The potential of MySpace may be limitless – as long as it survives the next few months, it seems. Talking at the Reuters Global Media Summit conference earlier this week, the COO of MySpace parent News Corp., Chase Carey, said that that the company was open to all options concerning the site’s future, including selling it:
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With the beginning of Chanukah tonight, gift-giving season is underway, and if you happen to have a comics fan in your life, it can be tough to know what he or she would appreciate. Fortunately, this year has seen a bunch of particularly beautiful comics-related gift books and boxed sets. Here’s a gallery of some of the most …
With less than 24 hours before a possible deal with Google may be announced, Groupon has revealed plans for a hefty expansion to the deal-based site, including a social network to call its very own.
(More on TIME: Google To Buy Groupon For $6 Billion?)
The initiative includes two new innovative features: Groupon Stores and a …
When Joss Whedon talked about his upset about a Buffy movie happening without him, he missed out one pertinent detail: He’d turned down the chance to write said movie months earlier. According to “studio insiders” that talked to the Hollywood Reporter, Whedon was approached by producers Kaz and Fran Rubel Kuzui last year about working on …
If you just can’t wait until the next “Avatar” movie, get to Seattle. On June 4, 2011, the Experience Music Project|Science Fiction Museum (EMP|SFM) is opening AVATAR: The Exhibition. They’ve featured awesome other exhibits, like right now they’ve got features on Battlestar Galactica and Nirvana. For the Avatar one, you’ll see props, …
Telethons no more: Non-profits around the world are working to raise AIDS awareness via social media.
Silent For A Cause:
The Digital Life Sacrifice campaign, lead by singer Alicia Keys, is raising money for the Keep A Child Alive fund, which provides support to people affected by HIV/AIDS in Africa and India. To raise finances, …
Not content to watch Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Apple and others eat up all the revenue from sales of electronic books, Google is busy prepping its own digital book store called “Google Editions.”
The project is aiming to launch before the end of the year here in the U.S., Google’s Scott Dougall told the Wall Street Journal. And unlike …
As Twitter flips the off-switch to its “verified account” feature, we would like to extend a warm welcome to the return of the celebrity impostor.
(More on TIME: Facebook Alum Starts “Jumo” Social Network For Charities)
The system, introduced in June 2009, won’t be wiped from feeds that have already earned a “verified” status, but …
Charles Burns’ most recent graphic novel, X’ed Out, appeared a couple of months ago. The story of a young punk with a little tufty hairdo who has, or imagines, an alternate life in a terrifying, apocalyptic landscape, the Black Hole cartoonist’s new book owes a lot to Hergé’s classic Tintin series–the cover, for instance, is a parody …
BlackBerry users now have a secure way to quickly capture credit card transactions on their handsets. The newly-announced Roam attachment is “the world’s first encrypted audio coupled card reader for BlackBerry devices,” according to the company’s press release.
The “swiper,” as it’s called, connects to the headphone jack of any …
Marvel Entertainment has been dealt a blow in the ongoing legal battle with the estate of Jack Kirby over the ownership of 45 of the company’s most popular (and lucrative) characters – and Disney has been told that it’s involved, whether it likes it or not.
New York federal judge Colleen McMahon last week ruled on multiple matters in …
Book lovers, take note: The best reading buddies might not frequent your local bookstores.
If you’re tired of testing book clubs that somehow always seem to be covers for mindless gossip, take your love of lit to the web. Social reading sites have become the new meeting place for book lovers, as comment threads double as circled …
