MySpace

E20372

MySpace is a pioneering early-2000s social networking website that allowed users to create customizable profile pages, connect with friends, and share music and other media.


Statements (50)
Predicate Object
instanceOf online community
social networking service
technology company
website
acquisitionDate 2005-07-18
2011-06-29
acquisitionPrice 580000000 USD
commercial true
competitor Facebook
Friendster
Hi5
countryOfOrigin United States
declineReason competition from Facebook
usability and spam issues
founder Aber Whitcomb
Brad Greenspan
Chris DeWolfe
Josh Berman
Tom Anderson
foundingDate 2003-08-01
genre music social network
social media
social networking
headquartersLocation Beverly Hills, California
Los Angeles, California
inception 2003
industry internet
social media
locationCountry United States
logoImage Myspace logo.svg
mainSubject entertainment
music
notableFeature HTML and CSS customization by users
MySpace Music service
Top 8 friends list feature
ability to embed music players on profiles
band and artist profile pages
highly customizable user profile pages
operatingLanguage English
ownedBy News Corporation
owner Justin Timberlake
News Corporation
Specific Media Group
parentCompany Fox Interactive Media
peakUserCount over 100 million users
peakUserCountTime around 2008
ranking most visited social networking site in the mid-2000s
rebrandedAs Myspace (stylized without capital S)
registration required for most features
websiteURL https://myspace.com

Referenced by (4)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Web 2.0
hasExample
MySpace ("Myspace logo.svg")
logoImage
MySpace ("MySpace Music service")
notableFeature
MySpace ("Myspace (stylized without capital S)")
rebrandedAs

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