Myspace's music purge is the latest careless cultural loss we'll regret
Will Cox
Bob Dylan’s first acting role was wiped because it took up space. What might we mourn from 50m songs deleted from Myspace?
March 2019
Myspace loses all content uploaded before 2016
Faulty server migration blamed for mass deletion of songs, photos and video
June 2018
Meet the people who still use Myspace: 'It's given me so much joy'
Once it was the biggest social network; now it’s a ghost town. But for a handful of hardcore users, Myspace remains essential
January 2017
When celebrities used Myspace: the profiles A-listers try to forget
With early Tyler, the Creator music unearthed through his page, we tracked down the profiles of other stars – including Tom Hardy and Taylor Swift
July 2016
Yahoo is not alone: six failed tech companies and how they fell
As the internet company sells its core web business to Verizon, we take a look back at AOL, Myspace and other faded firms
June 2016
Lonelygirl15: how one mysterious vlogger changed the internet
Bree was a funny, friendly 16-year-old video blogger with a strange family. But all was not what it seemed. Ten years on, we revisit YouTube’s first viral hoax
February 2016
MySpace: site that once could have bought Facebook acquired by Time Inc
Time Inc buys what is left of MySpace for its user data
January 2016
Shortcuts
RIP Friends Reunited – but what else is lurking in the social media graveyard?
Ello, is anybody there? Alternative social networks abound for the peachy-keen
October 2015
How Arctic Monkeys’ debut single changed the music industry and ‘killed the NME’
Exactly 10 years ago, the Sheffield teenagers mined their giant online following to send I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor to No 1 and revolutionised the way music was sold in the UK for ever
March 2015
Shortcuts
Myspace Tom still wants to be your friend
Myspace – the hot social media website of 2003 – is back. But you won’t find Myspace Tom popping up as your default first friend any more – he’s too busy posting pics on Instagram
Experience
Experience: my face was stolen online
‘I went to the police and waited four hours to speak to someone, but they weren’t interested. The law doesn’t cover you to protect your face’
MySpace – what went wrong: ‘The site was a massive spaghetti-ball mess’
Sean Percival on corporate interference, Punch The Monkey, and a failed attempt to buy Spotify: ‘They sure as hell were not selling to us...’
October 2014
Rupert Murdoch urges media firms to unite to fight Amazon and Netflix
21st Century Fox chairman says industry needs to come up with serious competitor to Amazon and Netflix
September 2014
The ultimate internet glossary: from 4chan to Zynga
Know your lolz from your lulzsec, and your belfies from your selfies? Hannah Jane Parkinson is here to help with an almost definitive list of digital geekery
April 2014
Money blog
Social media is the ideal way to get a job, but you can also ruin your chances
Twentysomethings, brought up with MySpace and Facebook, should beware of the damage they can do their careers
March 2014
Kids online: parents, don't panic
It used to be the shopping centre or park bench – now teens spend hours hanging out on Snapchat or Instagram. Don't worry, says Danah Boyd, they're just forging their own brave new world
