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ANALYSIS

 How MySpace Lost Its Crown 

Failure to innovate halts site's once red-hot momentum, letting Facebook take the lead

Jun 17, 09 7:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - MySpace was overtaken by Facebook for the first time last month and without some serious innovation, Rupert Murdoch's big buy may end up joining Friendster in the ranks of the also-rans, Dawn Chmielewski and David Sarno write in the Los Angeles Times. The world of social networking moves at an... More »

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social networking • Rupert Murdoch • MySpace • Facebook • Friendster • Twitter • Fox Interactive Media

Feds Seek
3 Years for 'Cyberbully' in Teen's Suicide

Probation is no deterrent: prosecutors

May 7, 09 8:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Federal prosecutors are pushing for the maximum 3-year prison sentence for Lori Drew, whose MySpace trickery drove a 13-year-old to kill herself. “Defendant has become the public face of cyberbullying,” prosecutors wrote. “A probationary sentence might embolden others.” But in a presentencing report, probation officers said... More »

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suicide • MySpace • sentencing • Federal Court • cyberbullying • Megan Meier • teen suicide • Lori Drew

Online Gossip Leads to
Murder Charge

Rumors of cheating allegedly drove NY man to seek revenge

May 6, 09 10:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - When his pregnant girlfriend confronted him about rumors he’d been cheating, Carl Lawson became enraged. He confronted the woman he believed was behind the rumors and, police tell the New York Post, strangled her to death with her own hair dryer cord. “We got into a scuffle... More »

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MySpace • crime • murder • gossip • infidelity • Carl Lawson

 Princes, Celebs, Frog 
 Team Up in Green Vid 

Charles joined by sons, A-listers to promote project

May 5, 09 1:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Princes William and Harry are joined by a cast of superstars—and a belching digital frog—in a video helping their father promote environmental awareness, the Mirror reports. Harrison Ford, Robin Williams, Daniel Craig, and the Dalai Lama are among those appearing in the clip promoting Prince Charles’ Rainforests Project.... More »

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entertainment • environment • MySpace • Prince William • Prince Charles • Prince Harry • rainforest • online videos • celebrity • Dalai Lama • Daniel Craig • Harrison Ford • Robin Williams

(AP) - A Missouri mother involved in a MySpace hoax on a 13-year-old neighbor girl who committed suicide should be placed on probation for 1 year and fined $5,000 for her misdemeanor convictions, probation officials recommended. The recommendation was included in court documents filed yesterday by Lori Drew's attorney, Dean Steward,... More »

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MySpace • trial • court • Lori Drew • Tina Meier

(Newser) - The White House is now tweeting, Facebooking, and showing off President Obama's hoops skills on MySpace, the Washington Post reports. Following a election run that relied on social networking sites, the Obama administration is attracting online friends and followers with regular updates. As of this writing, nearly 80,000 are... More »

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Barack Obama • social networking • MySpace • White House • Facebook • Twitter

(Newser) - News Corp. has hired former Facebook executive Owen Van Natta to run MySpace, the Wall Street Journal reports. The expected move may be announced as early as today. The hiring comes fast for MySpace, which announced Wednesday that current CEO Chris DeWolfe was stepping down, along with fellow co-founder... More »

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social networking • MySpace • CEO • Facebook • News Corp • Owen Van Natta

 MySpace Founders Leaving 
 in News Corp Shakeup 

CEO leaving, will be replaced by former Facebook exec

Apr 22, 09 7:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Big changes afoot at MySpace: Co-founder Chris DeWolfe is stepping down as CEO and fellow co-founder Tom Anderson is in talks with owner News Corp to end his run as president. MySpace has lost much of its mojo in recent years to Facebook, and it looks like  DeWolfe will be... More »

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social networking • MySpace • Facebook • News Corp

(Newser) - Asher Roth’s image isn’t classic hip-hop: He’s a white kid who wears sweatshirts and calls himself a “dork.” But that image, along with the breakout hit “I Love College,” has earned him a top-10 spot on iTunes and millions of MySpace streams, the... More »

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music • MySpace • iTunes • college • hip-hop • rapper • Asher Roth

Campus Cops Track Facebook for Lawbreakers

Police have gathered intel on the cyberbeat for years

Apr 6, 09 4:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - As teenagers embrace social networking, campus cops have started using Facebook and MySpace to prevent brawls, monitor gangs, and—in one case—identify an armed robber based on clothing he wore in his profile picture. Officers assigned to the cyberbeat regularly scour thousands of students' pages, many of which flaunt... More »

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social networking • MySpace • high school • police • Facebook • cyber police

Girl Faces Kid Porn Charges for Posting
Self Nudes

14-year-old may have to register as sex offender

Mar 27, 09 3:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - A 14-year-old New Jersey girl has been charged with possessing and distributing child porn for posting nude photos of herself on her MySpace web pages, reports WPIX-TV. If convicted, the girl may have to register as a sex offender. The case highlights increasing problems with children posting or texting racy... More »

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MySpace • New Jersey • pornography • sex offenders • child pornography • texting • teenager • cyber sex • Howard Stern Grid

I Say, Old Chap, Big Brother Is Watching Twitter

UK government weighs monitoring social sites for security threats

Mar 25, 09 9:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - The British government wants to keep an eye on what people are doing on Facebook. On the lookout for terrorist plots, the Home Office has provoked an outcry from civil libertarians by floating a plan to track users of social networking sites, which were previously free of government monitoring, reports... More »

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social networking • MySpace • Facebook • surveillance • Britain • Bebo • Twitter • Home Office • Internet privacy

Craigslist Beats MySpace
as Top Search Term

Tanking economy helps company to first win

Mar 21, 09 2:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bargain hunters helped Craigslist beat MySpace as the Web’s most popular search term last week, CNET reports. Searches for the classifieds site soared 105%, giving the San Francisco-based company its first ever most-searched-for crown. Business has been booming—bartering is up 100% and roommate ads 65%—but searches for... More »

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MySpace • Facebook • Craigslist • search

Social Networking Now Trumps Email: Nielsen

Social networking explosion attracting users but not advertisers

Mar 10, 09 5:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Social networking has become more popular than email—but that popularity hasn't translated into profitability, a new Nielsen study finds. Social networking "member communities" such as Facebook are now the most popular Internet activity, according to Nielsen's figures, attracting 67% of global Internet users and still growing fast. Email... More »

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social networking • Internet • MySpace • email • Facebook • Nielsen • Internet portal

Lookin' for Love, 1 in 4 Turn to Arms of Networking Sites

Online dating no longer has social stigma

Feb 25, 09 12:52 PM CST
(Newser) - For those looking for love in all the wrong places, the right place might just be Facebook, reports the Telegraph, citing a new poll that shows one in four Britons are dating or have dated a person met through a social-networking site such as MySpace or Bebo. And in further... More »

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social networking • MySpace • Facebook • dating • online dating • Bebo • single people

 Murdoch: I'm Not Cowed by Recession, Chernin Exit

MySpace co-founder denies rumors he's considering jumping ship

Feb 25, 09 4:53 AM CST
(Newser) - Rupert Murdoch is touting his own "contrarian" tendencies as what will see News Corp. through the current recession and the implosion of the print media business. “In the past, we have met downturns with vigor, often departing from the herd. We have emerged much stronger," he said... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • MySpace • Tom Anderson • News Corp • Peter Chernin

Sex Offenders Kicked Off MySpace Land on Facebook

Company analyzing data for MySpace says of 90K booted, minimum 8K back online

Feb 3, 09 4:35 PM CST
(Newser) - MySpace grabbed headlines today when it announced that it had kicked 90,000 registered sex offenders off the site over the past 2 years. Where did they all go? Many went to Facebook, says Sentinel, the security firm that roots out such offenders for MySpace. “We found over 8,... More »

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social networking • Internet • MySpace • Facebook • sex offenders • sexual predator

Facebook Stomps MySpace in Traffic (But Not Ads)

...not in making money

Jan 24, 09 1:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Facebook has taken a runaway lead in the social networking rat race, Advertising Age reports. Tied with rival MySpace as recently as June, Facebook has gone on a tear since, growing a whopping 10% a month. It now boasts 200 million unique users, roughly twice MySpace’s 100 million. But... More »

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social networking • MySpace • Facebook

Obama Is Update, Reboot
for Presidency's Software

Dem will use internet to reach out to, get advice from voters

Jan 18, 09 7:46 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama is poised to be, by far, the most wired president ever, reports CNN. With more than a million MySpace friends, 3.7 million Facebook pals, and online access to more than 13 million voters, Obama invented a new media model and will be able to communicate in ways... More »

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social networking • YouTube • MySpace • White House • Facebook • voters • computer • Twitter

 Whew! They're Still Together 

Lilo denies breakup rumors

Jan 6, 09 9:53 AM CST
(Newser) - You can relax now. Lindsay Lohan has once again used her MySpace blog to tell it how it is—and firmly deny rumors that she and Samantha Ronson have broken up, E! reports. The starlet has a request for every media outlet that reported the rumor: “Get your stories... More »

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MySpace • Lindsay Lohan • celebrity • breakup • blog • MySpace Celebrity • Samantha Ronson

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