MySpace

Michael Wolff on MySpace and Why Rupert Murdoch Loves 'Cretins' - Posted December 2, 2008
So Michael Wolff's long-awaited bio of Rupert Murdoch, The Man Who Owns The News, hit shelves yesterday. Portfolio has a round-up reactions (the Times did not love). Over at BusinessWeek Jon Fine says that "Wolff's Murdoch mumbles, dissembles, has cultural sensibilities predating Elvis Presley if not Rudy Vallee." Fine... [FishBowlNY]

MySpace and PayPal: Give Money To The Cheerleader, Save The World (Or At Least The Whales) - Posted September 24, 2008
MySpace and PayPal have teamed up to create "donation widgets" that will allow the same people who hit your page up for drunken pictures of your 'neathage to contribute to Breast Cancer Research funds. Or something like that. To inspire the masses, MySpace and PayPal have enlisted a coterie of young... [FishBowlLA]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted May 15, 2008
Unclear on the Concept: A note to the latimes.com headline writers. You can't say "Spoiler Alert" and then follow that up with a colon and the actual spoiler. That's not an alert. That's a headline that tells you exactly what's going to happen on American Idol before you've had a chance... [FishBowlLA]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted April 4, 2008
Weekend Box Office Predictions: Josh Friedman is betting on pro football. Apple Beats Wal-Mart: Michelle Quinn and Dawn Chmielewski report that Apple's iTunes store surpassed Wal-Mart as the largest music retailer in the country - a distinction it will get to enjoy until MySpace swallows it whole. Newest Celebrity Blogger? Kirk Douglas.... [FishBowlLA]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted February 7, 2008
The Medium Is The Message: Spin Magazine sees its subscription rates rise after giving away its product for free on MySpace. We have no idea how or why, but we really, really hope the nitwits who run newspapers don't get any ideas. Less Is More: And in related news, ad agency Secret... [FishBowlLA]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted August 27, 2007
Tom To Sell Out? MySpace might get in on e-commerce, a move that would inspire every soft-core porn princess in the world to put Rupert Murdoch in her Top 8. Guessing Game: Is the Envelope's feature "Joan's favorite awards moments" from today? Is the "Joan" Joan Rivers? We have no idea. We... [FishBowlLA]

TV Folks Catch and Pitch - Posted July 23, 2007
Sean Perry, head of Alternative Television at Endeavor is scheduled to deliver the keynote address at the National Association of Television Program Executives annual TV Produers' Boot Camp on Thursday in West Hollywood. Among the other promised highlights are the derision-inspiringly named "Pitch Pit Catchers" from companies including Atlas Worldwide, Distraction... [FishBowlLA]

LAT in 90 Seconds - Posted May 31, 2007
Henry Kissinger: Says a unilateral withdrawal from Iraq wouldn't work. And as proof, he summarizes his view of the entire Vietnam War. Hyper-active Hyperlinks: Newspapers are getting (slowly) more adept at embedding hyperlinks into online stories -- but we can't remember the last time we saw an LAT writer link to a... [FishBowlLA]

Pentagon Limits Soldiers' Access to MySpace, YouTube. Not Soon Enough For Dr. Laura - Posted May 23, 2007
According to the Santa Barbara Independent, Dr. Laura is taking some time off from her column in the Santa Barbara News-Press following a story about her soldier son Deryk Schlessinger's disturbing MySpace page. Seems Deryk's MySpace page (which has been taken down) showed him to be a deeply disturbed lil' "warrior," who... [FishBowlLA]

Barack Obama Campaign Seizes MySpace Page, Friends Flee - Posted May 4, 2007
Barack Obama's campaign got Los Angeles paralegal, Joe Anthony, to stop his politicking for the Senator via MySpace. Anthony set up the page 3 years ago and got more than 30,000 friends--before Obama even announced he was running. As traffic to the site increased, Anthony asked the campaign for some... [FishBowlLA]

Mark Burnett, MySpace Team Up for a Competition to Pick a Political Candidate - Posted April 25, 2007
We checked our calendars, just to be sure, but - nope - it's not April 1. That means either someone at MediaPost Publications has it wrong, or this here story is true: Just in time for the next presidential election, reality TV impresario Mark Burnett is taking his brand of entertainment to... [FishBowlLA]

The Answer Bitch Celebrates Her 100th Episode - Posted April 17, 2007
E!'s The Answer Bitch broadcast her 100th episode Monday -- a fairly huge milestone given that podcasting is such a wee little baby of a medium. As the deliverer of delicious dish, Answer Bitch Leslie Gornstein tells FBLA her own celebrity has come with a price. "It can be really, really exhausting,... [FishBowlLA]

Sundown on Sunset - Posted March 16, 2007
Maybe it's all that exposure from BrooWaha, but we've been hit with an inordinant number of MySpace friend requests. While we slog through those this weekend, the rest of you can enjoy a few tasty news nuggets from our friends around the 'net: LA Observed notes a new LAT hire. Big Action! decides... [FishBowlLA]

MySpace News! Not Just Fluff for Fluffy Lovers - Posted March 9, 2007
MySpace is getting into the news business. Here's how: * MySpace News takes News to a whole new level by dynamically aggregating real-time news and blogs from top sites around the Web. Kitty blogs surge to top of Technorati. * Creates focused, topical news pages that... [FishBowlLA]

Spaceland Launches Record Label - Posted February 26, 2007
One of the best places to hear up-and-coming artists in LA is Spaceland. So why not leverage that hipster cred into global domination? Featuring some live releases from Spaceland's own hallowed grounds, Spaceland Recordings is gearing up to do so. Though the company launched in September, it's been on a media... [FishBowlLA]

In the Trades: CGI, WGA and Xena - Posted February 12, 2007
Bridge to Terabithia is well worth seeing, writes Justin Chang. Animation director Gabor Csupo lets the CGI run away with the movie, but the effects are ultimately outshone by stronger performances by AnnaSophia Robb and Josh Hutcherson. You loved the book, remember? The Writer's Guild awarded screenplay honors to Michael Arndt for... [FishBowlLA]

In the Trades: CGI, WGA and Xena - Posted February 12, 2007
Bridge to Terabithia is well worth seeing, writes Justin Chang. Animation director Gabor Csupo lets the CGI run away with the movie, but the effects are ultimately outshone by stronger performances by AnnaSophia Robb and Josh Hutcherson. You loved the book, remember? The Writer's Guild awarded screenplay honors to Michael Arndt for... [FishBowlLA]