September 19, 2006

News Corp. Taps MySpace For ‘Simpsons’ Premiere (TechWeb via Yahoo! News)

Time to alert the MySpace.com users:

CAMPAIGNS: Internet social networks give organizers an easy way to reach young voters.Candidates follow crowds to MySpace (The Press-Enterprise)

By Tammy Krikorian, The Tribune, Mesa, Ariz. Sep. 10–The Internet gives East Valley parents plenty to worry about. Teens go online to socialize with friends and strangers, post personal photographs and even pour out their deepest secrets.Higley Worker Contacts Student on MySpace.Com: District Considers Virtual Boundaries for Workers (RedNova)

News Corp. picks MySpace to build an online buzz for the season premiere of “The Simpsons” animated comedy.News Corp. Taps MySpace For ‘Simpsons’ Premiere (TechWeb via Yahoo! News)

It turns out that even among the MySpace generation, there is such a thing as too much information. That threshold was reached, unexpectedly, earlier this week when the social networking site Facebook unveiled what was to be its killer app.‘Killer application’ for Facebook turns into dweebish interloper (International Herald Tribune)

The social-networking site rules in the U.S. Overseas is another matter, due to competition and a fragmented marketMySpace: No Free Ride in Europe (BusinessWeek)

At least once a week, high-school senior Jessica Bender clicks her way to MySpace.com to see how she can offer help to her top-ranked “buddy.”Political hopefuls tap into MySpace, YouTube (The News Journal)

NEW YORK (Billboard) - The MP3 format received a big endorsement from MySpace this month, when the social networking giant announced plans to sell music tracks in the open-source standard.MySpace turns up the volume on MP3; labels leery (Reuters via Yahoo!7 Music News)

Campaigns are jumping to social networking sites to spread their message.Effective Or Creepy? Politicians Jump To myspace (NBC 5 Chicago)

MySpace members will be able to sell music directly from their pages, powered by a partnership with digital licensing and copyright management services company Snocap. This marks the first music download retail deal for both companies.MySpace returns to music roots, allows artists to sell songs from Web pages (Detroit News)

AUSTIN - If the 2006 gubernatorial election were held on MySpace.com, politically incorrect Kinky Friedman’s Cuban-cigar smoke would waft through the Governor’s Mansion in January.Candidates reach out to voters on MySpace (El Paso Times)