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  <title><![CDATA[Stealing MySpace: The Battle to Control the Most Popular Website in America]]></title>
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  <default_description>A fast-paced and deeply reported look at the unlikely success of MySpace, the Web 2.0 phenomenon, and the drama surrounding one of the biggest deals of the Internet age. Barely funded, technologically inept, conceptually derivative, and driven by rivalries, the company that was to morph into the biggest Internet site in the world had an unlikely beginning. This is the fascinating and surprising story that includes all the elements of a great business narrative: obsessive characters from co-founders Tom Anderson and Chris DeWolfe to Rupert Murdock, relentless and unlikely innovation, and dizzying back room deal-making; all centered around an epic battle for control.</default_description>
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      <name><![CDATA[Julia Angwin]]></name>
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  <read_at>Wed Jun 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[STEALING MYSPACE: The battle to control the most popular website in America, (2009) is an amazing story. It’s an inside look at the business of social networking, avarice, and greed. It is well documented. A few things stand out: The amount of money involved— millions and millions of dollars are...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58180115">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Aug 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've never been on Myspace (it's obviously too hip for me), but this history by Wall Street Journal reporter Julia Angwin makes for an interesting lesson in both web development and web business. It's giving me some insight in to why we make some of the choices we do with our games, and also illustr...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67631764">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Jul 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Fri Jul 31 12:27:04 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[current biz books should not print epilogues at the end of titles, instead they should just have a link to a blog where the epilogue can be continually kept up to date...even though this books just came out last year, it is already out of date as the major players have been fired/moved on and the he...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64282666">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Jul 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Very good history and overview of MySpace. Particularly strong on the pre-history, when the MySpace founders were busy scrapping a living from email and pop-up spam and porn. The founders almost accidentally stumbled on a winner with social networking, which was eventually acquired by News Corp. The...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62188802">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat May 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A detailed account of the origins of myspace as a low-budget friendster knock-off and its journey to become the most-visited web site.  It's dry but relevant to anyone interested in how new products/services are created and can grow to be so immensely successful despite the mistakes of their owners.<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56353502">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Aug 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book looked interesting at the library so I picked it up. It's pretty good, considering I'm 15 pages into it. Further review will come after the finishing of this novel. :)]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[a fantastic history of myspace and the LA tech scene ]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Jun 07 19:32:07 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not too far into it, but it makes one wonder about the value of &quot;social networking&quot; online...and the calibre of the people who control it.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Sep 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Gave up halfway through....the sections about the evolution of social networking were interesting, but I really could not care less about the personalities of all the internet start-up executives, which were described in excruciating detail. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[enjoyed the book and a very fast read. Would like to see an updated edition to talk about the current state of MySpace]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I got a little lost with all the various characters, but I suppose that tells you a lot about the story of MySpace.]]></body>
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