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In the Facebook Era, Colleges Are Dropping Yearbooks

Schools shut down tradition as online networks take over

Jul 5, 08 5:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - The next generation of college graduates will have to rely on MySpace and Facebook to recall the good times and look up old friends, for the era of the yearbook is drawing to a close. With hardbound copies costing up to $75, the Economist cites Purdue University and nearby DePauw... More »

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MySpace • Facebook • college • university • online data storage

When Is A Facebook Friend Just A Friend?

Social sites clash over letting users share info between services

Jun 27, 08 8:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - There’s a movement among some social Web services, from MySpace and Yahoo to Plaxo, to let users share data, the MIT Technology Review reports. Take Google’s new Friend Connect, a service that lets users transport profiles and connections among sites. But Facebook, for one, is swimming against the... More »

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social networking • Yahoo • Google • MySpace • privacy • Facebook • Friend Connect • Plaxo • data portability • OpenID • OAuth

 Spitzer Call Girl
 Speaks Out
 on 'Hard Times' 

Leaves MySpace message of thanks for supporters

Jun 24, 08 3:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The call girl whose trysts with former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer triggered his resignation is speaking out for the first time, reports People. Ashley Dupré, 23, has written a message of thanks on her MySpace page to those who have left supportive comments—and responded to some not-so-kind zingers.... More »

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MySpace • Girls Gone Wild • Joe Francis • Eliot Spitzer • political scandal • prostitution ring • Ashley Youmans • Ashley Dupre

Facebook Just 'Flavor of the Month': Murdoch

Rival that's overtaken his MySpace merely 'directory,' not network

Jun 23, 08 3:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rupert Murdoch today insulted the rival of his popular MySpace, calling Facebook the “flavor of the month” and a mere “directory”—on the occasion of his social networking sinking to the No. 2 spot in worldwide traffic. The media mogul said Facebook was not a real social... More »

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social networking • Rupert Murdoch • MySpace • Facebook • News Corp

 LinkedIn Scores $53M 
 in Capital, $1B Value 

All-business networking site plans European foray, acquisitions

Jun 18, 08 8:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - LinkedIn—the buttoned-down, anti-Facebook social networking site for professionals—is about to up its profile with a $53 million infusion of private equity that will allow it to make acquisitions and expand its reach overseas, reports the New York Times. The new financing values the company at a hefty $1... More »

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social networking • MySpace • Facebook • LinkedIn • Dan Nye

 'Spam King' Owes MySpace $6M 

Social networking site wins another multi-million suit against spammers

Jun 17, 08 9:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Colorado company accused of spamming must pay MySpace $6 million in damages and legal fees after an arbitrator ruled for the social networking site, the AP reports. Media Breakaway and its CEO, aka the "Spam King," were accused of using hijacked or "phished" accounts to send... More »

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social networking • MySpace • spam • lawsuit • phishing • Media Breakaway

Networks Social Indeed, But Ad Dollars Remain Elusive

MySpace's marketing-friendly makeover part of sites' evolving drive to cash in

Jun 16, 08 10:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - A makeover planned to begin Wednesday for MySpace is the latest sign of the continued struggle to make social networking the cash cow many thought it would be when News Corp. bought the site three years ago, the New York Times reports. MySpace's user base has grown from 16 million... More »

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social networking • Google • MySpace • Facebook • Bebo • Internet advertising • News Corp • Fox Interactive Media

 MySpace Takes Aim at Yahoo 

Social networker seeks to become a portal

Jun 13, 08 2:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Myspace is retooling itself to become a more direct competitor to web portals, specifically Yahoo, BusinessWeek reports. Starting Wednesday, the popular social networking site will unveil changes to its homepage such as news headlines, local weather apps, and entertainment links. More »

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Yahoo • Internet • MySpace • email • Jerry Yang • web portal • Internet portal

OPINION

 Top Ideas of Past Year 

Atlantic Monthly runs down issues steered the national discourse in past year

Jun 11, 08 5:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Which ideas informed the national discourse (or lack thereof) in the past year? Well, the Atlantic Monthly knows, and there are 11 … er, 11½. From the troop surge in Iraq to post-partisan politics to the provocatively titled “mass-market atheism,” a look at some of the most captivating... More »

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Iraq • Iran • Barack Obama • torture • MySpace • carbon footprint • list • human genome • atheism • subprime crisis • Atlantic Monthly

'Lifestreaming' Challenges Traditional Social Networking

FriendFeed leads new aggregation services

Jun 10, 08 4:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new kind of open social networking is gaining a foothold with online leaders. “Lifestreaming” services like FriendFeed—launched in February by ex-Google employees—let users bring online social activities from various sources together in one feed. Leader FriendFeed is logging 150,000 visitors a month, but the big... More »

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social networking • Google • MySpace • Facebook • FriendFeed • lifestreaming • Plaxo • Iminta • Socialthing • Lifestream.fm • Zude

ANALYSIS

Making Web More Social Has Google, Facebook Less So

Friend Connect threatens social-networking business model

Jun 3, 08 3:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Though Facebook cited privacy concerns in pulling the plug on a partnership with Google aimed at making the Web more social, dollar signs are more likely behind its withdrawal from Friend Connect, the Washington Post reports. "What Facebook is after really is control over their users," one analyst... More »

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social networking • Google • MySpace • Facebook • LinkedIn • Friend Connect

Facebook, MySpace Derail Alumni Magazines

New generations of grads find keeping in touch easier over web

Jun 2, 08 2:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Once upon a time, the college alumni magazine was an invaluable resource. Keeping up on old friends and enemies was as easy as flipping to the “class notes” section. But that once-mighty column now looks antiquated next to the constant updates offered on Facebook or MySpace, and it’s... More »

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social networking • MySpace • Facebook • college • university • universities • alumni

 Theme Park Jack Sparrow 
 Recalls Arrrduous Gig 

Disney actors face Kafkaesque maze of employment policies

Jun 1, 08 9:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Salacious proposals from drunken damsels and stalkers equipped with Disneyland annual passes dot the treacherous seas an actor playing Disneyland's Jack Sparrow must navigate. A pirate who had some issues with Disney's innumerable rules, including forbidding the swashbuckler to mention rum or grow the signature Johnny Depp goatee, spills to... More »

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California • MySpace • Pirates of the Caribbean • amusement parks • Disneyland • actor

OPINION

Online Social Networks Redefine
'Friends'

Isn't 5,000 too many?
Even spuds do well

May 23, 08 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Online social networks such as Facebook and MySpace have altered the meaning of friendship, writes Steven Levy in The Washington Post. Instead of genuine chums, people are collecting hundreds and even thousands of friends without any real-world contact. When it comes to rejecting friend requests, "it's socially awkward, and... More »

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social networking • Internet • MySpace • Facebook • online

Teen Busted
for Posting
Ex's Nude Pix
on MySpace

Revenge backfires for Wisconsin 17-year-old

May 22, 08 5:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Wisconsin teen didn't take it too well when his relationship turned sour, so he posted graphic nude photographs of his 16-year-old ex on his MySpace page with equally graphic captions, reports the Smoking Gun. The cops got a foul-mouthed refusal when they asked him to remove the photos. That's... More »

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MySpace • Wisconsin • nude photo • child pornography • teenager • sexting

ANALYSIS

Online Friending
Grows Stranger

Facebook, MySpace pals won't deliver chicken soup when you're sick

May 18, 08 6:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - How many online friends is too many? Facebook insists users can only have 5,000—and that's not enough for some, discovers Stephen Levy in Newsweek. "Who am I to say no to friendship?" asks one user who spends 12 hours a day on Facebook and has a... More »

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social networking • Internet • MySpace • Facebook • website • Friendster • online friend

MySpace Bully's Case Sets Risky Course: Experts

Site's obscure contract, which most ignore,
is key to the case

May 16, 08 2:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - A criminal indictment over MySpace bullying that led to a Missouri teen's suicide sets an unusual and perhaps dangerous legal precedent, experts say. Because her activities violated the site’s terms of use, Lori Drew faces charges of computer fraud and abuse related to the death of Megan Meier, Wired... More »

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social networking • suicide • MySpace • indictment • contract • cyberbullying • Megan Meier • Internet crime • teenager • Lori Drew • precedent

Woman Indicted in MySpace Suicide Case

Under fake persona, she teased girl who then killed herself

May 15, 08 3:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Missouri woman has been indicted in the case of a teenage girl who killed herself after receiving cruel messages on MySpace, the AP reports. The woman, Lori Drew, is charged with pretending to be a teenage boy on the site and having a helper taunt the 13-year-old victim. Drew... More »

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suicide • MySpace • fraud • Missouri • indictment • federal indictment • Internet hoax • Megan Meier • Lori Drew

 MySpace Wins
 Record $234M
 From Spammers 

Two spammers sent nearly 750,000 messages to site members

May 14, 08 2:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - MySpace has been awarded $234 million from spammers in what's believed to be the largest such judgment ever, AP reports. A federal court ordered two notorious spammers to pay damages for sending hundreds of thousands of messages to MySpace members. The social networking site hailed the award as a “... More »

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social networking • MySpace • spam

Growing Pains Plenty Evident
at Facebook

But Zuckerberg stays put, gets veteran help after hitting potholes

May 13, 08 4:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Facebook is seeing a lot of challenges lately, with ads selling at rock-bottom prices, revenue not nearly rivaling MySpace, and third-party developers defecting to OpenSocial networks (MySpace, again). But unlike other companies’ young founders, Mark Zuckerberg isn’t about to step aside. And thanks to his tight control of Facebook's... More »

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social networking • MySpace • Facebook • Mark Zuckerberg • ad revenue • corporate governance • Sheryl Sandberg

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