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MySpace to 175 million friends: It's OUR Space, not yours! Posted by Donna Bogatin in Digital Markets on May 3, 2007 1:17 PM Subscribe via RSS or Email12 comments: “Fairy tales can come true, it can happen to you if you’re young at heart,” so croons Frank Sinatra. Maybe, but the very young are getting their hearts broken at...[Read the rest]

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MySpace China, a place for censorship: The look and feel of MySpace China may resemble its US cousin, but its editorial policy couldn't be more different. Perhaps an inevitable concession to doing business in the country,... [Read the rest]; Posted by Steve O'Hear in The Social Web on: Apr 29, 2007 5:21 AM

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MySpace: Worth it, or not?: UPDATE: What a difference five months makes in gauging the economic marketing worth of MySpace to advertisers? If the "nuggets of wisdom" gleaned by Forbes from research presented by MySpace... [Read the rest]; Posted by Donna Bogatin in Digital Markets on: Apr 24, 2007 9:53 AM

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Web 2.0 copycats: Google stumbles, MySpace digs: Yahoo checked out Google’s ecommerce play Tuesday, Google stumbled upon a roll of the dice Web site recommendation tool yesterday and MySpace digs social news aggregation and voting today. Where... [Read the rest]; Posted by Donna Bogatin in Digital Markets on: Apr 19, 2007 12:15 PM

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MySpace News goes live: Following the rumors last month that MySpace was getting into the news aggregation game, MySpace News has now gone live. Built on technology developed by Newroo (which News Corp. acquired... [Read the rest]; Posted by Steve O'Hear in The Social Web on: Apr 19, 2007 9:36 AM
Social Networking for the masses: Rise of 'The Sleuth': Is social networking really just a young persons game? Is MySpace the only social networking game? (see Web 2.0 ages: Poor old media?)NO. There is a social networker in each... [Read the rest]; Posted by Donna Bogatin in Digital Markets on: Apr 17, 2007 12:30 PM

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Web 2.0 ages: Poor old media?: (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction! The Rolling Stones sang it, and Rolling Stone is feeling it, from the blogosphere!Rolling Stone magazine, once a must read for all music and pop-culture... [Read the rest]; Posted by Donna Bogatin in Digital Markets on: Apr 13, 2007 10:56 AM

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YouTube spotlights presidential candidates; CBS excludes YouTube/MySpace from content deals; Can YouTube Hear Me? (update); and more: The social web weekly: a quick-fire roundup of some of the news, announcements and conversations that have occurred throughout the week… [Read the rest]; Posted by Steve O'Hear in The Social Web on: Apr 13, 2007 5:04 AM
MySpace blocks Photobucket videos; the end of the wild west of social networks?: MySpace, the 100 pound guerrilla of social networking, is at it again -- this time blocking Photobucket videos from being embedded on the site. MySpace has always been like the... [Read the rest]; Posted by Steve O'Hear in The Social Web on: Apr 11, 2007 7:20 AM

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MySpace, the election: MySpace is to hold a 'mock' presidential election, open to all MySpace users who reside in the United States, regardless of whether they are eligible to vote in the official... [Read the rest]; Posted by Steve O'Hear in The Social Web on: Apr 3, 2007 10:24 AM
Google vs. MySpace: Is YouTube doomed?: Jeff Jarvis ordained $150 billion market cap Google “God,” last week, no joke. In January, he publicly thanked YouTube, for “changing the world and society,” in the guise of a... [Read the rest]; Posted by Donna Bogatin in Digital Markets on: Mar 26, 2007 6:37 PM
Is MySpace's widget policy upsetting users?: MySpace's abandonment of its laissez faire attitude to commercial activity hasn't gone unnoticed by users. The New York Times reports on one of the site's earliest and most high profile... [Read the rest]; Posted by Steve O'Hear in The Social Web on: Mar 20, 2007 8:22 AM

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MySpace, a place for friends (and presidential hopefuls): Following in YouTube's footsteps, MySpace has created a page dedicated to aggregating the official profiles of those US presidential hopefuls that have embraced the social networking site. [Read the rest]; Posted by Steve O'Hear in The Social Web on: Mar 19, 2007 9:38 AM

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Embarrassed by MySpace foolishness or your criminal convictions? Erase them!: Your reputation is at stake whenever you go online and shoot your mouth off. Your reputation is at stake when you end up drunk and half (or fully) naked on... [Read the rest]; Posted by Mitch Ratcliffe in Rational Rants on: Mar 16, 2007 10:17 AM

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Social network traffic up 11.5 percent; MySpace still dominates: According to Hitwise, the US market share of Internet traffic to the top 20 social networking sites grew by 11.5 percent from January to February 2007, to account for 6.5... [Read the rest]; Posted by Steve O'Hear in The Social Web on: Mar 15, 2007 6:14 AM

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Murdoch 2.0: MySpace News: News came last week that MySpace is getting into the online news aggregation game. According to leaked marketing materials, MySpace News will make news social, allowing users to rate and... [Read the rest]; Posted by Steve O'Hear in The Social Web on: Mar 13, 2007 5:43 AM
Beware the MySpace eco-system: For some companies, tapping into the MySpace eco-system provides an additional revenue stream, while for others, it's a lifeline. Getting blocked from MySpace can be the equivalent of turning off... [Read the rest]; Posted by Steve O'Hear in The Social Web on: Feb 28, 2007 5:36 AM
Section 230 immunizes MySpace from both conduct and speech, says district court: Evan Brown has a good summary of last weeks Doe v. MySpace decision, wherein a federal district court in Texas threw out claims against MySpace due to the protections provided... [Read the rest]; Posted by Denise Howell in Lawgarithms on: Feb 18, 2007 5:08 PM
Parent suit against MySpace dismissed: Negligence suit rejected because federal Communications Decency Act provides 'interactive services' with immunity for user-posted content. [Read the rest]; Posted by ZDNet Editor in ZDNet Education on: Feb 15, 2007 8:49 AM
John Edwards: Be my MySpace pal!: John Edwards has 11,147 MySpace friends, plus a special “User Generated Politics” value proposition for campaign 2008:"MySpace is the the third most popular site in the U.S. John Edwards offers... [Read the rest]; Posted by Donna Bogatin in Digital Markets on: Feb 13, 2007 5:48 AM
MySpace offers filtering software ahead of YouTube: The News Corp-owned social networking site has licensed audio fingerprinting technology developed by Audible Magic, which is able to help identify the origins of a video's soundtrack, so that unauthorized... [Read the rest]; Posted by Steve O'Hear in The Social Web on: Feb 12, 2007 10:04 AM
Facebook follows MySpace: Online predator risks: Facebook views MySpace as an open media portal, while considering itself a technology platform enabling communication and interaction among networks of trusted friends, Dan Rose, Vice President, Business Development, told... [Read the rest]; Posted by Donna Bogatin in Digital Markets on: Feb 11, 2007 3:35 PM
MySpace launches movie "mashup": In partnership with Vertigo Films and Film4, MySpace has launched "MyMovie Mashup", a UK only competition to find the director for a new 1.96 million dollar-funded British movie. [Read the rest]; Posted by Steve O'Hear in The Social Web on: Feb 8, 2007 5:52 AM
News Corp.: MySpace on track to top annual sales of $500 million; post modest profit: MySpaces fiscal 2007 sales are on track to top $500 million with more growth to come in 2008, said News Corp. chief operating officer Peter Chernin. News Corp., which... [Read the rest]; Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Feb 7, 2007 8:45 AM
Joe Biden has 226 MySpace friends: Can he connect?: Joe Biden appears a bit lonely at MySpace. He counts 226 MySpacers among his friends almost a week after he announced he wants to be president of the United States.... [Read the rest]; Posted by Donna Bogatin in Digital Markets on: Feb 4, 2007 8:45 PM
MySpace 'friend' may cost school $3 million: MySpace touts it is “an online community that lets you meet your friends friends”:"See who knows who, or how you are connected. Find out if you really are six people... [Read the rest]; Posted by Donna Bogatin in Digital Markets on: Jan 31, 2007 5:57 AM
MySpace to offer spyware for parents: Following continuing pressure from politicians (and parts of the media), MySpace is planning to offer parents the chance to download software which will monitor aspects of their children's activities on... [Read the rest]; Posted by Steve O'Hear in The Social Web on: Jan 17, 2007 10:49 AM

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MySpace: IT on a wing and a Microsoft prayer: Baselines David Carr has an interesting tale of MySpaces IT operations. In a nutshell, the company is winging it with a Microsoft-based platform amid massive growth. Here are a few... [Read the rest]; Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Jan 17, 2007 5:10 AM
Will MySpace try to monetize its ecosystem?: Over the last year or so, many companies and products have sprung up which attempt to feed off of MySpace's success - widgets, embeddable media players etc. Some of which... [Read the rest]; Posted by Steve O'Hear in The Social Web on: Jan 16, 2007 10:36 AM
MySpace, meet the mall (and a lot of backend IT customization): Will social media influence your shopping habits? If IconNicholson, a digital design firm that couples technology and retail shopping, is correct sites like Facebook and MySpace will influence what... [Read the rest]; Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Jan 16, 2007 9:33 AM
MySpace + Facebook = $14 billion?: Is it irresponsible of CEOs of public corporations to tout seemingly unattainable valuations of corporate properties? Are corporate Directors harming the companies they advise by publicly declaring outsized self-valuations?Facebook board... [Read the rest]; Posted by Donna Bogatin in Digital Markets on: Dec 16, 2006 7:00 PM
Jaxtr brings VoIP to MySpace: Jaxtr, which launched a private Beta today, is a VoIP based service that brings 'free' voice calls to social networks and blogs. [Read the rest]; Posted by Steve O'Hear in The Social Web on: Dec 14, 2006 4:29 PM
MySpace: Bragging rights vs. revenues: When Ross Levinsohn ran Fox Interactive (FIM), one of his prime objectives was to “overtake” Yahoo, as I put forth in “Fox Interactive to Yahoo: watch out, we are on... [Read the rest]; Posted by Donna Bogatin in Digital Markets on: Dec 13, 2006 11:15 AM
MySpace vs. Facebook: Is friendship real?: Are MySpace's commoditization of friendship and Facebook's codification of friendship opposing social networking philosophies and operating principles? [Read the rest]; Posted by Donna Bogatin in Digital Markets on: Dec 6, 2006 6:10 AM
Privacy means life beyond MySpace: Multiply, and Vox, are two social networks that offer users powerful privacy controls, so that they get to choose exactly who is able to access their content. [Read the rest]; Posted by Steve O'Hear in The Social Web on: Nov 13, 2006 9:23 AM

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Microsoft launches a "MySpace"; for IT pros: Microsoft has soft-launched a new community site designed to allow IT professionals to network with one another. The new site, called Aggreg8.net, is a joint effort between Microsofts TechNet team... [Read the rest]; Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: Nov 10, 2006 10:26 AM
SoundLoud to challenge MySpace Music: SoundLoud is the latest music service attempting to monetize the very end of the long tail by providing a mechanism for independent and unsigned musicians to sell their music online.... [Read the rest]; Posted by Steve O'Hear in The Social Web on: Nov 7, 2006 9:28 AM

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