Stealing MySpace : the battle to control the most popular website in America / Julia Angwin.
By: Angwin, Julia
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TextPublisher: New York : Random House, c2009Edition: 1st ed.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-356) and index.Description: viii, 371 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9781400066940 (alk. paper); 1400066948 (alk. paper).Subject(s): MySpace (Firm) | News Corporation | Internet industry -- United States | Online social networks -- HistoryDDC classification: 338.7/610067 | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 338.7 An48 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003380243 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-356) and index.
Stealing MySpace -- Circle of friends -- Rising from the ashes -- The trailer park of the internet -- Struggling to survive -- The Fakester revolution -- Building MySpace -- The boardroom coup -- The fix-it-later philosophy -- Operation show time -- Are we missing the next Google? -- Tsunami -- Independence -- The king of spyware -- Schmuck insurance -- The game is on -- Project ivory -- Holding a tiger by the tail -- A fine line between risqué and dirty -- "A place for friends" -- Pebble Beach -- War against Web 2.0 -- Number one in every market -- Beyond the banner ad -- The FaceBook revolution -- MySpace 2.0 -- Digital identity.
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Julia Angwin chronicles the rise of MySpace and sheds light on the dizzying backroom deals that allowed Rupert Murdoch to snatch this Internet powerhouse from Viacom's grasp.
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