Fox to Purchase Myspace

jagger writes "News Corp announced on Monday that it has bought Intermix Media, owner of the popular MySpace.com social networking site, for $580 million. This follows an announcement by News Corp on Friday that it is creating an Internet division to hold the company's sports, news and entertainment sites." Update: 07/19 2:40EDT by C :Sorry about the copy errors, folks. They have been fixed.

Comments

ok...

[rainmayun]

have the moderators been replaced by a drinking bird that just clicks "Post"???

Re:ok...

[Nytewynd]

Uh oh. The Springfield Power Plant didn't last very long like that. How will /. survive?

Good Job!

[Anonymous Coward]

a

href="nice">editting.

Will the internet zone now stop "spinning" ?

[Nurseman]

And will MySpace become fair and balanced ? :-)

Re:Will the internet zone now stop "spinning" ?

[Daniel Dvorkin]

There's not a whole lot of contradiction between being pro-Chinese-communist-government and the kind of spin Fox News pushes in the US, actually.

New /. poll

[Anonymous Coward]

What was Zonk high on when he hit "submit"?

1) Gasoline
2) Glue
3) Smack
4) Everything
5) Cowboy Neal

Haha

[Anonymous Coward]

Slashdot admins amaze me everytime :)

Rediculous

[jambarama]

If is isn't enough to publish dupes everyday, now BROKEN CODE made it onto the front page.

Are you sure that Zonk checked this?

It should read "News Corp announced on Monday that it, owner of the popular MySpace.com social networking site, for $580 million. This follows an announcement by News Corp on Friday that it is creating an Internet division to hold the company's sports, news and entertainment sites."

Slashdot to Not Improve Story Editing Standards

[ravenspear]

News Corp announced on Monday that it , owner of the popular MySpace.com social networking site, for $580 million.

CmdrTaco announced on Tuesday that he, founder of the popular Slashdot.org technology site, for the readability level.

NEWS FLASH!

[medix9]

Fair and Balanced hosting?

Worst Post Ever!

[Anonymous Coward]

Wow, I can only guess what the post is actually trying to say, because the poster must have failed English 101. I mean, DAMN! You most likely have a word processor with a spell and grammar checker; might as well use the damn thing.

Re:A new low for Slashdot editors

[DrEldarion]

Why not make some fun out of it, then?

Let's all try and get the most ridiculous things posted. Bad links, messed-up HTML, nonsensical grammar, the works.

Bonus points if you insult an editor in the blurb and they still end up posting it.

Just what we need....

[ramblin billy]

Thank god! No more of that pesky decision process..."hmmmm, this website says homosexual behavior causes your teeth to fall out, makes you get bad gas mileage and condemns you to an eternity in hell, I wonder if I can trust it?"

At last! A 'Fair and Balanced' portal!

billy - hackers of the world unite! can you say 'foxse' ? i knew you could...

What pisses you off most about slashdot?

[jambarama]

What about slashdot pisses you off the most?

1. 404
2. Articles are frequent dupes
3. Roland Piquepaille advertisements
4. Broken Code (on the main page)
5. You can't edit your comments
6. Poor spelling/grammar (in articles)
7. The moderation system
8. Sluggish server responses (being slashdotted)
9. Flamebait articles designed to start holy wars
10. Stories no one cares about.

Re:my question

[NineNine]

the average IQ has to be close to room temperature. wtf does FOX see in this crap?

Their average viewer.

Sentence was correct, just not finished

[mindaktiviti]

The sentence is correct, it just wasn't finished:

News Corp announced on Monday that it , owner of the popular MySpace.com social networking site, for $580 million purchased 5,800,000 $100 coupons for spyware removal tools for all of its employees, their extended families and friends, when the improbability drive from the Heart of Gold wizzed by News Corp's Think Tank, ripping a hole in the space time continuum of the CEO's brain.

It was reported that hilarity ensued.

Re:Why haven't I heard of the 5th most popular sit

[Anonymous Coward]

Uhh, I'm not so sure that anyone who includes a "Furry Portal" in their profile should insinuate that they are part of an "intelligensia"....

Re:Why haven't I heard of the 5th most popular sit

[Anonymous Coward]

Why would other people be going to such a large site but not me? When I checked it out this morning I realized that it's nothing more than a "good looking" spam webportal.

Myspacers invite their friends, people they think are cool, so I wouldn't expect it to catch on with Slashdot. I'm actually a little saddened that it got exposure on here, which will inevitably lead to more geekiness one-up-manship and more teenage immaturity.

Myspace was best when it had 3 million members almost a year ago. Trendy, savvy, without being overly geeky. Now that it has 20+ million members, everyone and their mother has a myspace, losers and all.

And now an influx of slashdot geeks....

Re:here is my math

[x0n]

Yeah, and don't I feel stupid deleting that smug git "Tom" from my friends list* now that he's rolling around nekkid in $580m. Tom? Be my friend? Answer my emails Tom??

(* he's added by default when you sign up)

- Oisin

Re:That garbage worth 580 million dollars?

[vertinox]

Well at least now Tom can actually throw a halfway decent Myspace party.