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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 ]
Anderson's father was an entrepreneur. [5] As a teenager at San Pasqual High in Escondido, California, Anderson was a computer hacker under the pseudonym "Lord Flathead" (friends with Bill Landreth), and prompted a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) raid after he hacked into a computer system at Chase Manhattan Bank.
Within a year, over 5 million people signed up for Myspace. And by 2006, 90 million signed up—surpassing Google and Yahoo as the most visited website in the U.S.
Brad Greenspan after five years of college earned a University of California Los Angeles Political Science undergraduate degree. During his junior year he earned a finders fee for matching electric automobile battery company Electrosource, Inc. with Liviakis Financial an investor relations firm helping the tiny publicly traded Austin, Texas based startup raise needed additional financing.
In 2001, Jones founded Userplane, a Los Angeles-based company that provides instant messaging and other applications for companies such as Myspace and Honda. In 2006, Userplane was acquired by AOL. [5] In 2005, Jones began angel investing, primarily focused in the Los Angeles area. He has personally invested in more than 30 startups. [6]
Intermix Media, Inc. (AMX symbol: MIX; formerly eUniverse) is an American Internet marketing company [1] that owned the MySpace social network. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles, California [ 1 ] and is a subsidiary of Fox Interactive Media, Inc. [ 1 ]
Travis Katz (born 1971) is an American technology entrepreneur and investor. [1] He is currently the General Manager of Shopping for YouTube. [2] Katz served as the President and CEO of GM-backed electric vehicle maker BrightDrop, [3] co-founded Fox Interactive Media, led the global expansion of social networking site MySpace, and was co-founder and CEO of online travel site Trip.com, which ...
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.