800 Stories, most recent news story added Mon Nov 23, 9:31 pm ET
Prosecutors say they will not appeal the dismissal of Lori Drew's convictions in a MySpace hoax directed at 13-year-old Megan Meier, a Dardenne Prairie resident who committed suicide in 2006.
Facebook. Twitter. MySpace. Their popularity has grown dramatically - and it's not just teenagers who are using those websites to communicate. Now young professionals, parents, and businesses are embracing the technology. And that's led to a generation of people who some say is "social notworking."
Country star Jimmy Wayne will host a live Ustream video chat with fans beginning at 8 pm ET/ 7 pm CT tonight, Monday, November 23rd. The chat offers fans a chance to connect with Jimmy on his first-ever live video chat which will be accessible via Jimmy’s MySpace, Facebook and Twitter pages [...]
Social media is surely addictive, but can we be more specific? Patrick Moberg gave it a good shot in his Internet Vices cartoon , comparing various social services to their consciousness modifying equivalents both legal and… less than legal. Twitter’s similarity to crack cocaine: “Yuppies do it on their iPhone. Cheap. Short. Fruitless.” YouTube, Facebook, digg, MySpace and more are also suitably ...
JUNEAU A deferred prosecution agreement has been reached between the Dodge County District Attorneys Office and a Menominee Falls man accused of trying to hook-up with a 15-year-old Dodge County girl for sex on her MySpace page. Circuit Court Judge Brian Pfitzinger ordered Alan J. Kinateder to have no contact with girls under the age of 18 without the permission of the guardian or parent of that ...
The "virtual fifth label" is now friends with MySpace. Merlin, an organization that represents independent music companies, is supposed to have signed a deal with the social network that should nicely complement MySpace's existing partnerships with EMI, Sony, Universal, and Warner. Merlin's association with indie artists and late arrival to the music scene (it launched in January of 2007) set ...
Associated Press - November 20, 2009 10:54 PM ET LOS ANGELES (AP) - Federal prosecutors will not appeal a judge's dismissal of a Missouri mother's convictions for her role in a MySpace hoax...
Photo via Devendra Banhart's MySpace. Few performers are as animated as the Venezuelan-bred freak folk singer-songwriter, Devendra Banhart . In an intimate seated show last Monday night at the Vic Theatre, Banhart brought his nonsensical, neo-hippie compositions to life, writhing in time to his own vocal tics and painting himself every bit the true original that his albums suggest. Banhart's ...
In the first video for Major Lazer 's BNM'ed club jam "Keep It Goin ' Louder" , a mob of day- glo cartoon zombies attacked a nightclub. So it's really saying something that the new video for the song makes the last one look safe and pedestrian. The new clip, which debuted Friday on MySpace , looks like someone gave the Aphex Twin " Windowlicker " treatment to a butts-everywhere dancehall video ...
Freelance Whales will be performing tonight at the Echo | Picture via Freelance Whales' Myspace Our Pick: Fanfarlo, Freelance Whales @ The Echo Tonight Irvine-bred heavy rock outfit Thrice will be headlining the Avalon with none other than Boston-based experimental rock act the Dear Hunter . NY's own experimental musical duo the Books ( LAist Review ) are poised to grace the Masonic Lodge at ...
Photo by Craig S. McKibben Jr. from Daniell's MySpace page Special To Chicagoist From Sarah Cobarrubias If you’re like us and always on the prowl for up and coming local music, then don’t miss Magical Musical Showcase. Every fourth Tuesday at 6 p.m., notable Chicago organizations present their favorite local musicians at MCA’s Puck’s Café . We think this program is aces. It not only offer ...
The use of cell phones, text messaging and social-networking communication methods such as Twitter, Facebook and MySpace is causing issues for students, parents, and officials during school lockdowns.
Remember the moment you knew MySpace was doomed? It came in the form of obnoxious ads. Which your Twitter stream is about to be. So: are you making that cash, or being cashed in on? Pay Per Post is...
Image of Kingdom from Myspace . Dancing Hipsters Brooklyn DJ Kingdom has been burning up the hipster dance circuit with his bass-heavy R&B remixes. He spins a "Brooklyn take on the UK garage sound" that incorporates Latin rhythms, dusty vocal samples, kuduro and juke, for a sound that might be the future of dance for the people in the tapered jeans. Performing at the always reliable Beat ...
Watch what you write online. A survey by the group Kaplan found one in ten college admissions officers have viewed an applicant's Facebook or Myspace page.
MySpace has completed the purchase of imeem, which has been rumored since Monday, at a price that could make venture capitalists wary of investing in any startup that requires music licensing. TechCrunch puts the purchase price at just $1 million. Imeem's debt is also being assumed and some assets are not included in the deal, say TechCrunch's sources, including millions of dollars in accounts ...
