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MySpace to launch online games channelPosted by Steve O'Hear in The Social Web on Oct 23, 2007 8:37 AM
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News Corp.-owned MySpace has announced a partnership with with casual-game maker Oberon Games, part of Oberon Media, to create a dedicated "channel" on the social networking site, featuring of social...[Read the rest]

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Official: MySpace Platform
In a Q&A session last night at the Web 2.0 conference, Rupert Murdoch and MySpace co-founder Chris DeWolfe revealed details on the much rumored plans for the MySpace Platform, a... [Read the rest]
Posted by Steve O'Hear in The Social Web on: Oct 18, 2007 10:13 AM
"Quarterlife" exclusive to MySpaceTV
MySpace has bagged itself some more professionally-produced online video content, to "air" exclusively on the social networking site. "Quarterlife", a production developed by Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick, creators of... [Read the rest]
Posted by Steve O'Hear in The Social Web on: Sep 13, 2007 5:37 AM
"MySpace Fashion" launches
After over a year of existing in "Beta" status, MySpace has launched a revamped version of its fashion community, dubbed "MySpace Fashion", to co-inside with start of next week's New... [Read the rest]
Posted by Steve O'Hear in The Social Web on: Aug 28, 2007 9:31 AM
Lonelygirl15 gets some "exclusive" MySpace company
The season finale of the hit web video series, Lonelygirl15, is to be available exclusively on MySpace. And in an interesting and innovative twist, the final episode will actually be... [Read the rest]
Posted by Steve O'Hear in The Social Web on: Aug 2, 2007 5:03 AM
MySpace, a place for finding talent?
MySpace, along with the FOX network and the Producers Guild of America, is launching a new video competition, which aims to seek out new television production talent via the social... [Read the rest]
Posted by Steve O'Hear in The Social Web on: Jul 26, 2007 4:31 AM
MySpace to launch Internet TV show?
It's being reported that News Corp-owned MySpace is about to get in on the Internet TV game, by commissioning its own online video show. [Read the rest]
Posted by Steve O'Hear in The Social Web on: Jul 23, 2007 9:32 AM
The Facebook effect: MySpace to open up
MySpace may soon open itself up to third-party developers -- in a similar strategy to Facebook -- which would see outside companies able to "plug" their web services into the... [Read the rest]
Posted by Steve O'Hear in The Social Web on: Jun 29, 2007 5:27 AM
Research: Myspace and Facebook are different class
Research by Danah Boyd suggests that the two social networking sites reflect existing class structures. [Read the rest]
Posted by Steve O'Hear in The Social Web on: Jun 25, 2007 11:10 AM
Facebook and MySpace are like chalk 'n' cheese
Broadly speaking the two sites cater for different demographics, solve different problems, and in terms of strategy -- with Facebook's new platform -- couldn't be further apart. Yet they both... [Read the rest]
Posted by Steve O'Hear in The Social Web on: Jun 21, 2007 4:58 AM
YouTube: What MySpace can teach Google about copyright
Will Google CEO Schmidt's "wait for the tools" banter on media giant Viacom's $1 billion copyright infringement legal claim at the Wall Street Journal's All Things Digital conference this week... [Read the rest]
Posted by Donna Bogatin in Digital Markets on: Jun 1, 2007 2:48 PM
MySpace wins Photobucket, Over Google?
UPDATE: May 30: "MySpace wants photobucket? Where is Google!", I asked earlier this month (see story below). Alas, News Corp. is the lucky buyer after all, at an undisclosed price. "The... [Read the rest]
Posted by Donna Bogatin in Digital Markets on: May 30, 2007 10:00 AM
MySpace Friends: Rupert Murdoch is NOT the boss!
Rupert Murdoch is not the boss of me! So believes Eli Pariser, Executive Director, MoveOn.org Political Action, and he wants fellow civic organizers to believe the same. In a joint... [Read the rest]
Posted by Donna Bogatin in Digital Markets on: May 18, 2007 1:37 PM
MySpace polices video copyright: Where is Google YouTube?
MySpace is the worlds leading lifestyle portal, as it not so modestly describes itself; The lifestyle portal is owned by an "old" media company, News Corp. YouTube is the premier... [Read the rest]
Posted by Donna Bogatin in Digital Markets on: May 11, 2007 12:37 PM
MySpace launches 'Take Down Stay Down'; Facebook does classifieds; MySpace: Microsoft's biggest competitor?
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: May 11, 2007 10:05 AM
MySpace buys Photobucket
After an on/off relationship it appears that the number one photo sharing site has been acquired by the number one social network. [Read the rest]
Posted by Steve O'Hear in The Social Web on: May 7, 2007 2:31 PM
MySpace to 175 million friends: It's OUR Space, not yours!
“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]
Posted by Donna Bogatin in Digital Markets on: May 3, 2007 1:17 PM
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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