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Battle of the bands: MySpace vs. iTunes

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

MySpace, the world’s largest social networking site, unveiled a long-expected joint venture with all four major music companies in a bid to compete with Apple’s market-leading iTunes store. NEW YORK–News Corp’s MySpace, the world’s largest social networking site, on Wednesday unveiled a long-expected joint venture with all four major…
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Facebook overtakes MySpace globally

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

The latest comScore figures show Mark Zuckerberg’s social network has overtaken its News Corp rival for worldwide unique visitors. New figures from metrics firm comScore show that, in May, the battle of the social-networking sites may have gained a new front-runner: Facebook appears to have surpassed long-time rival MySpace…
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MySpace launches developer platform, appoints COO

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

The social network plans to launch its program to court outside software developers in February in a bid to widen the gap against rival Facebook. MySpace, the world’s largest online social network, plans to launch its program to court outside software developers in February in a bid…
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Waiting for the OpenSocial hammer to drop

Monday, January 28th, 2008

Veteran developer Marc Canter warns industry politics could stymie push to give social-network users more control over data. When Google announced OpenSocial a few months ago, it was welcomed as an effort to standardize the world around the notion of open social networking. But the announcement also was…
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MySpaceTV, BBC Worldwide link up in video deal

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

MySpace says it signed an agreement with BBC Worldwide to bring short video clips from programs such as Doctor Who and Top Gear to its online community. MySpace on Wednesday said it signed an agreement with BBC Worldwide to bring short video clips from programs such…
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