Categories: MySpace

Michael Wolff's Calm, Reasoned Analysis Of MySpace, And The "Cretins" That Flock To It

Posted by: Jon Fine on December 01

Part of writing my latest column required interviewing Michael Wolff, a friend and the author of the new Rupert Murdoch bio "The Man Who Owns The News." After some negotiation,...

Web 2.0: More Effluvia From Rupert Murdoch And Chris DeWolfe’s Joint Appearance On Oct 17

Posted by: Jon Fine on October 19

Rupert Murdoch on Facebook: "Pretty cool . . .[but] it's like a utility. We [meaning MySpace] are more [about] media. We connect different cultures, different interests, all over the world."...

Web 2.0 Conference: Rupert Murdoch and Chris DeWolfe, In Which Chris Talks About His New Contract And Rupert Finds The Notion Of Killing The New York Times "Nice"

Posted by: Jon Fine on October 17

Quick takes on a meandering post-supper discussion: --Chris DeWolfe is re-upping for a couple more years at MySpace, he told attendees tonight. His initial two-year deal signed at the time...

The Horrible Inevitability Of Tila Tequila

Posted by: Jon Fine on September 07

It should have been blindingly obvious that Tila Tequila's MySpace fame would continue migrating offline, and indeed it has. First, the record deal; now the reality show. From Variety: [MTV]...

Yahoo-MySpace: Good. God.

Posted by: Jon Fine on June 20

Multiple reports out there revealing (very) early stage discussions between Yahoo and MySpace over a partnership that would value the latter at $10 billion. That's "$10 billion or more." I'm...

NewTube: Biggest Launch of a Non-Existent Product Since The iPhone

Posted by: Jon Fine on March 22

Oh, the ways we can peel today's news apart. For starters, I was convinced when I wrote this a few months back that none of this could even get this...

Breaking: MySpace Backlash Sighted In Mainstream Media!

Posted by: Jon Fine on September 15

PC World publishes list of 25 Worst Web Sites. As always when these lists are done in a halfway decent manner, the article is well worth wasting fifteen minutes on....

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