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William Joe Mitchell has been arrested in connection with the abduction of a 15-year-old Florida girl whom he met on Myspace.com.Myspace Predator Arrested in Virginia (KABC-TV Los Angeles)

Facebook is working on an artist platform to be launched later this year, which in essence is supposed to be better than what MySpace allows with its platform, according to multiple sources I have spoken to since this morning after a slightly off-the-mark rumor came out earlier.Facebook Working On a Music Platform For Bands; Not iTunes Killer, But MySpace; Apple Tieup (paidContent.org via Yahoo! Finance)

The dizzying pace of the digital revolution often leaves us yearning for simplicity, but it’s probably safe to say there are two kinds of people in this world: those who have disappeared into the time-sucking maelstrom of social networking websites, and loners.MySpace and offspring transforming web (Denver Post)

Businesses are looking to MySpace to help them turn friends into customers.MySpace, my business (The Cincinnati Enquirer)

Attorney General Greg Abbott said Thursday that four North Texas sex offenders violated their parole by creating profile pages on MySpace.com. The four were among 14 arrested last month as part of a larger investigation into sex offenders on the popular social networking website.Dallas-Fort Worth area sex offenders using MySpace arrested (Dallas Morning News)

Fourteen sex offenders from Dallas and Houston with profiles found on Myspace.com are arrested.Myspace.com Sex Offenders Arrested (NBC 5 Dallas Fort Worth)

A string of arrests by the Attorney General’s Office revealed sexual predators attempting to establish identities on MySpace. As many as 14 people were captured in the Houston and Dallas areas, but one of them was found nearby.Hill Country Community Glad To Be Rid Of MySpace Predator (KXAN 36 Austin)

The MySpace account owned by Jammie Thomas featured a note on Friday that called the sum she owes music industry “ridiculous” and suggested she would accept financial help.Woman who owes RIAA $220,000 speaks out on MySpace page (CNET)

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Fourteen sex offenders from Dallas and Houston with profiles found on Myspace.com are arrested.Myspace.com Sex Offenders Arrested (NBC 5 Dallas Fort Worth)

Attorney General Greg Abbott said Thursday that four North Texas sex offenders violated their parole by creating profile pages on MySpace.com. The four were among 14 arrested last month as part of a larger investigation into sex offenders on the popular social networking website.Dallas-Fort Worth area sex offenders using MySpace arrested (Dallas Morning News)

A string of arrests by the Attorney General’s Office revealed sexual predators attempting to establish identities on MySpace. As many as 14 people were captured in the Houston and Dallas areas, but one of them was found nearby.Hill Country Community Glad To Be Rid Of MySpace Predator (KXAN 36 Austin)

Facebook is working on an artist platform to be launched later this year, which in essence is supposed to be better than what MySpace allows with its platform, according to multiple sources I have spoken to since this morning after a slightly off-the-mark rumor came out earlier.Facebook Working On a Music Platform For Bands; Not iTunes Killer, But MySpace; Apple Tieup (paidContent.org via Yahoo! Finance)

George Crawford had no interest in MySpace, even though fellow business owners told him he needed a page there for his store, Metronation in Over-the-Rhine. Now, in less than a month, he has 127 “friends” on the social Web site.MySpace savvy (The Cincinnati Enquirer)

The MySpace account owned by Jammie Thomas featured a note on Friday that called the sum she owes music industry “ridiculous” and suggested she would accept financial help.Woman who owes RIAA $220,000 speaks out on MySpace page (CNET)

After Web cam girls and spammers bombarded Sean Conaty with buddy requests on MySpace, he switched to Facebook to connect with his real-life friends.Facebook poses challenge to MySpace (Miami Herald)

William Joe Mitchell has been arrested in connection with the abduction of a 15-year-old Florida girl whom he met on Myspace.com.Myspace Predator Arrested in Virginia (KABC-TV Los Angeles)

Businesses are looking to MySpace to help them turn friends into customers.MySpace, my business (The Cincinnati Enquirer)

The dizzying pace of the digital revolution often leaves us yearning for simplicity, but it’s probably safe to say there are two kinds of people in this world: those who have disappeared into the time-sucking maelstrom of social networking websites, and loners.MySpace and offspring transforming web (Denver Post)