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January 2008
- Is MySpace Murdoch's Top Investment?
  
  newser | New York Times | Jan 21, 08 3:21 PM CST
  
  Two years after Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. bought MySpace, and shortly after its two founders signed up for another couple of fabulously well-paid years at the helm, the site is expanding and evolving. Despite challenges (read: Facebook), MySpace represents an impressive return for Murdoch. “He may find that this is the single best investment he has ever made,” Google’s CEO told the New York Times . More »
  
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  Google • Rupert Murdoch • social networking • MySpace • News Corp • Eric Schmidt • MySpace Celebrity
- Jamba Founders Buy Stake In Facebook
  
  newser | TechCrunch | Jan 16, 08 12:29 AM CST
  
  Brothers Alexander, Marc and Oliver Samwer, founders of ring tone company Jamba, have just joined Microsoft and Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka Shing as major investors in US based social networking company Facebook. Though the Samwers' haven't disclosed the exact size of their investment, they told Der Spiegel it was "significant," but smaller than Microsoft's $240 million. More »
  
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  Microsoft • Facebook • social networking • private equity
- MySpace Adds Anti-Predator Measures
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jan 14, 08 7:18 PM CST
  
  MySpace will add protections to prevent abuse by sexual predators, officials of several states said today. The social networking company reached an agreement with 49 states over concerns about predators contacting children through its popular site. MySpace will also join a working group aimed at developing new technologies, such as age verification, and that other sites will be invited as well, the AP reports. More »
  
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  Facebook • social networking • MySpace • Internet security • sexual predators
- Colleges Turn to New Media to Recruit Students
  
  newser | Boston Globe | Jan 7, 08 4:35 PM CST
  
  If MySpace and Facebook are where the high school kids are, then that’s where college recruiters are headed. Schools competing for today’s tech-savvy teens are reaching out to them through podcasts, online videos, virtual campus tours, live chats, blogs, and social networking profiles, reports the Boston Globe —and those stuffy old admissions officers are increasingly in touch with prospectives via IM and text. More »
  
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  social networking • blogging • college admissions • colleges and universities • texting • podcasts • prospective student
December 2007
- IBM Launches Social Mapping Biz Tool
  
  newser | MIT Technology Review | Dec 29, 07 7:39 PM CST
  
  IBM has released a software tool named 'Atlas' that aims to track and analyze statistical relationships among individuals in a corporate setting, MIT Technology Review reports. Employees are given the opportunity to partake in business-adapted online practices—blogging, social grouping, bookmarking, organizing projects—and Atlas creates a "social graph" of the relationships formed among participants. More »
  
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  business • social networking • IBM • blogging • statistics • corporate
- NJ Curbs Web Use for Sex Offenders
  
  newser | Star-Ledger | Dec 28, 07 7:56 PM CST
  
  Acting New Jersey Gov. Richard Codey yesterday approved legislation limiting access to computers and the internet for convicted sex offenders—even if they didn't use them for their crimes, the Newark Star-Ledger reports. Sex offenders on parole must now alert the state parole board regarding their access to computers, as well as submit to unannounced inspections and continuous monitoring of web use. More »
  
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  Internet • social networking • New Jersey • sex offenders
- MySpace Battles Facebook Buzz to Stay on Top
  
  newser | USA Today | Dec 21, 07 1:10 PM CST
  
  Facing competition for buzz and advertising from much smaller but much-hyped Facebook, MySpace has big plans for expansion. The free-form social networking site's founders want to transform it into a one-stop portal where users can check email and get news. The site is also unveiling new services, expanding overseas, and planning to allow multiple profiles, reports USA Today . More »
  
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  Facebook • social networking • MySpace • Skype • multiplayer games
- Let Facebook Ring from the Ivory Tower
  
  newser | Washington Post | Dec 16, 07 12:11 PM CST
  
  Move over, preening teenagers: byte-thirsty academics are now frequenting social networking hangouts like Facebook and MySpace. Hoping to snatch a dissertation out of the latest digital craze, plus a side of fame, they’ll all have to line up behind danah boyd (small caps intended), a Berkeley PhD candidate who’s become a “celebrademic” with her insight on social networking and its effects. More »
  
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  Facebook • social networking • MySpace • scholarship • academic research • National Science Foundation
- Sweet <3, It's Not U, It's Me
  
  newser | Reuters | Dec 14, 07 3:27 PM CST
  
  Emails and text messages are becoming the dumping grounds for a new generation of lovers, with one in seven people saying they've been broken up with digitally. Moreover, survey results out today reveal that while face-to-face showdowns still beat Facebook as the preferred method for breakups, 1% of respondents would use online social networks to part ways, Reuters reports. More »
  
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  Facebook • Britney Spears • social networking • email • Kevin Federline • romance • relationship • text messages
- Classmates.com Fails to Score IPO
  
  newser | Wired | Dec 13, 07 1:07 AM CST
  
  Classmates.com received an early dismissal today after its owners withdrew a planned IPO for the social networking site. United Online cited turbulent market conditions, but analysts say the real reason is waning popularity of the site and its overpriced offering. The interest in IPOs is there, one analyst explained, “but Classmates.com certainly is not the crown beauty of the space.” More »
  
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  Wall Street • social networking • IPO
- Penthouse Buys Swinger Social Network Sites
  
  newser | New York Times | Dec 12, 07 9:10 AM CST
  
  Stung by the blow that free videos have dealt to the sex-related entertainment industry, Penthouse Media Group is investing $500M in social networking sites. Penthouse has acquired Various Inc., whose flagship site, adultfriendfinder, is a self-described personals community for swingers and sex, the New York Times reports. More »
  
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  social networking • website • cybersex • Maxim • Penthouse
- LinkedIn Goes 2.0
  
  newser | PC World | Dec 10, 07 2:57 PM CST
  
  LinkedIn will start allowing user-created applications as part of an effort to keep up with social networking competitors like Facebook and MySpace, PC World reports. The professional networking site said today it has redesigned its home page and plans to display relevant BusinessWeek stories on users' profiles, as well as highlighting stories their colleagues are reading. More »
  
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  Facebook • social networking • MySpace • OpenSocial • LinkedIn
- Universal, Last of Majors, Signs On to Imeem
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Dec 10, 07 8:49 AM CST
  
  Universal Music Group is the last of the major record label groups, and the largest, to sign a deal with social-networking site Imeem. The site allows users to upload songs to their pages, but not download or store them on computers or iPods, reports the Wall Street Journal. Every time someone plays a track, Imeem will pay Universal a fixed fee, in addition to sharing ad revenues. More »
  
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  social networking • MySpace • music label • Universal Music Group
- MySpace Will Transmit Blunt
  
  newser | New York Times | Dec 5, 07 1:47 AM CST
  
  MySpace will host and sell videos of exclusive musical performances on its MySpace Music site, reports the New York Times . Artists will record a series of exclusive videos for the site, and will be able to set their own prices, unlike Apple's iTunes flat-rate prices. The system, called Transmissions, won't require users to leave MySpace, as an earlier, failed system did. More »
  
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  social networking • MySpace • music downloads • digital music • music label
- No Charges in Cyberbullying Suicide Case
  
  newser | Wired | Dec 4, 07 4:00 AM CST
  
  No charges will be filed in the cyberbullying case that led a young girl to commit suicide, Wired reports. A Missouri prosecutor found there was not enough evidence to prove criminal intent on the part of mother Lori Drew and others who launched an online bullying campaign against 13-year-old Megan Meier through a hoax MySpace persona called "Josh." More »
  
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  Internet • social networking • MySpace • suicide • cyberbullying • Megan Meier
November 2007
- $$$ Thrown at Buzz Drive Facebook's Beacon Plans
  
  newser | Ars Technica | Nov 30, 07 11:42 AM CST
  
  Facebook's efforts to fix its Beacon system show that talk isn't cheap, as marketers increasingly are finding it’s a great way to spread the word about their product. Word-of-mouth advertising has taken off, with nearly $981 million being spent on campaigns last year, a 36% increase from 2005, reports Ars Technica. Companies are now integrating WoM into every campaign. More »
  
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  Facebook • social networking • advertising • Beacon • buzz
- Facebook Backs Off Beacon
  
  newser | Washington Post | Nov 30, 07 6:36 AM CST
  
  Facebook has watered down its unpopular Beacon ad platform, which "shared" information about users' online shopping habits with everyone in their Facebook network—without their permission. Now, instead of making users opt out every time they make a purchase if they don't want it to be broadcast, Facebook will only broadcast the transaction if user click "ok." More »
  
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  Facebook • social networking • advertising • online advertising • Mark Zuckerberg • Beacon
- Your Log-in Please, Sir?
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Nov 29, 07 10:49 PM CST
  
  The super-rich are joining the social networking craze, but they're certainly not going to mix with the masses on MySpace. Exclusive sites for millionaires using the same membership criteria as snooty country clubs are appearing on the Web, reports the Wall Street Journal . Invitation-only site aSmallWorld.net has proven popular—some say too popular. More »
  
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  Internet • Facebook • social networking • MySpace • ultra rich
- Backlash Forces Facebook to Retool Beacon
  
  newser | BusinessWeek | Nov 29, 07 7:54 AM CST
  
  Facebook execs are pondering changes to the unpopular Beacon advertising platform after massively negative feedback, reports Business Week, and an announcement on "evolving" it could come as soon as today. Users are threatening mutiny over the tool, less than a month old, that tells their friends all about their purchases from other sites—a service many view as an invasion of privacy. More »
  
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  Facebook • social networking • Mark Zuckerberg • Beacon
- Newspapers Look to Make Connections
  
  newser | Reuters | Nov 28, 07 10:26 AM CST
  
  Newspapers readers at an increasing pace are turning to Pluck, a media syndication company, to link their sites to social networks, like MySpace and Facebook, giving them access to 165 million users, Reuters reports. Pluck will use the Facebook programming interface and Google's OpenSocial system to share information between its customer's sites and the most prominent social nets. More »
  
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  Internet • Facebook • social networking • MySpace • media • newspaper • online newspapers

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