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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.
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 ...
November 19, 2009 MySpace announced Wednesday that it has acquired music-based, social networking site Imeem . Terms of the deal were not announced, but CNet 's sources report that the transaction is valued at close to $8 million, with $1 million paid out in cash.
MEDIA ADVISORY, Nov. 22 / Christian Newswire / -- Christians are promoting the Bible this week on major internet websites including Twitter, FaceBook, and MySpace.
Lissie will be performing tonight at the Orpheum Theatre | Picture via Lissie's Myspace Our Pick: Ray LaMontagne, Lissie @ Orpheum Theatre Tonight legendary New Jersey-based horror punk progenitors the Misfits ( LAist Review ) will be headlining the Key Club . Eisley , a familial, Texan indie rock quintet, are poised to grace the Troubadour with none other than Miniature Tigers (LAist Interview ...
Sonic Youth at a more youthful stage of its life from Myspace . Throwbacks After 28 years, 16 studio albums, and countless other recordings, you've had enough time to decide whether or not you like Sonic Youth. The standard-bearers for the avant-garde impulse in rock need an army of guitars to play their repertoire, but not a detuned string or sawn-apart bridge is wasted. Less familiar to ...
Imeem, which was able to declare itself "the first and only social networking service to secure licenses from all four major music companies" about two years ago, now appears to be folding. Reports indicate that MySpace is set to acquire the business for a rather piddling amount. Imeem was once a fairly successful organization. In addition to sealing the music company deals, it'd earned the ...
MySpace will pay about $8 million for the music-focused social network. What this means is the number of places to obtain free music appears to be shrinking.
It's official: MySpace has closed on its acquisition of Imeem, the streaming music service. It is paying a fire sale price of $1 million, sources familiar with the situation tell me, and could pay up to $7 million to $9 million in earnouts for key employees, who will likely include CEO Dalton Caldwell.
Federal prosecutors will not appeal a judge's dismissal of Lori Drew's conviction for her role in the MySpace Hoax that led to 13-year-old Meghan Meier's suicide.
MySpace , the social networking platform, is in talks to acquire struggling free music streaming site imeem , The Associated Press reported, citing two people familiar with the matter.
