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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.
May 19, 2024 · By 2005, Myspace's founders sold Myspace to media mogul Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. for $580 million. At the time, the site was the fifth most-viewed website online, and it continued to...
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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Aug 28, 2024 · In 2005 Rupert Murdoch ’s News Corporation purchased Myspace and Intermix for $580 million, bringing Anderson and DeWolfe along. The decision was heavily criticized, as Murdoch sought to increase Myspace’s ad revenue through a Google partnership.
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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.
Sep 21, 2023 · News Corp ownership effectively ruined Myspace, making way for platforms like Facebook and Twitter to host the public square, but the influence of Murdoch and his companies spread regardless.
Dec 4, 2009 · The MySpace team and Levinsohn continued to clash, and Levinsohn left News Corp to be replaced by his cousin, Peter, a veteran of Fox’s TV business. MySpace continued to add users at a...
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Feb 11, 2016 · NEW YORK (AP) — Myspace still exists? It does, and the company that owns the once-ubiquitous social network is being bought by Time Inc. to help the magazine publisher target ads.
