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Fox to Purchase Myspace

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the murdoch-immediately-propositioned-for-cyber dept.

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.

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  1. Re:Why haven't I heard of the 5th most popular sit by dsands1 · · Score: 5, Informative

    I'd say it's more than just a good looking spam webportal. I'd classify it as the "have all, be all, end all of internet hook-up sites". In summary:

    1. Broke up with my g/f of 4 years in Oct 2004
    2. Spent a couple months just feeling sorry for myself and not dating at all
    3. On the recommendation of a friend I set up a profile on myspace and started making "friends".
    4. By mid-January 2005 I'd been on probably 8-10 dates, quite a few of which led to... intimate relations.

    That's why people are going to the site.

    --
    "What is the answer?" (Silence) "In that case, what is the question?" --Gertrude Stein