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NEWS ABOUT: MySpace

MySpace stories: 169 news summaries

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Sex Offenders Snared in MySpace Web

Networking site turns over user IDs
in predator parole busts

Jun 15, 07 6:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Texas officials using ID information ceded by MySpace have nabbed seven sex offenders trolling the online networking site. Six were arrested for violating parole, which barred them from using the internet, and another had failed to register as a sex offender with the local police. The seven men had been... More »

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Internet • MySpace • sex offenders • sexual predator

MySpace Opens Up to Donations

60 million users eying presidential hopefuls will raise News Corp.'s profile

May 29, 07 5:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. is entering the online political scene in a very significant way with a tool that will allow 60 million MySpace users to donate up to $500 to the presidential candidate of their choice, reports the Financial Times. News Corp. has yet to make a decision, reports... More »

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Internet • Rupert Murdoch • MySpace • presidential campaign • campaign finance • campaign contributions • campaign fundraising • News Corp • Election 2008 • presidential election

Nigerian Scams Hit Purebred Puppy Market

Dog-lovers fall prey to appeals
to adopt or buy fake pooches

May 29, 07 5:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nigerian scammers have a new ploy—this time giving away "free" purebred puppies that are worth upwards of $3,000, the LA Times reports. Racketeers advertise the pups using websites, MySpace postings, and even print ads, asking pet lovers to rescue the dogs or offering to sell them at... More »

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pets • MySpace • Nigeria • scam • puppy • dog • animal

In Challenge to MySpace, Facebook Opens Up

Networking site sets its sights on platform model

May 25, 07 11:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a challenge to social-networking giant MySpace, Facebook will open itself to outside software developers. With 65 partners—including Microsoft and Amazon—cleared to build web applications within the site, the scrappy No. 2 is attempting to transform itself into an all-in-one destination. The lure: Partners don't have to pay... More »

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social networking • Microsoft • MySpace • Facebook • Mark Zuckerberg • Amazon.com

Defense Dept. Blocks Access to YouTube

Bandwidth, security issues lead to ban on MySpace, other networking sites

May 14, 07 12:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - MySpace as a national security threat? Yes, says the Department of Defense, which is blocking service members' access to the site—as well as YouTube and 11 other popular destinations troops use to communicate with family and friends—on department computers as of today. The department calls the online traffic... More »

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national security • social networking • military • Internet • YouTube • MySpace • Department of Defense

MySpace Flap Costs Obama

Campaign big-foots virtual volunteer; candidate speaks up

May 3, 07 8:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - The glow of a computer screen morphed into a harsh spotlight on the Barack Obama campaign this week during a bitter dispute over control of a MySpace page bearing the senator's name. Obama reached out last night—over the phone, not in an email—to the disgruntled supporter who created... More »

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Barack Obama • social networking • Internet • MySpace • presidential campaign • Election 2008

News Corp. Offers $5B For Dow Jones

Unsolicited bid boosts media stocks, may
spark feeding frenzy

May 1, 07 1:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. has made an unsolicited $5 billion offer to buy Dow Jones & Co., which publishes the Wall Street Journal. Dow Jones publicized the mogul's suit today to an immediate 58% spike in value. Murdoch owns the New York Post and TV giant Fox News. More »

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stock market • Rupert Murdoch • MySpace • Wall Street Journal • Dow Jones • Bancroft family • business

MySpace Crashers Trash British Teen's House

Story fulfills parents' fears about unsavory lurkers online

Apr 13, 07 11:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - After a British teenager invited a few friends to a party on MySpace, over 200 non-virtual revelers trashed her family's house. In a story being circulated by alarmed parents all over the Commonwealth, 17-year-old Rachael Bell's parents came back from vacation to find $48,000 worth of damage to their... More »

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Internet • MySpace • vandalism • Britain • teenager

Big Guns Battle Video Sharing With Free TV Shows

Copyright-protected content will be available for free online in new NBC-News Corp. partnernship

Mar 23, 07 9:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - TV biggies NBC Universal and News Corp. are teaming up to hit YouTube with the full force of their their combined TV content, offered online for free. Starting this summer, AOL, Yahoo, Microsoft's MSN and News Corp. subsidiary MySpace will hope to win over internet users (and the advertising that... More »

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television • Yahoo • Google • Internet • YouTube • AOL • Microsoft • MSN • Rupert Murdoch • MySpace • Heroes • 24 • NBC • advertising • intellectual property • consumer • copyright • file sharing • Internet advertising • News Corp

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