MySpace is launching a Web site that will be focused on the upcoming presidential debates.MyDebates.org was created through a partnership with the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) and will officially launch in late September in time for the first presidential debate.
MySpace Used In Search For Missing Toddler
The family of a missing toddler have set up a MySpace profile in efforts to make contact with anyone who can help locate her. Two year-old Caylee Marie Anthony has been missing since around June 9th, but, in a bizarre story leaving her mother a prime suspect, wasn’t reported missing until July 15th.
Courtney Love Drops Embezzlement Bomb On MySpace
On her MySpace blog today, Courtney Love penned an erratic message to her fans detailing an elaborate-sounding embezzlement scheme by her management, which includes computer hacking and dummy corporations, to fleece her for $380 million. It’s unclear if what she posted is real, a joke, or off-the-deep-end crazy.
MySpace Wins $6 Million In Spam Suit
A Westminster, Colorado Internet marketing company has been ordered to pay MySpace $6 million in damages and legal fees for spamming its users.An arbitrator ruled that Scott Richter and his online marketing company, Media Breakaway LLC, must pay MySpace $4.8 million in damages and $1.2 million in legal fees for spamming MySpace members.
MySpace Wins $234 Million Spam Judgment
MySpace has won a $234 million legal judgment over spam messages sent to members of the social networking site.MySpace won the judgment after spammers Sanford Wallace and Walter Rines failed to appear in court. The judgment is believed to be the largest ever awarded in a spam email case.
MySpace Experiencing Ad-Related Revenue Difficulties
The good news, from News Corp’s perspective, is that MySpace is continuing to grow. The bad news is that profiting off social ads is tougher than the corporation had expected.
MySpace, Facebook Still On Top
If MySpace were to lose its top spot among social networks, it’d have a long way to fall. Though US visits to the powerhouse were down five percent since last year, MySpace still commanded nearly 74% of the social networking market, according to Hitwise. Facebook, long in second place but up 32%, pulled in nearly 15% of US social networkers, a share that towers over its nearest competitor’s.
“Featured” App Status Not Free At MySpace
Here’s a funny thing: if you visit the MySpace Apps page with AdBlock Plus enabled, the "Featured Applications" section appears entirely blank. And as it turns out, developers are indeed paying to show up in those spots.
MySpace To Make HyperTargeting Participation Optional
In just about every MySpace profile, there’s all sorts of information that advertisers would love to see. Users don’t list their likes and dislikes with marketers in mind, however, and a MySpace exec has said that participation in the upcoming HyperTargeting program will be optional.
MySpace Names New Pres. Of Sales And Marketing
A lot of job titles sound completely made-up and superfluous; "President of Sales and Marketing" does not. Still, the title is at least new at MySpace, and Jeff Berman is the man whose business cards will carry it.