effort to discover unknown talent on Myspace Music, a service onto which artists can upload songs, EPs and full-length albums. As of June 2014, over 53 million songs had been uploaded to the site by 14.2 million artists.WEB,www.theregister.co.uk/2014/06/02/myspace_we_still_have_all_your_humiliating_photos_so_hows_about_reconnecting/, Myspace: Where are you going? We still have all your HUMILIATING PICS, Nichols, Shaun, The Register, June 2, 2014, July 13, 2018, July 13, 2018,web.archive.org/web/20180713230348/https://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/06/02/myspace_we_still_have_all_your_humiliating_photos_so_hows_about_reconnecting/, live, Artists including My Chemical Romance, Nicki Minaj, Lily Allen, Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, and Katy Perry gained fame and recognition through Myspace. {{As of|2010}} over eight million artists had been discovered by users through the site.WEB,techradar1.wordpress.com/2008/01/11/facebookmyspace-statistics/, Facebook, Myspace Statistics, techradar1.wordpress.com, Siwal, January 11, 2008, October 17, 2010, June 13, 2010,techradar1.wordpress.com/2008/01/11/facebookmyspace-statistics/," title="web.archive.org/web/20100613202104techradar1.wordpress.com/2008/01/11/facebookmyspace-statistics/,">web.archive.org/web/20100613202104techradar1.wordpress.com/2008/01/11/facebookmyspace-statistics/, live, In late 2007, the site launched The MySpace Transmissions, a series of live-in-studio recordings by well-known artists.On March 18, 2019, it was revealed that Myspace had lost all of its user content from launch until 2015 in a botched server migration with no backup. Over 50 million songs and 12 years’ worth of content were permanently lost.WEB,arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/03/myspace-apparently-lost-12-years-worth-of-music-and-almost-no-one-noticed/, Myspace apparently lost 12 years’ worth of music, and almost no one noticed, Brodkin, Jon, 2019-03-18, Ars Technica, en-us, 2019-03-20, November 7, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20201107224454/https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/03/myspace-apparently-lost-12-years-worth-of-music-and-almost-no-one-noticed/, live, In April 2019, the Internet Archive recovered 490,000 MP3s “using unknown means by an anonymous academic study conducted between 2008 and 2010”. The songs, which were uploaded between 2008 and 2010, are collectively known as the “MySpace Dragon Hoard”.WEB,mashable.com/article/myspace-internet-archive-rescue/, Internet Archive rescues half a million lost MySpace songs, Schroeder, Stan, Mashable, April 4, 2019, en, 2019-07-17, November 16, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20201116004522/https://mashable.com/article/myspace-internet-archive-rescue/, live, MySpaceTV {{Further|List of original programs distributed by MySpaceTV}}On May 16, 2007, Myspace partnered with news publications National Geographic, the New York Times and Reuters to provide professional visual contents on its social-networking Web site.WEB,labusinessjournal.com/news/2007/may/16/myspace-adding-national-news-content/, MySpace Adding National News Content {{!, Los Angeles Business Journal|website=labusinessjournal.com|date=May 15, 2007|access-date=2019-10-09|archive-date=August 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804152312labusinessjournal.com/news/2007/may/16/myspace-adding-national-news-content/|url-status=live}}On June 27, 2007, Myspace launched MySpaceTV.WEB,searchengineland.com/myspace-tv-to-compete-with-googles-youtube-11567, MySpace TV To Compete With Google’s YouTube, 2007-06-27, Search Engine Land, 2019-10-09, October 28, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20201028195259/https://searchengineland.com/myspace-tv-to-compete-with-googles-youtube-11567, live, On August 8, 2007, Myspace partnered with satire publication The Onion to provide audio, video and print content to the site.WEB,www.cnet.com/news/the-onion-brings-its-irreverent-satire-to-myspace/, The Onion brings its irreverent satire to MySpace, McCarthy, Caroline, CNET, en, 2019-10-09, August 13, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200813175403/https://www.cnet.com/news/the-onion-brings-its-irreverent-satire-to-myspace/, live, On October 22, 2007, Myspace launched its first original web series, Roommates, which intended to give its users a television-like experience with the interactive benefits of the Internet.NEWS,www.reuters.com/article/us-myspacetv-idUSN1937381320071022, MySpaceTV unveils first original drama, 2007-10-22, Reuters, 2019-10-08, en, August 4, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200804082446/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-myspacetv-idUSN1937381320071022, live, On February 27, 2008, TMZ launched its web channel on MySpaceTV.NEWS,www.reuters.com/article/us-media-tmz-idUSN273028520080227, MySpace and TMZ launch Web channel, 2008-02-27, Reuters, 2019-10-09, en, August 5, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200805113423/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-media-tmz-idUSN273028520080227, live, On April 21, 2008, Myspace signed a deal with Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios that brought programming such as the syndicated series Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen, Entertainers with Byron Allen, Beautiful Homes and Great Estates, and Designer Fashions & Runways to MySpaceTV.WEB,www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/myspace-inks-deal-entertainment-studios-109867, MySpace inks deal with Entertainment Studios, The Hollywood Reporter, April 21, 2008, en, 2019-10-09, August 9, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200809152820/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/myspace-inks-deal-entertainment-studios-109867, live, Redesigns On March 10, 2010, Myspace added new features including a recommendation engine for new users that suggests games, music and videos based on their previous search habits. The security on Myspace was also enhanced, with the criticism of Facebook, to make it a safer site. The security of Myspace enables users to choose if the content could be viewed for “friends only”, “18 and older” or “everyone”.WEB,www.newstatesman.com/digital/2010/03/site-myspace-users-revamp, MySpace adds new tools after revamp, March 11, 2010, New Statesman, UK, March 11, 2010, March 14, 2010,www.newstatesman.com/digital/2010/03/site-myspace-users-revamp," title="web.archive.org/web/20100314085819www.newstatesman.com/digital/2010/03/site-myspace-users-revamp,">web.archive.org/web/20100314085819www.newstatesman.com/digital/2010/03/site-myspace-users-revamp, live, In October 2010, Myspace introduced a beta version of a new site design on a limited scale, with plans to switch all interested users to the new site in late November. Chief executive Mike Jones said the site was no longer competing with Facebook as a general social networking site; instead, it would be music-oriented and would target younger people. Jones believed most younger users would continue to use the site after the redesign, though older users might not. The goal of the redesign was to increase the number of Myspace users and the time they spent on the site. BTIG (.com) analyst Richard Greenfield said, “Most investors have written off MySpace now,” and was unsure whether the changes would help the company recover.NEWS,www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE69Q11M20101027, MySpace launching new version of website, Oreskovic, Alexei, Reuters, October 27, 2010, October 31, 2010, November 9, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20201109020054/https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE69Q11M20101027, live, In November 2010, Myspace changed its logo to coincide with the new site design. The word “my” appears in the Helvetica font, followed by a symbol representing a space. The logo change was announced on October 8, 2010, and appeared on the site on November 11.Alexia Tsotsis, Myspace Unveils New, Artsy Logo {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022014352techcrunch.com/2010/10/08/new-myspace-logo/ |date=October 22, 2020 }}, Techcrunch.com, October 8, 2010. Retrieved October 12, 2010. In the same month, Myspace integrated with Facebook Connect – calling it “Mash Up with Facebook” in an announcement widely seen as the final act of acknowledging Facebook’s domination of social networking.WEB,mashable.com/2010/11/18/you-can-now-login-to-myspace-with-facebook/, You can now login to Myspace with Facebook, mashable.com, November 18, 2010, November 24, 2010, November 22, 2010,mashable.com/2010/11/18/you-can-now-login-to-myspace-with-facebook/," title="web.archive.org/web/20101122131758mashable.com/2010/11/18/you-can-now-login-to-myspace-with-facebook/,">web.archive.org/web/20101122131758mashable.com/2010/11/18/you-can-now-login-to-myspace-with-facebook/, live, In January 2011, it was announced that the Myspace staff would be reduced by 47%.WEB, Radhika Marya,mashable.com/2011/01/11/myspace-reduces-staff-by-47-percent/, MySpace Reduces Staff by 47%, Mashable.com, January 11, 2011, January 15, 2011, January 14, 2011,mashable.com/2011/01/11/myspace-reduces-staff-by-47-percent/," title="web.archive.org/web/20110114151523mashable.com/2011/01/11/myspace-reduces-staff-by-47-percent/,">web.archive.org/web/20110114151523mashable.com/2011/01/11/myspace-reduces-staff-by-47-percent/, live, User adoption continued to decrease.WEB,www.newser.com/story/108947/myspace-to-ax-up-to-half-its-workers.html, MySpace to Ax Up to Half Its Workers – Downsizing could be announced this month, sources say, Newser.com, January 4, 2011, January 15, 2011, January 7, 2011,www.newser.com/story/108947/myspace-to-ax-up-to-half-its-workers.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20110107073657www.newser.com/story/108947/myspace-to-ax-up-to-half-its-workers.html,">web.archive.org/web/20110107073657www.newser.com/story/108947/myspace-to-ax-up-to-half-its-workers.html, live, In September 2012, a new redesign was announced, with no date given, making Myspace more visual and apparently optimized for tablets.WEB, Loz Blain,www.gizmag.com/2012-myspace-the-new-facebook/24272/, The new Facebook is...Myspace?, gizmag.com, September 25, 2012, September 25, 2012, October 31, 2012,www.gizmag.com/2012-myspace-the-new-facebook/24272/," title="web.archive.org/web/20121031203439www.gizmag.com/2012-myspace-the-new-facebook/24272/,">web.archive.org/web/20121031203439www.gizmag.com/2012-myspace-the-new-facebook/24272/, live, The redesign was publicly released on January 15, 2013;WEB,thenextweb.com/news/new-myspace-opens-up-to-the-public, Myspace opens redesigned site to the public, Nick, Summers, January 15, 2013, The Next Web, by April 2013 (and presumably before), users were able to transfer to the new Myspace redesign. In June 2013, the redesign deleted all previous blogs, angering many users, and destroying information that would have been useful history in later years.WEB, Milligan, Ian,activehistory.ca/2013/06/myspace-is-cool-again-too-bad-they-destroyed-history-along-the-way/, In a Rush to Modernize, MySpace Destroyed More History,web.archive.org/web/20201106165506/https://activehistory.ca/2013/06/myspace-is-cool-again-too-bad-they-destroyed-history-along-the-way/, November 6, 2020, live, Archive History, June 17, 2013, Key executives{| class“wikitable“|+ !Name!Role!Years

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Foreign versions{{anchor|International}}

Since early 2006, Myspace has offered the option to access the service in different regional versions. The alternative regional versions present automated content according to locality (e.g., UK users see other UK users as “Cool New People”, and UK-oriented events and adverts, etc.), offer local languages other than English, or accommodate the regional differences in spelling and conventions in the English-speaking world (e.g., United States: “favorites”, mm/dd/yyyy; the rest of the world: “favourites”, dd/mm/yyyy).

MySpace Developer Platform (MDP)

On February 5, 2008, MySpace set up a developer platform allowing developers to share their ideas and write their own Myspace applications. The opening was inaugurated with a workshop at the MySpace offices in San Francisco two weeks before the official launch. The MDP is based on the OpenSocial API, which was presented by Google in November 2007 to support social networks to develop social and interacting widgets, and can be seen as an answer to Facebook’s developer platform. The first public beta of the MySpace Apps was released on March 5, 2008, with around 1,000 applications available.NEWS,developer.myspace.com/Community/blogs/devteam/archive/2008/02/05/let-me-see-my-app.aspx, Let me see my app!, MySpace MDP, February 5, 2008, February 5, 2008, dead,developer.myspace.com/Community/blogs/devteam/archive/2008/02/05/let-me-see-my-app.aspx," title="web.archive.org/web/20080209102606developer.myspace.com/Community/blogs/devteam/archive/2008/02/05/let-me-see-my-app.aspx,">web.archive.org/web/20080209102606developer.myspace.com/Community/blogs/devteam/archive/2008/02/05/let-me-see-my-app.aspx, February 9, 2008, NEWS,www.all4myspace.com/news/2008/1, MySpace Open to Developers, MySpace News, February 5, 2008, February 5, 2008, dead,www.all4myspace.com/news/2008/1," title="web.archive.org/web/20080114035153www.all4myspace.com/news/2008/1,">web.archive.org/web/20080114035153www.all4myspace.com/news/2008/1, January 14, 2008,

Myspace server infrastructure

At QCon London 2008,WEB,www.infoq.com/presentations/MySpace-Dan-Farino, Behind the Scenes at MySpace.com, February 10, 2009, InfoQ.com, December 12, 2009, September 8, 2010,www.infoq.com/presentations/MySpace-Dan-Farino," title="web.archive.org/web/20100908155208www.infoq.com/presentations/MySpace-Dan-Farino,">web.archive.org/web/20100908155208www.infoq.com/presentations/MySpace-Dan-Farino, live, MySpace Chief Systems Architect Dan Farino indicated that the site was sending 100 gigabits of data per second out to the Internet; 10 gigabits of which was HTML content and the remainder was media such as videos and pictures. The server infrastructure consists of over 4,500 web servers (running Windows Server 2003, IIS 6.0, ASP.NET and .NET Framework 3.5), over 1,200 cache servers (running 64-bit Windows Server 2003), and over 500 database servers (running 64-bit Windows Server 2003 and SQL Server 2005), as well as a custom distributed file system which runs on Gentoo Linux.In 2009, MySpace began migrating from HDD to SSD technology in some of their servers, resulting in space and power usage savings.NEWS,www.infoq.com/news/2009/12/myspace-ssd, MySpace Replaces Storage with Solid-State Drive Technology in 150 Standard Load Servers, InfoQ.com, December 12, 2009, December 12, 2009, June 16, 2010,www.infoq.com/news/2009/12/myspace-ssd," title="web.archive.org/web/20100616130137www.infoq.com/news/2009/12/myspace-ssd,">web.archive.org/web/20100616130137www.infoq.com/news/2009/12/myspace-ssd, live,

Revenue model

Myspace operates{{When|date=September 2019}} solely on revenues generated by advertising, as its revenue model possesses no user-paid features.WEB, Is Myspace free?,www.myspace.com/Modules/Help/Pages/HelpCenter.aspx?Category=1&Question=33, MySpace.com, March 11, 2008,www.myspace.com/Modules/Help/Pages/HelpCenter.aspx?Category=1&Question=33," title="web.archive.org/web/20080822094142www.myspace.com/Modules/Help/Pages/HelpCenter.aspx?Category=1&Question=33,">web.archive.org/web/20080822094142www.myspace.com/Modules/Help/Pages/HelpCenter.aspx?Category=1&Question=33, August 22, 2008, Through its site and affiliated advertising networks, the site collects data about its users and utilizes behavioral targeting to select the ads each visitor sees.NEWS, Story, Louise and comScore, They Know More Than You Think,www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2008/03/10/technology/20080310_PRIVACY_GRAPHIC.html, JPEG, March 10, 2008, The New York Times, limited, February 22, 2017, January 9, 2018,www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2008/03/10/technology/20080310_PRIVACY_GRAPHIC.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20180109085551www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2008/03/10/technology/20080310_PRIVACY_GRAPHIC.html,">web.archive.org/web/20180109085551www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2008/03/10/technology/20080310_PRIVACY_GRAPHIC.html, live, in NEWS, Story, Louise, To Aim Ads, Web Is Keeping Closer Eye on You,www.nytimes.com/2008/03/10/technology/10privacy.html, The New York Times, March 10, 2008, March 9, 2008, limited, November 26, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20201126021151/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/10/technology/10privacy.html, live, On August 8, 2006, search engine Google signed a $900 million deal to provide a search facility and advertising on MySpace.NEWS,news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/5254642.stm, Google signs $900m News Corp deal, BBC News, August 7, 2006, September 9, 2006, January 15, 2009,news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/5254642.stm," title="web.archive.org/web/20090115082034news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/5254642.stm,">web.archive.org/web/20090115082034news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/5254642.stm, live, NEWS,www.theregister.co.uk/2006/08/07/google_wins_myspace/, Google pays $900m to monetise children via MySpace, The Register, Vance, Ashlee, Ashlee Vance, August 7, 2006, September 9, 2006, August 24, 2006,www.theregister.co.uk/2006/08/07/google_wins_myspace/," title="web.archive.org/web/20060824074432www.theregister.co.uk/2006/08/07/google_wins_myspace/,">web.archive.org/web/20060824074432www.theregister.co.uk/2006/08/07/google_wins_myspace/, live, NEWS,business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,1839333,00.html, Google to pay $900m for Myspace link-up, Clark, Andrew, Guardian Unlimited Business, August 8, 2006, September 9, 2006, London, October 10, 2007,business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,1839333,00.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20071010082946business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,1839333,00.html,">web.archive.org/web/20071010082946business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,1839333,00.html, live,

Third-party content

Companies such as Slide.com and RockYou were all launched on Myspace as widgets providing additional functionality to the site. Other sites created layouts to personalize the site and made hundreds of thousands of dollars for its owners, most of whom were in their late teens and early twenties.NEWS,www.forbes.com/2006/04/07/myspace-google-murdoch-cx_rr_0410myspace.html, The Myspace Economy, Rosmarin, Rachel, Forbes, October 4, 2006, October 4, 2006, August 4, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200804074059/https://www.forbes.com/2006/04/07/myspace-google-murdoch-cx_rr_0410myspace.html, live, NEWS,www.usatoday.com/tech/techinvestor/2006-08-13-google-search_x.htm, Google search ads find momentum, Graham, Jefferson, USA Today, August 14, 2006, August 14, 2006, August 20, 2006,www.usatoday.com/tech/techinvestor/2006-08-13-google-search_x.htm," title="web.archive.org/web/20060820093629www.usatoday.com/tech/techinvestor/2006-08-13-google-search_x.htm,">web.archive.org/web/20060820093629www.usatoday.com/tech/techinvestor/2006-08-13-google-search_x.htm, live, In November 2008, MySpace announced that user-uploaded content infringing on copyrights held by MTV and its subsidiary networks would be redistributed with advertisements to generate revenue for the companies.NEWS, Wallenstein, Andrew,www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE4A20P520081103?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews, Reuters “MySpace, MTV test piracy-profit plan.” Wallenstein, Andrew. Nov.3, 2008, Reuters, November 3, 2008, July 24, 2010, December 14, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20201214123319/https://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE4A20P520081103?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews, live,

Acquisition of Imeem

On November 18, 2009, MySpace Music acquired Imeem for less than $1 million.WEB,techcrunch.com/2009/12/08/imeem-myspace-music-completes-acquisition/, TechCrunch, Myspace Music Completes Acquisition of Imeem, December 8, 2009, October 16, 2017, August 11, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200811110321/https://techcrunch.com/2009/12/08/imeem-myspace-music-completes-acquisition/, live, MySpace stated that they would be transitioning Imeem’s users and migrating their playlists over to MySpace Music. On January 15, 2010, MySpace began restoring Imeem playlists.WEB, Rosoff, Matt,www.cnet.com/news/myspace-restores-imeem-playlists/, MySpace restores Imeem playlists, CNET, January 16, 2010, July 24, 2010, June 11, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200611162657/https://www.cnet.com/news/myspace-restores-imeem-playlists/, live,

Mobile application

Along with its website redesign, Myspace also completely redesigned their mobile application. The redesigned app on the Apple App Store was released in June 2013. The app features a tool for users to create and edit gif images and post them to their Myspace stream. The app also allows users to stream available “live streams” of concerts. New users are able to join Myspace from the app by signing in with Facebook or Twitter or by signing up with email.“>

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!Location!Size!Available!Price!Version!Device requirement!Last updateApp Store (iOS)>App StoreMegabyte>MB| NoFreeware>Free| 3.6.2iOS 6>iOS 6.1 or greater| February 8, 2014|Google PlayMegabyte>MB| NoFreeware>Free| 3.1.0Android version history#Android 4.1 Jelly Bean>Android 4.1 or greater| April 17, 2015The Myspace mobile app is no longer available on the Google Play Store or the Apple App Store. The mobile web app can be accessed by visiting Myspace.com from a mobile device.

Radio

The app allows users to play Myspace radio channels from the device. Users can select from genre stations, featured stations and user or artist stations. A user can build their own station by connecting and listening to songs on Myspace’s desktop website. The user is given six skips per station.

See also

• Christou v. Beatport, LLC, a US federal district court case which held that Myspace profiles could be held as trade secrets
• Criticism of Myspace
• Doe v. MySpace Inc., a court case that held that Myspace was immune from liability resulting from a sexual assault of a minor.
• gOS 2.9 “Space” – Linux distribution geared toward Myspace users, see gOS (operating system)
• List of Internet phenomena
• List of social networking websites
• MySpace angle, a photographic style associated to MySpace profile pictures
• Myspace IM
• The MySpace Movie
• MySpace Records
• Social software
• SodaHead.com
• SpaceHey, a Myspace revival
• Vine (service)
• Web 2.0 Suicide Machine

References

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Further reading

• Angwin, Julia. 2009. Stealing MySpace: The Battle to Control the Most Popular Website in America, New York: Random House. {{ISBN|978-1-4000-6694-0}}
• JOURNAL, Davis, Donald Carrington, Myspace Isn’t Your Space: Expanding the Fair Credit Reporting Act to Ensure Accountability and Fairness in Employer Searches of Online Social Networking Services,www.researchgate.net/publication/228185935, 16, Kan. J.L. & Pub. Pol’y, 237, May 2010, 10.2139/ssrn.1601471, 166271279,
• Dodero, Camille, www.thephoenix.com/article_ektid30132.aspx" title="web.archive.org/web/20070104191303www.thephoenix.com/article_ektid30132.aspx">“You and your tech-chic: As of 2006, new media isn’t just for geeks anymore”, Boston Phoenix, December 20, 2006.
• Tapscott, Don and Anthony D. Williams. 2007. Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything. New York: Penguin.

External links

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