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- Myspace is a free, advertising -supported service that allows users to create Web “profile” pages that feature photographs, express their interests, and, most importantly, link to other people’s profiles.
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Oct 10, 2020 · What happens when a site that was once ubiquitous — the first stop on the internet for many — falls out of favor in a flash, leaving the bones of our old pages behind?
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May 19, 2024 · While Myspace isn't what it used to be, it's still accessed by around 15 million people as of 2021. This is considerably fewer active users than the site enjoyed in its heyday, but, Myspace...
Nov 29, 2023 · If you were ever an active Myspace user, there's a good chance your profile has been saved to the archive. To access it, visit the Internet Archive and look for the Wayback Machine on the home...
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- The original Space Jam website. No, we're not talking the LeBron James reboot version of the movie. The original site for the Michael Jordan-led picture still exists and it's delightfully GeoCities-esque.
- MySpace. Yes, MySpace still exists! Just perhaps not how you're imagining it. If you go to the homepage, it looks vaguely like a mashup of the old AOL homepage and an amateurish music blog.
- Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. You can waste hours upon hours on the Internet Archive. It is what it sounds like: It saves different versions of sites throughout the history of the internet.
- PongGame.org. I mean, it is what you expect. It's an entire website dedicated to the low-tech game of pong. You can do one player or two player and three different difficulty levels.
May 5, 2024 · Myspace is a free, advertising-supported service that allows users to create Web “profile” pages that feature photographs, express their interests, and, most importantly, link to other people’s profiles.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
- 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.
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 24, 2022 · Well, they’re true. In 2011, Specific Media and Justin Timberlake bought Myspace from News Corp for $35 million. They got to work on rebranding the site and narrowed in on the music users, rather than trying to compete with other popular platforms for social interaction.
