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NEW YORK, MAY 12, 2008 -- MySpace, MTV sensation and pop culture icon Tila Tequila is teaming up with Scribner, which has acquired world rights to publish her first book, Hooking Up with Tila Tequila. The announcement was made today by Susan Moldow, Executive Vice President and Publisher of Scribner.    » read more »

123 Illinois Sex Offenders from MySpace Discovered on Facebook

May 8, 2008 -- Chicago - Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced today that Facebook has agreed to make key changes to its social networking site that will better protect children from predators and inappropriate content.

No talking about Facebook: Photo by Alpha (CC)

Madigan joined the attorneys general of 49 other states and the District of Columbia in the agreement resulting in actions by Facebook similar to those MySpace agreed to in January 2008.    » read more »

May 8, 2008 -- (Anchorage, AK) -- Alaska Attorney General Talis Colberg and the attorneys general of 48 other states and the District of Columbia today announced that Facebook has agreed to changes to better protect children from predators and inappropriate content on the social networking site.

Facebook logo: Photo by Scott Beale / Laughing Squid (CC)

Facebook also agreed to participate in a task force on exploring and developing age and identity verification software. The agreement is similar to one that MySpace reached in January with 49 states and the District of Columbia.    » read more »

March 26, 2008, London -- NME – the longest-running and most famous music weekly in the world – today announced an exclusive partnership with the world’s leading social network, MySpace (myspace.com), to stream the first ever NME Awards US live from Los Angeles next month. In addition to streaming the awards, MySpace will also be presenting the Best Band of the Year award.

The hugely successful NME Awards UK – renowned as the most important and prestigious event for British fans of cutting-edge music – will be held in the US for the first time in Los Angeles at Goldenvoice’s historic El Rey Theatre on April 23, two days before the Coachella Music and Arts Festival begins.    » read more »

February 28, 2008 -- Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal and North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper today welcomed MySpace's creation of a broad-based task force to explore and develop age verification tools for social networking sites.

Cooper and Blumenthal are co-chairmen of the nationwide attorney general coalition seeking to improve social networking safety.

MySpace agreed last month to create the task force as part of a wide-ranging agreement with 49 states and the District of Columbia to take steps to better protect children who use social networking sites.    » read more »

- Senator Hillary Clinton, Governor Mike Huckabee Confirmed for 'Super Dialogue' with Potential to Reach 200 Million Voters on TV, Online, Radio and Mobile Phones
- Associated Press to Syndicate Event to 1,800 Media Websites, Nearly 600 in States with Super Tuesday Primaries

- Attorneys General Praise MySpace Safety Efforts and Call for Broad Adoption
- Endeavor to Include New Protections for Teens and Tools for Parents

January 14, 2008 -- North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper and Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal on behalf of 49 states and the District of Columbia today announced that MySpace has agreed to significant steps to better protect children on its web site, including creation of a broad-based task force to explore and develop age and identity verification technology.    » read more »

- John McCain First Republican Candidate to Participate in Groundbreaking Series First Dialogue to be Simultaneously Broadcast Live on MTV, MySpace, MTV's ChooseOrLose.com, ImpreMedia's LaVibra.com and MTV Mobile, December 3 at 7 pm ET

LOS ANGELES & NEW YORK, Nov 15, 2007 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- MySpace, the world's most popular social network, and MTV, the leading global youth brand, today announced that U.S. Senator John McCain (R-Arizona; myspace.com/johnmccain) will be the next participant in their groundbreaking Presidential Dialogue series.    » read more »

Thursday, November 08, 2007 -- "Barbara Walters Presents: The 10 Most Fascinating People of 2007," an hour-long ABC News special highlighting some of the year's most prominent names in entertainment, sports, politics and business, will air THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6 (10:02-11:00 pm, ET), on the ABC Television Network.    » read more »

October 24, 2007 -- At 12:01 AM PDT, the morning of Wednesday, October 24, Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures will debut the final theatrical trailer for the forthcoming epic action thriller I Am Legend, marking the first-ever truly simultaneous internet launch of a trailer exclusively across all four Fox Interactive Media sites: MySpace, IGN, RottenTomatoes and AskMen.    » read more »

October 18, 2007 — Several of the world’s leading Internet and media companies today announced their joint support for a set of collaborative principles that enable the continued growth and development of user-generated content online and respect the intellectual property of content owners.    » read more »

- Groundbreaking Series Continues October 29 at Coe College in Cedar Rapids, IA
- Event Will Stream Live on MySpace.com, MTV's ChooseOrLose.com and MTV Mobile at 1:30 pm ET, Premiere on MTV at 7 pm ET/PT

LOS ANGELES/ NEW YORK-October 16, 2007 -- MySpace, the world's most popular social media network, announced today it has signed a new licensing agreement with SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT to enable MySpace's 70 million U.S. monthly active users to experience streaming music videos, as well as select audio material and other content, from SONY BMG's artists. The deal, which calls for MySpace and SONY BMG to share in sponsorship and advertising revenues, underscores both organization's commitment to building new business models that benefit artists and consumers alike.    » read more »

MTV's 'A Shot At Love With Tila Tequila' Premieres October 9th at 10:00PM ET/PT