Myspace: Page: 4

This is page 4 of the Myspace posts on Wruters Write.


  • AOL MySpace Challenge in the Works (2006-04-20): Dave Winer has posted a rumor that AOL will offer a direct challenge to the MySpace youth juggernaut called Head On.

  • Facebook Raises $25 Million. Takes Down For Sale Sign. (2006-04-19): Silicon Beat reports that Facebook has raised $25 million.

  • Dane Cook has 1 Million MySpace Friends (2006-04-13): Comedian Dane Cook has made over one million MySpace friends according to his MySpace profile.

  • The Small but Growing MySpace Economy (2006-04-12): The MySpace economy is forming.

  • MySpace Videos a Threat to YouTube? (2006-04-11): HitWise reports that MySpace Videos have already passed YouTube in traffic.

  • Myspace the Movie Short Film Pokes Fun at Social Network (2006-04-02): Myspace the Movie is a funny short film that pokes fun at some of the activities that take place on MySpace.

  • MySpace Purges 200,000 Profiles (2006-03-31): Financial Times reports that MySpace has terminated 200,000 "objectionable" profiles.

  • Xianz Calls Itself The Christian MySpace (2006-03-30): Xianz (pronounced as Zans) is a Christian social network that describes itself as a safe alternative to MySpace.

  • Facebook Holding Out For $2 Billion (2006-03-29): Facebook is on the block according to a Businessweek article that says Facebook turned down an offer of $750 million from Viacom and would prefer something more like $2 billion.

  • School Fails to Block Students From Blogs, MySpace (2006-03-27): The Associated Press reports that students almost immediately hacked their way back to blogs and MySpace after they were blocked by technicians working for the Fort Wayne Community Schools.

  • College Admissions Officers Read Blogs and MySpace (2006-03-26): Teens here is another good reason to be careful what you blog about and what kinds of photographs and comments you make in MySpace or similar social networks.

  • Service Helps You Spy on MySpace Members (2006-03-23): MySpace accounts are public so you can spy for free.

  • K-Fed Has More MySpace Friends Than Chris Pirillo (2006-03-16): Chris Pirillo, a blogger, technologist and founder and publisher of LockerGnome.

  • Al-Qaeda Also Uses MySpace (2006-03-10): The Al-Qaeda terror organization has reportedly been using social networks like Orkut and Myspace.

  • Bolt and Xuqa Chase MySpace (2006-03-10): MySpace is the most popular social networking service but it has plenty of competition.

  • MySpace Replacing Email for Some Teens and Tweens (2006-03-03): We mentioned earlier that most MySpace users aren't going there to read blogs.

  • Blogosphere Will Not Be Beaten By MySpace, Digg, YouTube, StupidVideos, Etc. (2006-03-03): Steve Rubel says the center of gravity is shifting and the "blogosphere is not where all the action is going to be in the months ahead.

  • Most Kids Don't Visit MySpace for the Blogs (2006-02-22): Danah Boyd has written an interesting article about why kids are using the MySpace service.

  • AOL Building MySpace Rival (2006-01-30): A BusinessWeek article by Jon Fine says that AOL is planning to develop a MySpace-like community tool that will be launched from its AOL Instant Messenger platform.

  • Advertisers Win Friends and Influence on MySpace (2005-11-17): AdBumb offers an in-depth article (no longer available) about MySpace.