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Michael Hoffman (Blog) - April 19, 2007 4:47 PM

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The beta version of MySpace News is now available for public testing

MySpace.com has officially launched a beta version of MySpace News, a move the company hopes will bring in additional advertising revenue and keep MySpace users on the web site for a longer amount of time. comScore reports that MySpace users, on average, spend 10 minutes at the site per visit and visit 19 times per month.

MySpace News is best described as a combination of Google News and Digg --MySpace News offers news from a variety of news outlets, but users are able to rate published stories. User votes help determine which articles make it to the front page of the web site.

"We're putting it to the community to be the editorial engine driving our news service," said Tom Anderson, MySpace co-founder and president.

The news site has 25 main news topics, with around 300 subcategories that range from celebrity gossip to cars. MySpace News uses technology that has been developed by Newroo, a company that MySpace parent News Corp. purchased last year. News articles from News Corp., which includes the Fox network, will not get special treatment.

Analysts are unsure if MySpace will face potential legal issues because of the web site. MySpace News will search, pull and display headlines from various web sites, which is something Google has had numerous legal challenges with in the way it operates Google News. MySpace has already stated it is willing to exclude news articles if a publishing company contacts company representatives.

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I like MySpace and all but...

By Nocturnal on 4/19/2007 6:19:56 PM , Rating: 2

I just wish they'd redesign their entire site from the ground up. Make it more like Facebook. Facebook is damn nice. Other than that, I rarely go to MS. I visit it maybe once a month these days. I just visit DT and digg separately.

RE: I like MySpace and all but...

By i4mt3hwin on 4/19/2007 6:27:29 PM , Rating: 5

I can't even imagine what this is going to look like. The immature 12 year olds who run rampant on myspace are going to vote up the most retarded shit ever. The aging site is filled to the teeth with spyware and scam exploits. I can't wait till they figure out a way to add music and broken html tables to the news section.

Ill take digg/dailytech over this anyday of the week.

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RE: I like MySpace and all but...

By BucDan on 4/19/2007 6:56:56 PM , Rating: 2

i 2nd that... too many little kids that'll make bad votes and have the dumbest story ever as #1....why is myspace doing this??? they are a friends community where u meet people and not exactly news. they already have over like freakin' 10,000,000 users....that isnt enough for them??

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RE: I like MySpace and all but...

By Samus on 4/20/2007 7:22:40 AM , Rating: 2

Time for Rupert to repair whats left of the republican party by rebuilding it with the young ones using brainwashing advertising and news through myspace, the faccet for american youth.

Well played, Newscorp, you evil son of a bitch.

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RE: I like MySpace and all but...

By BucDan on 4/19/2007 6:57:30 PM , Rating: 3

agreed....face book = purrty

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RE: I like MySpace and all but...

By Scorpion on 4/19/2007 10:11:22 PM , Rating: 2

No. please for the love of god don't mention facebook again. Keep all of the 12 year olds away.

Those who need to know about Facebook will know about Facebook. I don't want to be sitting around talking about a time I could remember when the average intelligence on facebook was at least 100 points above Myspace.

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Gee I didnt see that coming

By BioRebel on 4/20/2007 1:01:58 AM , Rating: 2

After all the site is now owned by Newscorp, and anything you post on myspace is now the property of that d*ck rupert murdock.

well

By sprockkets on 4/20/2007 10:25:47 AM , Rating: 2

maybe they can post right on their page the news of when someone gets exploited via myspace

sites like this are the worst thing to happen to this generation of children. bullying takes on new meaning.