MySpace founders half billion dollars richer now... $580,000,000.00 to be exact.

[97Lude]

MySpace founders Chris DeWolfe and Tom Anderson, who recently sold their company to Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. for $580 million, would not be interviewed by phone but agreed to answer questions by e-mail. ("They just don't have the bandwidth," said a spokeswoman, referring to their busy schedules.) They relayed their answers through a public relations firm and would not specifically address the great number of underage users on the site. ("All safety tips are located in the bottom tool bar of MySpace's main page under 'Safety Tips,' and they detail ways in which users can have a safe and meaningful experience on the site," they wrote.) They ignored a question about the sexual assault in New York.

MySpace, which counts 42 million members and has surpassed EBay, Google and AOL in number of page views, is a place that invites strangers to mingle.

lets all start our own myspsace/friendster boys and girls.

[gloryaccordy]

Half a billion? I think that warrants a 'WOAH NA!!!!!' How did it become so valuable? I don't even see ads on it like that for it to be generating that kind of revenue...

*browses Myspace hoes locally*

[williamsvt]

dayum.

[Gemini]

DAMNNN!! Tom is filthy rich now!!

[Accordpwnz0r]

i wish i would of typed some html and gotten all that money

[uncle_el]

Half a billion? I think that warrants a 'WOAH NA!!!!!' How did it become so valuable? I don't even see ads on it like that for it to be generating that kind of revenue...

there have been talks by different companies over the past year on how to reach out to more people. in other words, companies have been trying to find the newest and "hippest" ways to advertise. many companies now realize that many people in our generation don't go for the typical t.v. commercial.

the thought with myspace is that, one, and a quite obvious one, is that there are sooooo many people use the site.

second, though apparently there is a "we will not forward your e-mail" sort of clause on the site (i don't personally use the site so i don't know the validity of that statement per se), what people have done on the site by listing their favorite everything from a to z is to functionally build a database of consumers.

so, in effect, murdoch's news corp. (which owns fox news and a few newspapers) bought a consumer database that is ever changing and ever growing, without having to lift an arm and a leg. and being that myspace is what it is, it will be an ever evolving consumer database.

[Maple50175]

Yeah myspace rocks for picking up hoes

[93EXaesthetic]

hot or not is where to pick up hoes!!!

damn i wish i would have bought google when it was IPO...i would have made 40,000 bucks!.

[HenRoc]

Yeah myspace rocks for picking up hoes

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[accordme93]

I fucking hated the site until my buddy's sister thought it would be funny to make a myspace page for. Then like everyone else I was hooked like a crackhead. It's cool because I check whats going on with my friends during the week. Or in other words, I prefer to be on myspace than actually do my job. lol

I knew it was only a matter of time before Tom made a killing off the site.

[XLR Azn]

[areannecl]

I wish I was one of the founders of myspace that way I can upgrade my accord with all the cool stuff...wow!