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- Time Inc announced Thursday that it has acquired Viant, an advertising technology company you've probably never heard of, but which happens to own MySpace through a previous acquisition.
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Apr 29, 2021 · Anderson sold Myspace to News Corp in 2005 for $580 million. Six years later, Myspace sold again for a hugely depreciated $35 million, prompting Rupert Murdoch to refer to the initial purchase as...
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May 19, 2024 · In 2011 Myspace was sold to Justin Timberlake and Specific Media Group for $35 million, showing just how much the site devalued since News Corp. purchased it six years earlier. What Myspace...
May 28, 2024 · So, what happened? When Myspace was sold to Rupert Murdoch's News Corp for £454m in 2005, Anderson was just 35 years old. He continued to work at the firm for another four years, before...
The MySpace.com domain was originally owned by YourZ.com, Inc., intended until 2002 for use as an online data storage and sharing site. By late 2003, it was transitioned from a file storage service to a social networking site.
Aug 23, 2022 · Remember those rumors about Justin Timberlake buying Myspace? Well, they’re true. In 2011, Specific Media and Justin Timberlake bought Myspace from News Corp for $35 million.
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Who Owns Myspace? Myspace is currently fully owned by Viant Technology Holding Inc. (formerly Specific Media), which acquired Myspace for $35 million from News Corp. in June 2011. Viant itself was acquired by Time Inc in February 2016 for an undisclosed amount.
One pivotal moment came when Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation acquired Myspace for a whopping $580 million in 2005, which led to the introduction of a number of new features that destroyed the user experience that made Myspace so popular in the first place.
