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Myspace (formerly stylized as MySpace; also myspace; and sometimes my␣, with an elongated open box symbol) is a social networking service based in the United States. Launched on August 1, 2003, it was the first social network to reach a global audience and had a significant influence on technology, pop culture and music. [ 2 ]
It was announced that Myspace lost 12 years worth of content in a server migration gone wrong. So that meant any songs, photos and videos uploaded to the site between 2003-2015 were straight up ...
Myspace is sold to Specific Media by News Corp. for $35 million. [56] 2011 Launch LinkedIn files for an IPO and trades its first shares under the NYSE symbol "LNKD", at $45 per share. [57] 2011 Launch Twitch, a live-streaming service, launches. This service is a spin-off from Justin.tv, as it is more focused on broadcasting users playing video ...
Brad Greenspan is an internet entrepreneur best known for overseeing eUniverse’s launch of Myspace.com in August 2003.. Greenspan founded eUniverse, Inc. an internet company which in 1999 acquired CDUniverse.com with approximately 300,000 monthly users.
Friendster was founded by Canadian computer programmer Jonathan Abrams in 2002, [11] before MySpace (2003), Hi5 (2004), Facebook (2004), and other social networking sites. [12] Friendster.com went live in 2003 and was adopted by 3 million users within the first few months. [3]
Intermix Media was then founded as the successor of eUniverse, and it was under Intermix that Myspace garnered the level of popularity for which it is notable. When Intermix Media and Myspace were sold to News Corp, Anderson became president of the company. [2] Myspace was sold to News Corp in 2005 for $580 million. [11]
The social networking service Myspace was among the most popular web sites in the 2000s decade. It has faced criticism on a variety of fronts, including for a massive redesign of the site in 2012 which occurred after the majority of original users had abandoned the website, misuse of the platform for cyber-bullying and harassment, risks for users' privacy, and major data losses.
The company was founded in February 1999 as Entertainment Universe, Inc by Brad Greenspan. [1]In June of 2003, after consulting with executive management for many months, Jeffrey Edell was brought on board as Chairman of eUniverse, which, in 2004, changed its name to Intermix Media, Inc. [1]