My Space

MySpace is primarily a social networking website where members store personal profile information about an individual, or group in order to socialize and interact with an online network of user added friends. MySpace profiles include a personal blog, spaces for photos, music, video, and multimedia. Users are able to make comments on friends pages, share their current mood, make announcements, and post bulletins to their friends.

MySpace offers its users games, news, classifieds, TV, karaoke, instant messaging, polls, forums, and the ability to use mobile devices to access a profile page. MySpace Music launched its own Record label in 2007 and it's a popular platform for music artists to showcase new releases, be discovered, and interact with their fans.

The Beverly Hills, CA based company is owned by FOX Interactive Media.  The idea for MySpace was based on a previous network called Friendster. Several employees of eUniverse (renamed Intermix Media) developed MySpace and launched the network in August 2003. Intermix Media and MySpace were bought by Rupert Murdoch News Corporation in July of 2005. MySpace was the number one social networking website until being surpassed by Facebook (its chief competitor) in April 2008 for number of unique website hits.

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• MySpace To Host Exclusive Stream Of "New Moon" Red Carpet (WebProNews)

  
  Social Apps — Authority: 139
  Don’t be surprised if MySpace experiences a big traffic spike on Monday, November 16th.  The social network intends to host a live stream of red carpet arrivals at the world premiere of The Twilight Saga: New Moon . In one sense, this could have been something of a cheap trick; it’s a good bet that [...]
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• Headline Roundup: Troubled American Psychiatrist Allegedly Turns Gun on Warmongers at Ft. Hood

  
  Big Hollywood — Authority: 813
  Nidal “Gary” Hassan – All-American boy was haunted by memories of Gitmo, ‘Nam, Hiroshima INEVITABLY, ANOTHER SOLDIER SNAPS Distraught pacifist conscientious objector tormented by horrors of war, as far as you know Newsroom experts: stress, violence, stupidity, tragedy a way of life for ...
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• The Best News is SuperNews!

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 622
  Many thanks to my sister for introducing me to my new favorite thing: Current TV’s SuperNews! As explained on their site “SuperNews! is a comedy series where the absurdities of everyday life are pushed beyond reality in a hilarious universe of animated characters. Its a world that dares you to see everything - ...
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• Consumers Are Looking for Offers on Social Networks

  
  WebProNews Feed — Authority: 705
  Razorfish has released a wealth of interesting data about consumer online behavior, and a good deal has to do with social media and brand interaction. For those struggling to find the right use of social networks for their business, the data is worth paying attention to. The data is based on a survey of 1,000 ...
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• MySpace To Host Exclusive Stream Of "New Moon" Red Carpet

  
  WebProNews Feed — Authority: 705
  Dont be surprised if MySpace experiences a big traffic spike on Monday, November 16th.  The social network intends to host a live stream of red carpet arrivals at the world premiere of The Twilight Saga: New Moon . In one sense, this could have been something of a cheap trick; its a good bet that boatloads of young ...
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• The method in Murdochs madness

  
  Presto Vivace Blog — Authority: 113
  I wrote off Murdochs latest threats to remove News Corp feeds from Google News as so much blather until I read Boing Boing : So heres what I think it going on. Murdoch has no intention of shutting down search-engine traffic to his sites, but hes still having lurid fantasies inspired by the momentary insanity that ...
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• For whom the net tolls

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  Rupert Murdoch wants to remake the web as a toll both, with him in the collectors seat, but the net wont shift to his will Just what, exactly, is Rupert Murdoch thinking ? First, he announces that all of News Corps websites will erect paywalls like the one employed by the Wall Street Journal (however, Rupert managed ...
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• Guido – 29 Minute Mix

  
  n3k4 - bass driven culture (free dubs, dubstep downloads, recorded sets) — Authority: 426
  Tracklisting Guido – Tantalized Guido, Aarya & Ruthless – Beautiful Complication Guido – Chakra Guido – You Do It Right Guido – Orchestral Lab Gemmy – Johnny 5 Guido – Mad Sax Joker – Do It! Guido – Tango Joker – Digidesign Links: www.myspace.com/guidoproductions ...
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• The Sun will use anyone, and anything, to smear Gordon Brown – especially grieving mothers

  
  The Spicy Cauldron — Authority: 125
  Image via Wikipedia If it were stated baldly that a national British newspaper is running a daily campaign to destroy the career of a disabled man, highlighting his disability as an unacceptable weakness, no doubt much of the nation would be in uproar. And yet Gordon Brown’s visual impairment is currently being ...
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• The Lion, the Model, and the Photographer

  
  Tres Fab Sweetie! — Authority: 149
  Twenty year old French model Antione Gesson gets intimate with a lion in these pictures by Elvis Di Fazio for blogzine Guapo .
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• Britney But-Its-Lip-Synching Bitch Furore

  
  Tres Fab Sweetie! — Authority: 149
  On Friday, about 100 angry fans reportedly stormed out of Britney Spears concert at the Burswood Dome in the Western Australia city of Perth , saying they were disappointed by the lackluster performance and Spearss lip-synching during her two-hour show. Spears gave Perth fans a generic welcome, never mentioning ...
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• Sexy Danish Pop Star Carsten Andersson

  
  Tres Fab Sweetie! — Authority: 149
  You may not of heard of Cartsten (above) before but theres a distinct possability you may have seen him - all of him. Hes a twenty five year old model from Denmark of Danish/German background who now wants an international music career. He also happened to have a short-lived gay porn career, which disqualified him ...
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• Facebook, MySpace users hit by cyber attacks

  
  DISC Infosec blog — Authority: 118
  Image by sitmonkeysupreme via FlickrNZ HERALD reported that Facebook users - already being targeted in a malware campaign - are now under threat from a phishing scam. Security specialists Symantec... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• Nastygram: MySpace Phish Plants Spy Software (Washington Post)

  
  Social Apps — Authority: 139
  A new spam campaign targeting MySpace.com users once again illustrates the blended threat from junk e-mail attacks, experts warn. This latest run tries to lure recipients into giving up their MySpace credentials, and then attempts to trick victims into installing password-stealing malicious software. Attackers began ...
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• Carrie Underwoods Opry Saturday

  
  Idol Chatter: Top Stories & Community Feed — Authority: 138
  Carrie Underwood returns to the Grand Ole Opry Saturday, and you can watch her even if you arent in Nashville. MySpace has teamed with the Opry to stream the show live with video for the first time. The stream will run from 9-10 p.m. Eastern, and Carrie will perform songs from Play On, including Cowboy Casanova.
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• Electronic Arts acquires Playfish for $400 million

  
  Games Galore — Authority: 126
  Electronic Arts acquires Playfish for $400 millionPlayfish has confirmed their deal with Electronic Arts. EA is now acquiring Playfish for around USD 400 million. Playfish is known for their... .
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• Parents Beat Kid Over MySpace Page

  
  Pandora's Blog — Authority: 126
  Okay, this is a little too far. As much as the parents may have hated the idea of their 14-year-old girl being on MySpace, especially against their wishes, this is NOT the answer. Makes me sick. November 3, 2009 Parents allegedly beat teen for getting MySpace page By Eric Litke, Sheboygan Press staff A ...
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• MySpace Losing $1 Million Per Month On Empty Offices

  
  WebProNews Feed — Authority: 705
  Dont be shocked if ads for 420,000 square feet of office space start popping up all over MySpace.  It seems that the social networking company no longer intends to use a particular facility, but until it can unload the space, has gotten stuck paying over $1 million per month. Matthew Garrahan reported late ...
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• When Phishing Isn’t Phishing

  
  Bits & Pieces — Authority: 149
  So, there are these apparent MySpace phishing e-mails going around ("... please be informed that you are required to update your MySpace account, Please update your MySpace account by clicking here... ") When you follow the link, you end up to this MySpace look-a-like page, hosted on various .uk domains: Once you log ...
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