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  • 2002

    • 2002: After the 2002 launch of Friendster, several eUniverse employees with Friendster accounts saw its potential and decided to mimic the more popular features of the social networking website, in August 2003. - MySpace, Wikipedia.
    • 2002: It was intended to be a leading online data storage and sharing site up until 2002. - MySpace, Wikipedia.

  • 2005


  • 2006

    • 2006: American mobile phone provider Helio released a series of mobile phones in early 2006 that can utilize a service known as MySpace Mobile to access and edit one's profile and communicate with, and view the profiles of, other members. - MySpace, Wikipedia.
    • June, 2006: MySpace became the most popular social networking site in the United States in June 2006. - MySpace, Wikipedia.
    • June, 2006: Billy Bragg brought the issue to the attention of the media during the first week of June 2006. - MySpace, Wikipedia.
    • August 8, 2006: Search engine Google signed a $900 million deal to provide a Google search facility and advertising on MySpace. - MySpace, Wikipedia.
    • August 9, 2006: The 100 millionth account was created on August 9, 2006,[7] in the Netherlands. - MySpace, Wikipedia.
    • September 20, 2006: On the movie's MySpace it was announced that the movie was going to be shown again in select theaters on September 20, 2007, but only for one day. - Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa, Wikipedia.
    • September, 2006: An elaborate handmade version of this album was released through his Myspace profile in September 2006. - Précis (album), Wikipedia.
    • September 2, 2006: The studio version was available on MySpace on September 2, 2006. - Welcome to the Black Parade, Wikipedia.
    • November, 2006: Quietly in November 2006, news was posted by Simenon on the Bomb the Bass Myspace page that a new album had been recorded, and was about to be mixed. - Bomb the Bass, Wikipedia.
    • November 13, 2006: The band posted a message on its MySpace account on 13 November 2006 announcing its break up after seven years. - ThisGirl, Wikipedia.
    • December, 2006: A prime example of this surfaced in December 2006, when embedded QuickTime videos were shown to contain hyperlinks to JavaScript files, which would be run simply by a user visiting a 'phished' profile page, or even in some cases by simply viewing a user's 'about me' elsewhere on the site. - MySpace, Wikipedia.
    • December 5, 2006: Dog Fashion Disco made a blog post on MySpace stating that the band had decided to call it quits. - Dog Fashion Disco, Wikipedia.
    • December 7, 2006: The band released a statement on their MySpace and official site stating that they were breaking up. - The Organ, Wikipedia.

  • 2007

    • January 11, 2007: The band announced the title via a MySpace bulletin on 11 January 2007. - Strange House, Wikipedia.
    • February 21, 2007: A medley of the album tracks was posted to the band's MySpace page and the Fear of a Blank Planet microsite in February 21. - Fear of a Blank Planet, Wikipedia.
    • February 21, 2007: On the 21 February 2007, Perry confirmed via his MySpace page that the band would reform for a five date UK tour in June. - The Only Ones, Wikipedia.
    • March 21, 2007: The Chemical Brothers officially announced We Are the Night at their MySpace page on 21 March 2007. - We Are the Night, Wikipedia.
    • April 28, 2007: They are active on MySpace and played at a small festival April 28, 2007 at the Ottobar in Baltimore, Maryland for a reunion show. - Sixty Watt Shaman, Wikipedia.
    • 2007: A myspace page for his music was put together and has gained big interest with music lovers across its vast network. - Lee Simeone, Wikipedia.
    • 2007: He got discovered by Sean Kingston through Myspace and was instantly brought on to work on design campaigns for his self titled album in 2007. - Chris Le (C-Le), Wikipedia.
    • 2007: Throughout the course of 2007 and 2008, MySpace redesigned many of the features of its site in both layout and in function. - MySpace, Wikipedia.
    • 2007: Fleet Foxes were becoming increasingly popular and by late 2007 they had attracted over a quarter of a million song plays over two months on their Myspace site. - Fleet Foxes, Wikipedia.
    • August 23, 2007: MySpace and MTV join forces to let candidates in the 2008 United States presidential election hold online webcasts with young people. - August 2007, Wikipedia.
    • August 8, 2007: In July Shaffer reported on the bands MySpace page that the album would not be released August 8, 2008 as previously mentioned. - Korn's ninth studio album, Wikipedia.
    • September 9, 2007: The first part of the infamous work though was posted September 9, 2007 called Leave Britney Alone pt.1 to his MySpace page, while the better-known LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE! (part 2) was posted to both MySpace and YouTube. - Chris Crocker (Internet celebrity), Wikipedia.
    • October, 2007: A study published in the Journal of Adolescence conducted by Sameer Hinduja (Florida Atlantic University) and Justin W. - MySpace, Wikipedia.
    • November, 2007: The MDP is based on the Open Social API which was presented by Google in November 2007 to support social networks to develop social and interacting widgets and can be seen as an answer to Facebooks developer platform. - MySpace, Wikipedia.
    • November 27, 2007: The LYM launched a campaign against social networking websites such as MySpace and Facebook, with the mass distribution of a pamphlet entitled "The Noosphere vs. - Worldwide LaRouche Youth Movement, Wikipedia.
    • November, 2007: Specifically, Pesta alleges that MySpace deleted AAG's account, and his own personal profile, based on complaints from people offended by atheism, and this was the second time MySpace deleted the group since November 2007, even though, according to Pesta, it had never violated the site's Terms of Service. - MySpace, Wikipedia.
    • November 16, 2007: Brandon Rike posted a blog on MySpace that contained a long description, written by Brandon Rike himself, on why it's been so hard to keep the band together. - Dead Poetic, Wikipedia.
    • November, 2007: James created an account on MySpace and began posting demos in November 2007. - Carter James, Wikipedia.
    • November 8, 2007: 3:00am Hawkins posted a MySpace blog containing directions to Do the Green Thing, an organisation for which he has composed a new song "Do It In The Dark", to accompany a short film which encourages people to switch off and save energy. - Justin Hawkins, Wikipedia.
    • December 15, 2007: Blessthefall posted a blog on their MySpace announcing their parting ways with Mabbitt, Mabbitt posted a bulletin on his personal MySpace stating his willingness to return to the band. - Blessthefall, Wikipedia.
    • December 26, 2007: It was originally scheduled to be released on December 26, 2007 as per a post on their MySpace blog, but was ultimately delayed and released on February 26, 2008. - The Afters, Wikipedia.
    • December 16, 2007: Stated in a MySpace blog entry on 16 December 2007 that MTV's decision to change the sound disappointed and angered her; she felt that the video she had recorded for the song was already much more safe and mainstream than her regular videos. - Paper Planes, Wikipedia.
    • December 10, 2007: According to various wrestling news reports, as well as his own MySpace page, Roberts was placed in a 14-week voluntary rehab program by WWE as of December 10, 2007. - Jake Roberts, Wikipedia.

  • 2008

    • January, 2008
      • January 9, 2008: Marilyn Manson posted a bulletin on MySpace confirming that former bassist Twiggy Ramirez was rejoining the band, and Tim Skold had parted ways with the band. - Marilyn Manson (band), Wikipedia.
      • January, 2008: The state attorneys general of 49 states of the USA wrote guidelines for online safety for MySpace and other services. - MySpace, Wikipedia.
      • January 26, 2008: Over 567,000 private MySpace user pictures were downloaded from the site by using a bug published on YouTube and put on the Piratebay torrent site for download. - MySpace, Wikipedia.
    • February, 2008
      • February, 2008: MySpace changed the system such that users who click such links (except for whitelisted domains like Wikipedia and YouTube) will receive a warning that they will be leaving the myspace.com domain. - MySpace, Wikipedia.
      • February 5, 2008: MySpace set up a developer platform which allows developers to share their ideas and write their own MySpace applications. - MySpace, Wikipedia.
      • February 11, 2008: The second series premiered on E4 on 11 February 2008, however the first episode was available in four parts to MySpace users prior to airing. - Skins (TV series), Wikipedia.
      • February 19, 2008: Mitch announced on his MySpace blog and his Livejournal that Dark Horse Comics would be publishing the long-awaited NN2S book. - Nothing Nice To Say, Wikipedia.
    • March, 2008
      • March 24, 2008: Much of the album was released on the band's MySpace with twelve of the thirteen tracks on March 24, 2008. - The Bright Lights of America, Wikipedia.
      • March 23, 2008: Simon announced through a MySpace blog posting that the band were at the writing stage for the second album, and had seven songs which had been distilled from over 50 different tunes. - Cherry Ghost, Wikipedia.
      • March 26, 2008: The video features the band performing in a CGI shopping mall and premiered on MySpace on March 26, 2008. - Funplex (song), Wikipedia.
    • June, 2008
    • August, 2008
      • August, 2008: Aerial announced on their Myspace that they were to embark on a national tour with 5 Years And Counting and Made Avail in September 2008. - Aerial (band), Wikipedia.
    • September, 2008
      • September 6, 2008: The album was made available for streaming on their MySpace page and subsequently leaked onto the internet on September 6, 2008. - TV on the Radio, Wikipedia.
      • September, 2008: Brightman wrote in a blog on her Myspace account that she was making an album with new songs, and she hoped to have something released in 2009; she also noted that she would not be appearing on Sarah Brightman's forthcoming tour due to this. - Amelia Brightman, Wikipedia.
      • September 30, 2008: The band announced in a MySpace blog that on October 3, they would be premiering a demo version of a song from the upcoming album. - The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Wikipedia.
      • September 12, 2008: Dave has announced on the band's Myspace page that he will quit singing for the band, but will remain as the lead guitarist. - Dave Baksh, Wikipedia.
      • September 16, 2008: The band posted the song "Americaspremierfaithbasedinitiative" for listening on their Myspace profile,[18] and on September 18 Fat Wreck Chords made the song available as a free download through their website. - Civil War (album), Wikipedia.
      • September 17, 2008: A music video for the single was first uploaded to Tundra's MySpace on September 17, 2008. - Parallax Error Beheads You, Wikipedia.
      • September 20, 2008: The band announced via MySpace Brian Blickle would be parting ways, while also introducing a new guitarist named Peter Adams, also of Virginia-based band Valkyrie. - Baroness (band), Wikipedia.
      • September 23, 2008: The release was first announced on September 23, 2008 through the band's official MySpace blog. - This Time of Year EP, Wikipedia.
      • September 11, 2008: The band posted full album lyrics on their MySpace blog on September 11, 2008. - Dichotomy (album), Wikipedia.
      • September 12, 2008: It was announced on September 12, 2008, on the band's Myspace bulletin that lead singer and guitarist Dave Baksh will quit his position as the band's singer and will remain only a guitarist, and that the band is currently looking for a new singer to take Dave's position. - Brown Brigade, Wikipedia.
      • September, 2008: At the end of September 2008, the band announced via myspace that drummer Cam Bordignon had left the band during the writing process of their upcoming record. - The Reason (band), Wikipedia.
    • October, 2008
      • October 22, 2008: Larson announced on October 22, 2008 to fans via her official Myspace blog that she will be recording a 5 track EP with new material, and will provide backing vocals for artist, Caitlin Crosby's latest album. - Brie Larson, Wikipedia.
      • October 31, 2008: They were set to support Bring Me The Horizon in the US with Misery Signals and The Ghost Inside, however on October 31 2008 the band unexpectedly announced on their Myspace that they were to split following their December UK tour. - Johnny Truant, Wikipedia.
      • October, 2008: During MipCom in October 2008 MySpace announced plans for a second series and indicated that it was in talks with cable network Foxtel to distribute series 1 on television. - MySpace Road Tour, Wikipedia.
      • October, 2008: During MipCom in October 2008 MySpace announced plans for a second series and indicated that it was in talks with cable network Foxtel to distribute series 1 on television. - Web television, Wikipedia.
      • October, 2008: The band announced the album through their MySpace blog in October 2008. - God Is an Astronaut (album), Wikipedia.
      • October 27, 2008: Pony Up created a blog on their MySpace asking listeners to help them choose the single off their new album, Stay Gold, which will be released in the spring of 2009. - Pony Up, Wikipedia.
    • November, 2008
      • November 12, 2008: Previews of the songs on the EP were posted to the band's myspace page on November 12, 2008, and it was released officially on November 18, 2008 through all major digital music outlets. - Red Star (EP), Wikipedia.
      • November, 2008: MySpace announced that user-uploaded content that infringed on copyrights held by MTV and its subsidiary networks would be redistributed with advertisements that would generate revenue for the companies. - MySpace, Wikipedia.

  • 2009

    • February 25, 2009: The video was premiered on their myspace on 25 February 2009. - Mercury Summer, Wikipedia.
    • February 20, 2009: The full album began streaming on the band's MySpace page on 20 February 2009, and on U2.com a few days later. - No Line on the Horizon, Wikipedia.
    • 2009: As of 2009, MySpace has started migrating from HDD to SSD technology in some of their servers, resulting in space and power usage savings[88]. - MySpace, Wikipedia.
    • August 24, 2009: The video was premiered on their Myspace on 24 August 2009. - Parallels (song), Wikipedia.
    • September 1, 2009: The corresponding video for Hate Everyone was released on MySpace Music on September 1, 2009. - Say Anything (band), Wikipedia.
    • September 1, 2009: It was announced on their Myspace page, that the new album will be released on September 1, 2009, with the first single "Satisfied", released on iTunes on July 28, 2009, and a supporting tour coming in mid-September, following the album's release. - Social Code, Wikipedia.
    • September 19, 2009: In Turkey, MySpace had been blocked on September 19, 2009, due to copyright issues of MÜ-YAP. - MySpace, Wikipedia.
    • September 18, 2009: It was first announced on September 18 from Senmuth's official website, though a Myspace announcement was made shortly after. - Exouniverse, Wikipedia.
    • September 22, 2009: AFI previewed Crash Love on their MySpace page for two days starting September 22, 2009, seven days ahead of the official album release. - AFI (band), Wikipedia.
    • September, 2009: She shut down her MySpace account and stopped social networking completely in December due to the abuse she was taking. - Lily Allen, Wikipedia.
    • September 24, 2009: The video then premiered to the United Kingdom in Cyrus's official UK MySpace on September 24. - Party in the U.S.A., Wikipedia.
    • September 4, 2009: Articles surfaced on the internet regarding Jaebeom's mistranslated posts from 2005 on his personal Myspace account, in which he expressed his dislike for Korea while still a trainee. - Jay Park, Wikipedia.
    • October 20, 2009: Tegan and Sara released the full album for online streaming on their Myspace page on 20 October 2009. - Sainthood (album), Wikipedia.
    • October 5, 2009: The video premiered on VIVA Germany on October 5, 2009[8] and on Myspace on October 6, 2009. - Crank It Up (Ashley Tisdale song), Wikipedia.
    • November 18, 2009: Imeem was acquired by Myspace Music for an undisclosed amount. - MySpace, Wikipedia.
    • November 10, 2009: The band has since created an official MySpace page, where they have posted three new songs and announced November 10, 2009 as a tentative release date for their second full-length album on Trustkill Records, which is slated to be titled Armsbendback. - ArmsBendBack, Wikipedia.
    • December 8, 2009: After the acquisition was completed in December 8, 2009, it was confirmed that MySpace Music bought Imeem for less than US$1 million in cash. - MySpace, Wikipedia.

  • 2010

    • January 18, 2010: Jean-Luc created an official Facebook Fan page and a special video message revealing all the fake Myspace and Twitter accounts out there. - Jean-Luc Bilodeau, Wikipedia.
    • February 18, 2010: This Addiction was made available for listening as streaming audio through the band's MySpace profile. - This Addiction, Wikipedia.
    • February 10, 2010: Jason Hirschhorn was named co-president of MySpace along with Michael Jones on February 10, 2010. - Jason Hirschhorn, Wikipedia.
    • 2010: KidCrusher announced in his Myspace blog that he is working on two new albums this year. - KidCrusher, Wikipedia.






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