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1. www.britannica.com › topic › MyspaceMyspace | Website, History, Creators, & Facts | Britannica

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   Aug 28, 2024 · Myspace, website and social media platform that was the most popular social network from 2005 to 2008. The site, which was launched in 2003, was notable for giving music artists access to a large platform to promote their work.

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   • Tom Anderson and Chris DeWolfe, employees of the Internet marketing company eUniverse (later Intermix Media), created Myspace in 2003.
   • In 2005 Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation purchased Myspace and Intermix for $580 million.
   • In 2011 Justin Timberlake and Specific Media purchased Myspace from News Corporation for about $35 million.

2. www.cbc.ca › arts › commotionHow Myspace brought music and social media together online

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   Aug 16, 2023 · Music journalist Michael Tedder discusses his new book Top Eight: How Myspace Changed Music, and what made the site’s convergence of indie music and social media so special.

3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › MyspaceMyspace - Wikipedia

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   Music. Shortly after Myspace was sold to News Corporation in 2005, the website launched a record label called MySpace Records, with JD Mangosing as CEO, in an effort to discover unknown talent on Myspace Music, [25] a service onto which artists can upload songs, EPs and full-length albums.

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5. computer.howstuffworks.com › networks › myspaceHow MySpace Works - HowStuffWorks

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   Bands used it to establish a free online presence to post performance dates and communicate with their fans. In 2004, MySpace became a full-fledged Internet indie-music portal with the creation of MySpace Music, a subsection on MySpace.

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6. www.stereogum.com › 2056046The My Generation: An Oral History Of Myspace Music - Stereogum

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   • A Space of One’S Own
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   For better and for worse, social media has become a foundational element of modern life. So much so that it feels strange to remember that it was only 17 years ago when most people first heard the term “social network.” There were a few early precursors in this arena, such as the late ’90s networking site SixDegrees.com, the punk and indie-rock cen...

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   Just two years after launching, Myspace was one of the most popular websites in the world. According to NPR, it had “outpaced online giants such as Yahoo and Google” in traffic by 2006, at one point adding 250,000 new users a day. Facebook launched in 2004, but its user base was limited to college students until 2006. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerbe...

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   By 2007, Myspace was at the peak of its popularity and influence. It was valued at $12 billion, and had made serious inroads into the entertainment industry, sponsoring premieres for films such as Jackass Number Two and An Inconvenient Truthas part of their “Black Carpet” program. Even as the site grew, Anderson remained deeply involved in the site...

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   By 2008, Facebook had replaced Myspace in Alexa’s website ranking. While Myspace had a dedicated user base of teenagers and 20-somethings, Facebook proved to be more adept at attracting a user base of adults and, eventually, elderly people. Murdoch reportedly became frustrated when instead of the $1 billion in revenue projected for 2008, Myspace “p...

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   Two years ago, when Zuckerberg was called to testify before Congress for his site’s failure to curb hate speech and the dissemination of false news as well as the site’s aggressive collection of users’ personal data and possibly helping swing the 2016 election in Donald Trump’s favor (to name just a few of the many crimes against humanity Facebook ...

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7. medium.com › @mojicacamila › the-evolution-ofThe Evolution of MySpace: From Peak to Downfall - Medium

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   Jan 13, 2024 · MySpace’s unique features such as the ability to share music made it impactful for musicians to upload new material for users to stream at no cost (Cuofano, 2023).

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   Why do musicians use MySpace?

   • MySpace users, specifically musicians, were met with much success as they used the platform to announce new music and live performances. MySpace’s unique features such as the ability to share music made it impactful for musicians to upload new material for users to stream at no cost (Cuofano, 2023).

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   What is MySpace Music?

   • In 2004, MySpace became a full-fledged Internet indie-music portal with the creation of MySpace Music, a subsection on MySpace. The new area let bands not only create an online presence, but also stream their music through their MySpace profiles and let people download MP3s of their songs, all for free.

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   Is MySpace a video site?

   • MySpace's video-sharing capabilities have helped make the site the social-networking giant that it is today. And in June 2007, MySpace launched an improved video site called MySpaceTV.com. It is an international site that is available in 15 countries and seven languages.

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   Who first used MySpace?

   • Some of the first people to utilize MySpace were musicians and bands, who may have heard about it in the first place from the Web site's founders, who were active in the L.A. music scene. Bands used it to establish a free online presence to post performance dates and communicate with their fans.

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9. www.theringer.com › 2023/8/15 › 23827183How Myspace Revolutionized Social Media—and the Music ...

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   Aug 15, 2023 · Developed by 19-year-old Northeastern University student Shawn Fanning, the file-trading service Napster hit the world like a bomb. That’s the way the music industry and its lawyers viewed it,...