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The Motley Fool May 8, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Portrait of a Dot-Com Buyout MySpace parent News Corp. has inked a preliminary deal to acquire photo-sharing site Photobucket. Just as with Google's lofty price-to-sales purchase of YouTube last year, the deal is all about hooking an online phenom before it grows into a rival. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool April 13, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
MySpace Boots Photobucket The ability to embed ads in video doesn't sit well at the networking site. |
InternetNews May 30, 2007 Clint Boulton |
Social-Networking Site Feeding Frenzy Social-networking startups continue to be a fertile playground for acquisitions, as CBS today acquired music network Last.fm for $280 million in cash and Fox Interactive Media nabbed Photobucket and Flektor in separate deals. |
InternetNews December 20, 2006 Nicholas Carlson |
How Social Networks Became Useful Think social networks hit it big this year because of meeting a litany of people online? Think again. |
The Motley Fool June 14, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Thanks for the Ad, MySpace News Corp.'s leading social networking site has its eyes on the search engine marketing prize. |
The Motley Fool December 5, 2006 Stephen Ellis |
MySpace Goes Wireless The wildly popular website looks to open another potentially lucrative distribution channel. Investors would be wise to remember that, for all the hype and billion-dollar valuations, MySpace has yet to deliver financially. |
InternetNews August 11, 2006 Nicholas Carlson |
Google Deal Bails Out MySpace With Google on board, can MySpace's advertising revenues finally rise with the tide? |
The Motley Fool June 16, 2009 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
MySpace Has to Facebook the Music If you're MySpace, how do you get your groove back? If you're Facebook, how do you make sure you keep growing? |
The Motley Fool January 11, 2006 Alyce Lomax |
Murdoch Magnifies MySpace News Corp.'s head honcho outlines some major initiatives for its hot new property MySpace.com, with plans to keep users on the site longer, thus increasing the value of its online ads. Investors, take note. |
InternetNews July 31, 2009 |
New MySpace Mail Goes Global MySpace beginning worldwide roll-out of souped-up e-mail client, hopes to become second-largest Webmail provider. |
InternetNews February 17, 2006 Nicholas Carlson |
Helio Phones Enter on MySpace Connection Will a MySpace partnership give Helio's cell phones a chance in the market? |
The Motley Fool June 25, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Picture Perfect Photobucket News Corp.'s latest catch is making its photo-sharing site even stickier. |
InternetNews December 18, 2006 Ed Sutherland |
MySpace From Your Phone News Corp's MySpace and Cingular Wireless have struck a deal that lets subscribers play on the social-networking site from their cell phones. |
The Motley Fool December 13, 2006 Alyce Lomax |
MySpace and Yahoo! Duke It Out Did MySpace beat out Yahoo! for page views? |
PC Magazine February 14, 2007 |
Social-Networking Crossover As you might expect, there is a lot of crossover among visitors to social-networking sites. |
BusinessWeek October 27, 2010 Fixmer & Grover |
For MySpace, a Fresh Coat of Paint MySpace unveiled a sleeker new look on Oct. 27 that puts the emphasis on entertainment and celebrities rather than friends. |
InternetNews July 14, 2009 |
Facebook Rules in Time Spent Online Facebook leads the pack in the time users spend at the site, according to Nielsen Online. |
The Motley Fool November 21, 2006 Stephen Ellis |
Is MySpace's 15 Minutes Over? With News Corp CEO Rupert Murdoch mentioning recently that the site could be sold, and advertisers already shunning it as too mainstream, could there be trouble in paradise? |
The Motley Fool January 16, 2007 Alyce Lomax |
MySpace's Fuzzy Future The game's not over for the current social-networking king. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool June 21, 2006 Alyce Lomax |
MySpace's Safety Dance Will News Corp. stumble and fall as it tries to bolster safety on MySpace? |
The Motley Fool May 15, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
The Funny Thing About MySpace MySpace started out as a way to gauge young adult popularity, but now it is democratizing entire industries. Ignore at your own risk, Corporate America. |
InternetNews March 2, 2010 |
Google Snaps Up Picnik Purchase of photo-editing site continues Google's efforts with Picasa. |
BusinessWeek November 5, 2007 Ante, Grover & Green |
In Search of MyProfits The pressure is on for Murdoch to turn MySpace into a cash machine. |
The Motley Fool August 15, 2007 Jeremy MacNealy |
Fool on Call: MySpace Ramps Up In its fourth-quarter conference call News Corp. addressed the continued success of MySpace, the social-networking site that is turning personal profiles into big corporate profits. |
HBS Working Knowledge August 16, 2006 Sean Silverthorne |
Is MySpace.com Your Space? Given the backlash, is MySpace a safe bet for advertisers? |
InternetNews October 12, 2007 Andy Patrizio |
MySpace APIs Due Next Week? MySpace's long-expected APIs would let members add third-party apps to their page and make them more dynamic. |
InternetNews October 13, 2008 |
MySpace Tries Democracy in Ad Test Social network's 'HyperTargeting Technology' is now available in a widespread beta test. |
The Motley Fool August 8, 2006 Alyce Lomax |
Google Flashes Its Cash Is Google about to get mugged on MySpace? It's clear that Google's paying out the nose to shore up its search leadership and build the highest-profile, most lucrative search deals. Investors, take note. |
BusinessWeek June 13, 2005 Steve Rosenbush |
Hey, Come To This Site Often? MySpace's networking portal has a cool factor MSN and Yahoo! can't match. |
InternetNews December 13, 2007 Kenneth Corbin |
Sprint Gets a Piece of Mobile MySpace Action Sprint subscribers will have special access to the MySpace mobile world. |
InternetNews July 13, 2009 |
MySpace Farms Out Overseas Ad Operations Embattled social network MySpace today announced the first step in its international reorganization, saying it plans to farm out advertising operations in several foreign countries in an arrangement with a division of its parent company, News Corp. |
The Motley Fool July 13, 2006 Alyce Lomax |
Yahoo!: Get Out of My Space The Internet giant gets miffed over headlines that say MySpace was No. 1. Yahoo! investors probably shouldn't worry too much. The company is still innovating, even if it gets less attention than Google or MySpace in the process. |
The Motley Fool April 11, 2006 Alyce Lomax |
News Corp. Plays It Safe Will an ad campaign focused on Internet safety for teens save MySpace from bad PR? Given the here-today, gone-tomorrow elements of social networking, it's likely not going to be an easy tightrope to walk. |
BusinessWeek June 22, 2011 Felix Gillette |
The Rise and Inglorious Fall of Myspace Myspace once promised to redefine music, politics, dating, and pop culture. Rupert Murdoch fell in love with it. Then everything fell apart. |
InternetNews July 10, 2007 Nicholas Carlson |
MySpace in Facebook API Wake? Evidence from a page on MySpace's domain indicates the Fox Interactive Media company plans to open its platform to third parties through new APIs. |
InternetNews June 16, 2009 Kenneth Corbin |
Facebook Surges Past MySpace in U.S. On opposite trajectories, Facebook and MySpace switch places on comScore's rankings of most popular domestic social networks. |
BusinessWeek April 9, 2007 Ronald Grover |
Cold Cash From A Hot Site Can MySpace pull in revenue fast enough for Rupert Murdoch? |
The Motley Fool December 1, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
MySpace in China? News Corp. is supposedly targeting China as its next growth market. |
InternetNews April 22, 2009 Christopher Saunders |
MySpace CEO DeWolfe Out News Corp. aims to bring in new blood to liven up MySpace as rival Facebook grows ever more popular. |
InternetNews January 19, 2007 Nicholas Carlson |
The Social Network Difference People use social networks to stay in touch and share media. But what makes people choose one over another? |
The Motley Fool March 4, 2011 Aditi Baid |
News Corp. to Sell MySpace; Good Riddance News Corp. plans to sell off MySpace in the face of its dismal performance and increasing losses. |
The Motley Fool April 20, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Social Networking Diggs Deeper MySpace starts spreading the news, the community-driven way. The portal's transformation from a rave-hopping fiend into a crack reporter is an extreme makeover, but it's also perfectly logical. |
InternetNews January 23, 2007 Ed Sutherland |
MySpace Accountability in Amber Alerts? Social-networking site MySpace, frequently blamed for not protecting its youngest users, today teamed up with a child protection group to distribute online alerts of missing kids. |
InternetNews December 5, 2006 Ed Sutherland |
MySpace Hit by QuickTime Worm Hackers attempted to steal the user data of MySpace visitors using an Apple QuickTime video and a vulnerability in the social-networking site. |
The Motley Fool July 3, 2011 Sean Williams |
This Is What Really Killed MySpace These three factors may have been the reason the service folded under pressure. |
InternetNews June 23, 2009 Kenneth Corbin |
MySpace to Cut Two-Thirds of Overseas Jobs MySpace this morning announced plans to eliminate two-thirds of its international workforce, cutting 300 positions and closing at least four overseas offices as the social network continues its reorganization. |
InternetNews October 17, 2007 Sean Gallagher |
Skype Gives MySpace Users A Voice Skype has hooked up with MySpace to provide click-and-talk voice services. But is too much, too soon? |
InternetNews April 11, 2008 |
MySpaceTV Goes Global ShineReveille will help News Corp.'s MySpace distribute Web shows on television and DVDs outside the United States, as the world's largest social network seeks an audience away from the computer. |
The Motley Fool April 3, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Vote MySpace in '08 Hail to the cyberspace chief. The social-networking site will hold its own presidential primary come January. Has the Internet really come so far that it can alter the landscape of an election by being the first vocal read on the nation's pulse? |
Fast Company September 2008 Ellen McGirt |
What's New at MySpace With Facebook surging, co-founders Chris DeWolfe and Tom Anderson have gone back to their roots -- music, pop culture, and a proven cash-flow ad model -- to spur a next phase of growth. Will that be enough for boss Rupert Murdoch? |