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News Corp. puts Myspace on the block

Breitbart.com 02/02/2011

News Corp weighs MySpace options

Yinka Adegoke and Jennifer Saba Reuters 11/29/2010
News Corp. puts Myspace on the block

News Corp. put ailing social network Myspace up for sale on Wednesday. "We recognize that the plan to allow Myspace to reach its full potential may be best developed under a new ownership structure and we're evaluating those strategic alternatives," News Corp. chief operating officer Chase Carey said.

News Corp weighs MySpace options

News Corp is open to a sale of beleaguered MySpace after a relaunch of the social network as an entertainment site, Chief Operating Officer Chase Carey told Reuters.

MySpace president quits 5 months after reshuffle

Kenneth Li Financial Times 06/18/2010
MySpace president quits 5 months after reshuffle

Jason Hirschhorn, co-president of News Corp-owned MySpace, is leaving the social networking company just five months after a reorganisation forced out the previous chief executive.

Facebook, MySpace caught releasing user data

In a seemingly never-ending string of damaging disclosures about its users' privacy concerns, Facebook has reportedly been releasing user data to ad companies that hadn't even asked for the info.

News Corp says MySpace risks $900m Google deal

Kenneth Li and Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson Financial Times 11/04/2009
News Corp says MySpace risks $900m Google deal

MySpace, once the centerpiece of Rupert Murdoch’s digital strategy, has fallen “significantly” short of expectations and is jeopardising a critical $900m internet search agreement with Google.

SGN's (fluff)Friends, One of the Biggest Games on the Social Web, Comes to MySpace

SGN, a leading social gaming company, launches the company's first cross-platform game for MySpace, called (fluff)Friends. MySpace will be the newest portal into the (fluff)Friends network. (fluff)Friends, SGN's most profitable online game which allows users to adopt a cute pet, will now connect the (fluff)Friend community across multiple platforms by enabling members on MySpace, Facebook and the i(fluff)Friends game on the iPhone to interact and engage in the (fluff)Friend world.

MySpace suicide bully acquitted

A federal judge in Los Angeles on Thursday tentatively threw out the conviction of a Missouri woman for her role in a cruel Internet hoax on a teenage girl who ended up committing suicide.

Sentencing scheduled for Missouri mom in MySpace hoax

A Missouri mother faces up to three years in prison at her sentencing Thursday in Los Angeles for her role in a MySpace hoax directed at a 13-year-old neighbor girl who later killed herself.

White House joins Facebook, MySpace, Twitter

The official White House Blog calls it "WhiteHouse 2.0." The administration is unveiling its membership in a trio of the social-networking leaders today: Facebook, MySpace and Twitter. How do the accounts look shortly after launch?

MySpace Launches New Features for MySpaceID; Functionality Live Today

MySpace, the world's premiere social portal, today launched new functionality for MySpaceID, a product that allows any website to access the MySpace social graph, enabling any user to securely link their MySpace profile, friends, and activities with their favorite websites.


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