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MySpace Set to Lay Off 400 Workers

Jun. 17, 2009
MySpace was once the pre-eminent social networking site, but recently it has lost some luster to Facebook.
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MySpace cuts workforce by 30 percent

NEW YORK, June 16 (UPI) -- Internet social networking site MySpace said it would cut 430 jobs, almost a third of its workforce, to match current demand.

Facebook redesigns; MySpace loses execs

PALO ALTO, Calif., March 5 (UPI) -- Fast-growing social-networking site Facebook Inc. unveiled a redesign while struggling News Corp. rival MySpace lost three executives, the U.S. companies said.
T.I.'s 'Like' tops MySpace '08 stream list

T.I.'s 'Like' tops MySpace '08 stream list

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- "Whatever You Like" by U.S. hip-hop artist T.I. was the most frequently streamed song on MySpace Music in 2008, the social networking Web site said Monday.

MySpace has DNC presence

DENVER, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- The Internet networking site MySpace is hosting a bevy of activities and events related to this week's Democratic National Convention in Denver, the site said.

29,000 sex offenders on MySpace

RALEIGH, N.C., July 25 (UPI) -- North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper said MySpace.com has discovered more than 29,000 registered sex offenders among its users.

MySpace policing fake cop sites

WASHINGTON, March 13 (UPI) -- MySpace.com says some of the profile pages representing police or sheriff's departments on the popular Internet networking site are fakes. While MySpace has encouraged police to have a presence on the site as a way to deter online sexual predators, at lea

MySpace, Vodafone ink cell phone deal

LONDON, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- MySpace has teamed up with British telecom giant Vodafone to let Vodafone customers connect with MySpace by phone, the companies said Wednesday.

MySpace to give parents more information

NEW YORK, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- MySpace.com will offer free software that lets parents know how their children represent themselves on the Web site, the U.S. company said Wednesday.

MySpace set to tackle voter registration

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 27 (UPI) -- MySpace is set to include U.S. voter registration information on its Web site as part of a deal signed this week with the campaign Declare Yourself.

News Corp.gains control of MySpace.com

NEW YORK, July 18 (UPI) -- U.S. media giant News Corp. has agreed to pay $580 million in cash for the majority owner of the wildly popular social-networking site MySpace.com.
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch