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AP via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 17, 8:17 pm ET
Online social hub MySpace is in talks to acquire struggling free music streaming site imeem, two people familiar with the matter said Tuesday.
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Mashable - Sat Nov 21, 1:01 pm ET
Social media is a double-edged sword. Due to its unfiltered nature, it can be a powerful promotional tool. However, it can also publicly expose our problems. Former reality TV star Tila Tequila is an unfortunate but prime example. Some backstory: Tila Tequila is one of the most popular artists on MySpace, was the subject of an MTV reality show, and most recently filed assault charges against San ...
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All About Jazz - Wed Nov 18, 9:19 pm ET
Does The Move Clear The Way For A MySpace Subscription Service? MySpace is in late stage negotiations acquire imeem, according to several sources, much like social networker bought iLike just months ago. MySpace and imeem are each struggling in their own way: MySpace with declining visitors and imeem with an unsustainable business model. But will the whole be greater than the sum of the parts...
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Mashable - Wed Nov 18, 9:01 pm ET
After grumblings earlier in the week, the deal is now apparently done: MySpace has inked a deal to buy imeem . The going price? A pittance, apparently — a lowly $1 million in cash. For that, MySpace will bring in about half of imeem’s 55 employees and use some of the company’s assets to pay off its significant debt. After a number of iterations during its lifetime since it was founded in 2003 ...
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PRWeb via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 19, 2:01 am ET
Rising Hip Hop Artist and Myspace Records Release Webisode, and Premiere EP
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WINK TV Southwest Florida - Wed Nov 18, 5:05 pm ET
A fifth grader had her life threatened on MySpace.
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WebProNews - Wed Nov 18, 11:18 am ET
Leading up to MySpace's live stream of red carpet arrivals at the world premiere of The Twilight Saga: New Moon , we indicated that onlookers should expect a big traffic spike. Now, the statistics are in, and "ginormous traffic mountain" is more like it. In an email to WebProNews, a MySpace representative stated that the webcast attracted over 2 million uniques and a total of almost 3 million ...
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TechCrunch - Wed Nov 18, 6:55 pm ET
On Monday we broke the news that MySpace was in late stage negotiations to acquire music service iMeem . Those negotiations are now concluded, we've heard from multiple sources, and an agreement has been signed. MySpace will acquire most of the assets of iMeem for a purchase price of around $1 million in cash. $1 million isn't the "real" purchase price for the company. Some assets are being left ...
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The Record-Courier - Wed Nov 18, 7:15 pm ET
A former Douglas High School student expelled and arrested after he allegedly issued threats over MySpace is suing the school district in federal court. According to a lawsuit filed Oct. 23 in U.S. District Court by Jeffrey Blanck on behalf of Landon Wynar, the Douglas County School District violated Wynar's First Amendment rights. "When you're at home at night, you have a first amendment right ...
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Mediaweek - Thu Nov 19, 10:57 pm ET
The News Corp.-owned social networking site is set to roll out a new, highly intrusive homepage takeover ad for The Twilight Saga: New Moon
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Mashable - Wed Nov 18, 2:02 pm ET
Anyone following MySpace’s maneuvers in the past few months is aware of the talks to buy Imeem , the acquisition of iLike , and the implication-heavy partnership with Google on music search. Clearly, music is the perceived key to MySpace’s comeback. Today we have further proof of this notion in the form of a new beta product: MySpace Music Charts . The global music charts product is like a ...
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MSNBC - Tue Nov 17, 6:33 pm ET
Online social hub MySpace is in talks to acquire struggling free music streaming site imeem.
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Jefferson City News Tribune - Sat Nov 21, 2:19 am ET
15-year-old Alyssa Bustamante, seen above in a screenshot taken from her MySpace page, is charged in the death of Elizabeth Olten, 9.
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Inc Magazine - Thu Nov 19, 5:32 pm ET
Imeem is a start-up with a great service (free online music!), lots of users (15 million, according to Quantcast), and a compelling story . Unfortunately, it's pretty darn hard to make it in the online music business. The start-up has struggled this year, because of a poor advertising market and high licensing fees owed to the record companies (these fees have been a perenial problem for online ...
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Asbury Park Press - Wed Nov 18, 3:55 am ET
NASHVILLE, TENN. — The Grand Ole Opry and MySpace are uniting to live stream an Opry performance with video for the first time this Saturday.