On her MySpace.com website, 16-year-old Molly posts a heart-rending obituary/tribute to her 19-year-old brother, Josh. In November, Josh, also a MySpace member, set his truck on fire, got inside and shot himself. Two weeks later, Josh still gets updates about how the Steelers are doing, posted in the usual conversational style in the comments section of his site.
MySpace In Trouble Over School Threats
After students at a San Antonio high school posted messages on MySpace threatening the school, the school district said it would hold MySpace “accountable” for the problem.
Hollywood Undead Opens For MySpace
Within hours of uploading their songs to MySpace.com, unknown indie band Hollywood Undead became, well, known. Their music hit the top of MySpace charts winning them not only new-found fame, but now a record deal with MySpace Records, a merger of the social networking website and Interscope Records.
MySpace, Interscope Pair On Record Label
Another music label will extend its muscle online as Vivendi Universal’s Interscope plans to deliver a compilation of music available from established and new acts featured on News Corp’s MySpace.
The Web 2.0 MySpace Friend-Generating Worm
Philipp writes about the worm that caused Samy to be a hero, and helped him gather a million friends.
No Place Like MySpace
In less than two years, MySpace.com has morphed from unadvertised haven for young bards to share their musical talents to a youth-oriented social networking phenomenon with upwards of 32 million registered hipster members. The insight into the young mind has never been so accessible.
MySpace Users Go Fox Hunting
The name rolls off the tongue like that of a James Bond villain, accompanied by a scowl and a painful memory. Muuuuuurdoch! For the constituents of MySpace.com, ownership of their beloved meeting ground by media mogul billionaire and alleged world domination hopeful Rupert Murdoch leaves a sour taste in the mouth.
News Corp. To Get MySpace.com With Intermix
News Corp. is going to get MySpace.com as it buys Intermix Media for $580 million in cash. Intermix is buying the portion of MySpace.com that it doesn’t already possess, so that will come along with the package.
InterMix Media and MySpace.com To Become Part of News Corp.
News Corporation announced today that it is buying Intermix Media for $580 million in cash, and along with that will come MySpace.com, as Intermix is purchasing the portion of it that it doesn’t already own.
MySpace Is Now FoxSpace
Okay, so NYT bought About.com – which is basically just a form of citizen journalism. Okay, so IAC bought AskJeeves, and in the process got the much beloved Bloglines.