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OPINION

Status Update: Everyone Else's Life Is More Exciting

Writer bemoans the constant barrage of jealousy from Facebook

Dec 26, 08 11:05 AM CST
(Newser) - Remember those holiday letters, the ones informing you of all the exciting things your friends did while you sat at home? Facebook brings you that jealousy 24/7, writes Patricia Beauchamp in the Washington Post. While she’s “wondering how much she could get for a box of gaucho pants... More »

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social networking • Internet • MySpace • privacy • Facebook • website • World Wide Web

 Ronson Hospitalized 
 for Exhaustion 

Back home after visit to LA clinic, DJ cites busy schedule

Dec 22, 08 3:01 PM CST
(Newser) - Samantha Ronson checked herself in to a Los Angeles hospital for exhaustion yesterday, but is now resting up at home, People reports. On her MySpace page, Ronson thanked fans “for all your messages,” and attributed her poor health to “traveling and working too much.” But thanks... More »

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MySpace • Lindsay Lohan • Los Angeles • exhaustion • hospitalization • Samantha Ronson • Cedars Sinai Medical Center

MySpace Bully Not Guilty on Key Felony Charge

Drew convicted on lesser charges of using computer without authorization

Nov 26, 08 2:13 PM CST
(Newser) - A federal jury has rejected felony charges against cyberbully Lori Drew, convicting her instead of accessing a computer without authorization, a misdemeanor, the AP reports. The Missouri mom violated MySpace terms by creating a fake teen-boy profile to harass a neighborhood girl, but was found not guilty of using a... More »

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MySpace • federal courts • jury • misdemeanor • cyberbullying • Megan Meier • Lori Drew • harrassment

 MySpace Suicide 
 Case Goes to Jury 

Missouri mom accused of bullying neighborhood teen with fake persona

Nov 25, 08 1:34 PM CST
(Newser) - Lori Drew’s fate is in the hands of a California jury as the case of the “MySpace bully” goes into deliberations, Wired reports. After forceful closing arguments yesterday, the jury will decide whether the mother committed computer fraud by creating a false online identity used to bully a... More »

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MySpace • jury • cyberbullying • Megan Meier • Internet fraud • Lori Drew • criminal trial • deliberations • Tina Meier • Sarah Drew

GN'R, Sir Paul Release New Albums Early

Eagerly awaited projects debut on MySpace—free

Nov 20, 08 8:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Fans can get an early online taste—legally—of the latest albums from Guns N’ Roses and Paul McCartney thanks to MySpace, Reuters reports. Members can stream the music free starting today but can't download it. Early reaction to the first GN'R album in 17 years is generally positive; Entertainment ... More »

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music • Paul McCartney • MySpace • celebrity • Beatles • online music • Slash • Guns N' Roses • Axl Rose • MySpace Music • Chinese Democracy

 Cyber-Sneak 
 Mom 'Bullied 
 My Baby 
 to Suicide' 

Trial opens in nation's first cyber-bullying case

Nov 20, 08 3:28 AM CST
(Newser) - A mother tearfully recalled in a Los Angeles court yesterday how her 13-year-old daughter hanged herself shortly after receiving a hateful online message from a neighbor woman posing as a teenage boy, AP reports. Lori Drew allegedly created a MySpace persona named Josh to first woo then harass Megan Meier,... More »

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suicide • MySpace • depression • cyberbullying • Megan Meier • Lori Drew • attention deficit disorder • Josh Evans • Tina Meier

 Love to Fans: 
 I'm 'Not Suicidal' 

Singer regrets blog post about death

Nov 19, 08 1:07 PM CST
(Newser) - After alarming fans in a recent MySpace blog post about death, Courtney Love reassures everyone: “No, I am not suicidal,” Us magazine reports. The musician, whose husband, Kurt Cobain, committed suicide, posted a follow-up to explain: “Occasionally, like all of us, I get depressed.” She said... More »

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suicide • Courtney Love • MySpace • Kurt Cobain • depression • celebrity • blog • Frances Bean Cobain

 Obama Dials Up SMS Blitz 

Cell phone push in last days of campaign

Oct 29, 08 7:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Over the next seven days the Obama campaign will ratchet up its ongoing text messaging blitz, which has kept supporters in the loop and likely helped to pump up numbers at the 100,000-strong rally in Denver last week. Those who have opted in will get info about polling places,... More »

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Barack Obama • MySpace • cell phones • Facebook • text message • new media • Election 2008 • Harvard's Institute of Politics

 MySpace Elbows iTunes With New Music Service

Rival launches today

Sep 25, 08 3:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Apple’s iTunes meets its first serious challenge today with the launch of MySpace Music, CNET reports. The second-largest online social network has joined forces with Amazon and the world’s four biggest record labels to offer free streaming and paid downloads. The move also pitches media mogul and MySpace... More »

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Steve Jobs • Rupert Murdoch • MySpace • music industry • iTunes • Apple • Sony • EMI • MP3 • Amazon • MySpace Music

MySpace Hoaxer Drew Bragged About Deadly Prank

Woman said she was 'playing a joke' on teen who would commit suicide

Sep 24, 08 3:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Missouri mother Lori Drew proudly boasted to her hairdresser and others about her MySpace prank before it led to Megan Meier's suicide, reports the Smoking Gun. Drew “denied any untoward purpose and dismissed concerns over her ‘prank,’” court filings say. But after Meier died, Drew tried... More »

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MySpace • FBI • cyberbullying • Megan Meier • Lori Drew

 LiLo Blasts 'Homophobe' Palin 

Lohan, gal pal Ronson attack Republican VP on blog

Sep 15, 08 10:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - To the ranks of celebrities unimpressed by John McCain's choice of running mate, add Lindsay Lohan, E! reports. "I really cannot bite my tongue anymore when it comes to Sarah Palin,” she wrote in a joint blog post with girlfriend Samantha Ronson. “Is our country so divided... More »

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John McCain • MySpace • Lindsay Lohan • celebrity • endorsement • Sarah Palin • Samantha Ronson • McCain-Palin

AOL Brings in Outside Help With Homepage Redesign

Gmail, Facebook will be accessible from firm's web portal

Sep 10, 08 1:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - AOL is overhauling its portal page, incorporating third-party email services and social-networking sites into AOL.com, paidContent reports. The redesigned site allows users to perform global status updates, so a message sent from AOL would show up on Facebook, Myspace, Twitter and more; users will also be able to view... More »

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social networking • Internet • AOL • MySpace • Facebook • Gmail • Bebo • Yahoo Mail • web portal • Twitter

(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan has some advice for Sarah Palin: Stick to the issues. On her MySpace blog, the actress writes that she’s “concerned” John McCain’s GOP running mate “brought the attention to her daughter’s pregnancy, rather than all world issues and what she believes she could... More »

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pregnancy • MySpace • Lindsay Lohan • teen pregnancy • Sarah Palin • Bristol Palin

Palin Babydaddy a 'Redneck'
Who 'Doesn't Want Kids'

Bristol's pregnancy no secret  in hometown

Sep 2, 08 4:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bristol Palin's husband-to-be is a self-described "redneck" hockey player who "doesn't want kids," according to his MySpace page. High school senior Levi Johnston has been dating the 17-year-old daughter of John McCain's new running mate for a year, and the teen's pregnancy was no secret in Wasilla,... More »

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MySpace • teen pregnancy • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • Wasilla • Bristol Palin

ANALYSIS

Facebook's Vision Nets
100 Million Users

'Carefully groomed' site beats 'the chaos that is MySpace,' may mean $

Aug 26, 08 5:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Facebook has just crossed the 100-million-user plateau, and it’s more notable than when MySpace achieved the feat 2 years ago, Stan Schroeder writes on Mashable. First of all, Facebook says it counts only active users, unlike its rival. But more importantly, Facebook has a vision of how to cater... More »

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social networking • MySpace • Web 2.0 • Facebook • valuation • user base

 Cartier Mines
 MySpace for
 Clients in Rough

Luxe jeweler tries to reach younger audience through social networking

Jul 31, 08 10:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Luxury jeweler Cartier has teamed with MySpace in a unique effort to develop a new, younger audience by blending networking, entertainment, and marketing, reports the Wall Street Journal. The move, one of the first by a major luxury brand, may provide a road map for other luxury retailers so far... More »

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social networking • MySpace • luxury goods • retailing • viral marketing • Cartier Jewelers

Booming Facebook Closing
Gap on MySpace

Social networking websites are busy places—especially in the summer months

Jul 24, 08 11:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Facebook may be No. 2 in the social networking industry, but its 40% growth from June 2007 to the same month this year is closing the gap between it and market leader MySpace. MySpace—which has 72% of the market—showed negative growth in visits for the year, says BizReport.... More »

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social networking • MySpace • Facebook • Bebo • Tagged

Facebook, MySpace Offer Prime Evidence

Profiles, photos can haunt defendants,
help prosecutors

Jul 20, 08 7:13 PM CDT
(AP) - Social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace have offered crime-solving help to detectives and become a resource for employers vetting job applicants. Now the sites are proving fruitful for prosecutors, who have used damaging Internet photos of defendants to cast doubt on their character during sentencing hearings and argue for... More »

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social networking • Internet • MySpace • prison • crime • Facebook • drunk driving • jail • party

In Tough Times, McDonald's Revives a Jingle

'Two all-beef patties' Big Mac slogan seeks new tune on MySpace

Jul 17, 08 8:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - In 1974, with an unpopular war raging and inflation on the rise, McDonald's launched a jingle—"Two all beef patties, special sauce..."—to promote its signature product, the Big Mac. Decades later, in similar circumstances, the fast food giant is reintroducing the mantra-like list of ingredients via... More »

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MySpace • advertising • McDonald's • advertising campaign • weakening economy • Big Mac

Online Spaces Snub Free Speech That Offends

'Good corporate citizens' send blogs, photos, videos to the trashbin

Jul 7, 08 6:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - A variety of websites are deleting postings that could offend, and with full legal protection—sparking debate about whether free speech exists online. Case in point: an image of a young smoker posted on Yahoo's photo service. It was cut for promoting underage smoking, but the photographer calls it a... More »

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Yahoo • Internet • MySpace • free speech • Facebook • Flickr • Pearl Jam • LiveJournal

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