MySpace is a social networking website offering an interactive, user-submitted network of friends, personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music and videos for teenagers and adults internationally. Its headquarters are in Beverly Hills, California, USA, where it shares an office building with its immediate owner, Fox Interactive Media; which is owned by News Corporation, which has its headquarters in New York City.
In June 2006, MySpace was the most popular social networking site in the United States. According to comScore, MySpace has been overtaken by main competitor Facebook in April 2008, based on monthly unique visitors. The company employs 300 staff and does not disclose revenues or profits separately from News Corporation. The 100 millionth account was created on August 6, 2006 in the Netherlands and the site counted approximately 106 million accounts on September 8, 2006. MySpace.com attracts 230,000 new users per day.
Type: Subsidiary
Founded: 2003
Headquarters: Beverly Hills, California
Key people: Tom Anderson, President
Chris DeWolfe, CEO
Owner: Fox Interactive Media
Employees: 300
Slogan: A Place for Friends
Website: www.myspace.com
Type of site: Social network service
Advertising: Google, AdSense
Registration: Required
Available in: 15 languages
Launched: August 2003
Current status: Active
Thursday, November 13, 2008
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