An ancient Myspace page from 2005 does not make George Zimmerman look like a very good guy, and yet as his attorneys have rebranded his Web presence of late, they've apparently found the page is one patch they can't scrub.
Everybody knows Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation made a mistake buying Myspace, and now Murdoch himself has copped to the bad judgment on Twitter, one of the new breed of social media platforms that arose from Myspace's obsolete bag of emoticons. Oh, the irony!
Our private Internet lives are pretty public and it's getting minors in trouble
In social networking it's kill or be killed. Will the new network best its competitors or fail?
The actor and pop star will lead business strategy for Myspace's owner, Specific Media
News Corp. was desperate to get it off its books by Thursday
Two buyers emerge as News Corp reportedly looks to unload the property by the end of June
MySpace now has only one interested buyer
Here's what everyone's first social network friend has been up to
Vevo could leverage Myspace's popular artist fan pages
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