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Google Making Whole Web Social Network

'This is the evolution of the walled garden to the social Web'

May 12, 08 3:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Google is unveiling a new service that could effectively turn the whole Web into a social network, the Washington Post reports. Friend Connect allows visitors to participating sites to meet and interact with others who visit the same site. "Wherever people go on the Web, they want to have... More »

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social networking • Google • MySpace • Facebook

OPINION

MySpace Web's 'Biggest Steal'

Despite missing revenue targets, Mashable scribe not afraid to 'wax poetic'

May 8, 08 3:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - MySpace fell short of revenue targets in the most recent quarter, but, Adam Ostrow argues in Mashable, it’s still proven a phenomenal deal since Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. bought it for $580 million in 2005. Revenues from its unit are pulling close to its purchase price and it’... More »

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social networking • Rupert Murdoch • MySpace • Facebook • acquisition • corporate earnings • News Corp

Analysis

Yahoo, Microsoft Back Where They Started: Behind Google

Both companies scramble for options

May 5, 08 12:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Microsoft/Yahoo deal looks dead, and at least one company is celebrating: Google. Both companies are exploring other deals, but none will be as potent as MicroHoo might have been, BusinessWeek reports. That’s good news for a certain search giant. “Its two main competitors are separate and... More »

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Yahoo • Google • Time Warner • AOL • Microsoft • MySpace • mergers and acquisitions • Facebook • search advertising

Young Teachers Finding Big Trouble Online

Facebook, MySpace pages test boundaries between public, private

Apr 28, 08 12:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Questionable postings and photos on social-networking web pages are becoming an issue with younger US teachers, the Washington Post reports, raising questions about where to draw a line between private expression and standards for public employees. A case in point is a substitute special-education teacher whose page includes a so-called... More »

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education • social networking • MySpace • Facebook • school • teacher

 More Than Ever 
 Like To Watch on Web 

US online video views hit 10B in February

Apr 16, 08 4:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - US Internet users watched 10 billion online videos in February, cNet reports, with statistics released by ComScore showing a 66% gain from February 2006. Unsurprisingly, Google’s video sites (chiefly YouTube) accounted for 35.4% of the 10 billion views, the largest portion for any one site. More »

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Google • YouTube • MySpace • online videos • TV networks • web video • News Corp • MySpace TV


 You Hate Me,
 You Really
 Hate Me! 

The web's 10 most despised people

Apr 15, 08 7:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Critics in cyberspace can stay incognito, which makes them especially nasty. Radar lists the 10 most-scorned players on the web:
  1. Lori Drew: Her comments on a MySpace account drove a 13-year-old girl to suicide.
  2. John Fitzgerald Page: An online dater whose cruel remarks got world-wide coverage.
  3. Julia
... More »

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YouTube • MySpace • blog • blogger • Gawker • Rachael Ray • Quarterlife • Laurel Touby • David Motari • Julia Allison

MySpace Cuts Distribution Deal for Its Video Content

Social network labels itself 'digital playground'

Apr 11, 08 12:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - MySpace has signed with a British production firm for international distribution of video content it develops, in a sign that News Corp's social network aims to be a breeding ground for small-screen programming. Indeed, in revealing the deal with the Shine Group—whose CEO is News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch’... More »

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social networking • Rupert Murdoch • MySpace • online TV • ShineReveille

 Fan Cams 
 Change 
 Players' 
 Lives   

New technology has athletes thinking twice about interacting with the public

Apr 11, 08 11:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Information Age is great in a lot of ways, but when it comes maintaining the privacy of public figures, it can be a real hassle. Just ask Matt Leinart, Paul LoDuca, and countless other professional athletes who can tell you just how easy it is to have their most... More »

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MySpace • MLB • Mark Buehrle • Alex Rodriguez • Matt Leinart • digital media • Ryan Garko

Teenager's
Beating Raises
Cyberbully Fears

Bizarre confrontation triggered by MySpace trash-talking

Apr 10, 08 5:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Parents and educators are still puzzling over how a dispute among girls got so out of hand that it ended with six Florida cheerleaders giving a high school classmate a concussion in a vicious beating. Teen bullying is nothing new but the fact that the feud started on MySpace and... More »

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Florida • YouTube • MySpace • bullying • cyberbullying • cheerleading • teenager

 Teens Tape Beating for Web 

Police say girls ambushed their rival
to post it on YouTube

Apr 8, 08 8:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Six girls aged 14 to 17 lured another teen to a home, beat her and videotaped the ambush to put it on the Internet, Florida police say. The 16-year-old victim is recovering from a concussion and hasn't fully regained her vision. Her assailants, with whom she'd been feuding online, may... More »

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Florida • MySpace • bullying • cheerleading • ambush • taped beating

 MySpace Music Takes On iTunes

Joint venture with record companies aims to create competition

Apr 3, 08 2:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - The world of online music buying looks set for a shakeup with the launch of MySpace Music, announced today. The joint venture between MySpace and three of the big four record labels aims to compete head-to-head with iTunes, CNET News reports. Music industry bigwigs are said to have long felt... More »

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MySpace • iTunes • Apple • iPod • Universal Music Group • EMI Music • Warner Music • music sales • online music • Sony BMG • MySpace Music

Microsoft Standing Pat
on Yahoo Bid

Sans other suitors, Microsoft feels no pressure to up its $44B

Apr 1, 08 12:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Microsoft is standing pat on its $44.6 billion offer for Yahoo, with no intention of upping its ante, reports the Wall Street Journal. The software maker’s Jan. 31 bid—worth $31 per share—was rejected by Yahoo as undervalued. Since then, pundits have waited for Microsoft to... More »

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Yahoo • Microsoft • MySpace • mergers and acquisitions • proxy battle

For Generation 'Look at Me,' Every Moment Is Public

But pitfalls lie amid flurry of documenting

Mar 16, 08 1:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - They’re known as millennials, the documentation generation, and the Look at Me’s. But what defines Americans born after 1982 is a mindset that every moment can be turned into a performance worthy of YouTube and MySpace and maybe parlayed into broader fame, Newsweek reports. Now sociologists are asking:... More »

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reality TV • YouTube • MySpace • Facebook • celebrity • MySpace Celebrity • teenager • Laguna Beach

'Kristen' Lawyer Scolds Media Over Racy Pics

Photo spreads of call girl may violate copyright law

Mar 15, 08 4:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - The lawyer for Ashley Alexandra Dupre—the call girl known as "Kristen" to resigned New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer—blasted the media yesterday for unauthorized use of revealing photos of the 22-year-old. Attorney Don D. Buchwald said the media has thrust Dupre into the "public glare" without her... More »

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MySpace • New York • privacy • Eliot Spitzer • Kristen • Don Buchwald • Ashley Dupre

 As Press
 Closes In,
 'Kristen'
 Clams Up 

Online profiles attract publicity, good and bad

Mar 14, 08 3:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - The woman introduced to the world this week as a prostitute named “Kristen”—aspiring singer Ashley Alexandra Dupre—is trying to maintain some privacy as she keeps close tabs on her Facebook and MySpace accounts, CNN reports. After the New York Times revealed her identity, she began cleaning... More »

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media • prostitution • MySpace • sex scandal • Facebook • online privacy • Eliot Spitzer • Kristen • Ashley Dupre

The Internet Is Watching You

Biggest companies gather data on the average user hundreds of times a month

Mar 10, 08 12:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Long gone are the days of Internet anonymity. Big Web companies know all about you, says a study commissioned by the New York Times. The Internet giants track users’ behavior across sites, gathering details on a typical person several hundred times a month. That information lets them target content... More »

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Yahoo • Internet • AOL • MySpace • online media • New York Times • online privacy • consumer protection • targeted advertising • Internet advertising

OMG! Parents Friend
Kids on Facebook

Some are cool with it; others horrified

Mar 9, 08 6:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - What to do when their father starts talking about “getting poked" is a question many high school and college kids are asking themselves these days. It's a modern-day dilemma: Do teens allow their folks into their friends network on Facebook and grant them access to blogs, photos, and messages?... More »

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social networking • MySpace • high school • Facebook • online privacy • parents • college student • Internet freedom • parental supervision

Lisa Marie:
I'm Not Fat,
I'm Pregnant

'Vicious' attacks
force disclosure,
Presley blogs

Mar 8, 08 5:47 AM CST
(Newser) - Lisa Marie Presley is expecting her third child, OK! Magazine reports. Elvis' daughter said she was forced to make the announcement by the media's mockery of her expanding figure. "I have had to show my cards and announce under the gun and under vicious personal attack that I am... More »

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pregnancy • MySpace • tabloids • celebrity • Elvis Presley • celebrity pregnancy • Lisa Marie Presley

Web 2.0 Firms Taking
Slower Route to IPOs

The new business model calls for a 'slow and easy' approach to going public

Mar 6, 08 1:19 PM CST
(Newser) - Growing Web 2.0 companies like LinkedIn, Facebook, and Slide are biding their time before going public, making sure to run up their value as much as possible to fetch top dollar with an IPO, reports Business Week. It’s a far different approach than companies took before the dot-com... More »

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social networking • Google • YouTube • MySpace • Facebook • NetSuite • IPO • venture capital • LinkedIn • PayPal • VMWare • Slide • News Corp

Euro Websites Rock Recording Industry

Slicethepie, Sellaband get visitors to invest in favorite bands

Mar 3, 08 12:52 PM CST
(Newser) - While the recording industry continues to lose profits, two online companies are reinventing the recorded music business model—and raking in the cash. Europe's SellaBand and Slicethepie are getting fans to finance their favorite indie rock up-and-comers. Amazon UK wants in, but online gambling legislation in the US makes it... More »

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music • MySpace • music industry • online music • recording industry • Slicethepie • indie rock • SellaBand

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