We all knew that MySpace was the dominant social networking darling, but we may not have realized that MySpace controls almost 80% of the social networking market. Yikes!
MoveOn Blasts MySpace Over Censorship
MoveOn’s executive director Eli Pariser called MySpace a "serial censorer of user-generated content" and presented a litany of complaints about the social networking site’s practices.
Rumor: MySpace To Acquire Flektor
MySpace is rumored to be purchasing Flektor, a new startup that allows users to create widgets from photos, video and text, TechCrunch is reporting.
MySpace Brands Itself With Premium Video Content
When News Corp. entered the Internet world with its acquisition of MySpace, the I-World looked at Rupert Murdoch like they were "a-smellin’ onions." Nearly two years later, News Corp. is proving to be one of the Web-savviest companies around.
MySpace Launches Tool To Fight Infringement
MySpace has launched a new copyright protection tool in an effort to combat infringing video content. The tool called "Take Down Stay Down" prevents users from re-posting videos that have been previously removed at the request of copyright owners.
MySpace Acquires Photobucket – Now Confirmed
Although the deal has yet to be confirmed by either party, it appears that MySpace did, in fact, acquire Photobucket. And although the figure $300 million has been mentioned, the terms of the arrangement (assuming such an arrangement exists) remain unknown.
News Corp. – Did it Save MySpace?
Richard Rosenblatt, chairman-CEO of Demand Media and former CEO of Intermix, told AdAge that:
Obama Hijacks MySpace Page, Mails Howard Dean
Talk about mixed emotions. I like Barack Obama – at least, as seen on TV – and just when I started to like him more because of a letter he sent to Democratic National Convention Chair Howlin’ Howard Dean urging him to put debate video under public license, the Washington Post reports his campaign officers butting his biggest fan out of MySpace.
Reality TV on MySpace News
Less than a week after the launch of MySpace News, Reuters reports on a planned political show, “Independent,” for the social news site.
MySpace Mixes Reality With Politics
MySpace is once again diving into American politics as they have partnered with famed TV producer Mark Burnett to launch "Independent", a political reality show that is focused on finding the next "great" politician.