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MySpace is an American social networking website launched in 2003 that became one of the most popular social media platforms in the mid-to-late 2000s, particularly influential in music.

We dig behind MySpace's stated narrative to unravel the real strategy — the calls that actually shaped it, and why they played out the way they did.

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Industry
Social media
Founded
2003
Headquarters
Beverly Hills, United States

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The Founder Doctrine · Decision Forks
How a $900M Google Deal Flooded MySpace With Ads and Emptied It of Users
The $900M Google deal is held up as proof News Corp's MySpace buy paid off. It's the opposite: the deal forced more ads onto an already cluttered site, and a former exec says that's what drove users out. Sold for $35M six years later.
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