Stealing myspace audiobook by julia angwin rakuten kobo. Ive never been on myspace its obviously too hip for me, but this history by wall street journal reporter julia angwin makes for an. This is the fascinating and surprising story that includes all th. Stealing myspace, by wall street journal technology editor julia angwin, tracks the origin of the social network, from the backroom deals surrounding its news corp acquisition to scandals. Stealing myspace by julia angwin books julia angwin. Its an inside look at the business of social networking, avarice, and greed. This book has been researched thoroughly, written superbly, reads quickly, and overall a very good business history of myspace. The battle to control the most popular website in america. After reading julia angwin s stealing myspace, i have a much better idea, and i got some great laughs along the way. This is the story of myspace, a powerhouse internet company that rose fro. Publication date 2009 topics myspace firm, internet industry united states publisher. Stealing myspace goodreads meet your next favorite book. The battle to control the most popular website in america by julia angwin at barnes.
The battle to control the most popular site in america, myspace s lead developer quit one month after the site launched in 2003. For all the dirt that gets dished on the myspace social network, very little of it has spilled about myspace itself. Not to mention when a site catches on, balloons in value, and is sold. Wall street journal editor julia angwin s tellall book about myspace is set for official publication on march 17, 2009. In her book stealing myspace, julia angwin recounts how levinsohn seemed dubious facebook could handle its rapid growth. Julia angwin is an investigative journalist, cofounder and editorinchief of the markup.
Myspace s story is an almost stereotypical comingofage tale for internet startups, a modernday bildungsroman of social networking. Stealing myspace stealing myspace audiobook, by julia angwin. Author julia angwin talks up stealing myspace at sxsw. The battle to control the most popular website in america and dragnet nation.
The page 99 test reveals a very important part of my. The battle to control the most popular website in america random house. Expanding the fair credit reporting act to ensure accountability and fairness in employer searches of online social networking services. Pity the book cover here looks like an old myspace banner ad, dont judge the book on that. No one would have predicted that this companybarely funded, technologically inept, conceptually derivative, and driven by rivalrieswould morph into the biggest internet site in the world. From 2000 to 20 she was a staff reporter for the wall street journal, where she was on the team of reporters awarded the 2003 pulitzer prize for coverage of corporate corruption and led a team covering online privacy that was a.
App release that improves performance, provides several new options. Today, i spoke with julia angwin, who works for the wall street journal and is the author of stealing myspace. As julia angwin explains in her aforementioned 2009 book stealing myspace. Its clear from the very first paragraph that the author has put a lot of effort into her subject. Myspace is the first successful hollywood internet company. Written by julia angwin, audiobook narrated by richard powers. Wsj tech editor julia angwin on her new book, stealing. I grew up in palo alto and when i discovered this l. Julia angwin is an awardwinning investigative journalist and editorinchief of the markup, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates the impacts of technology on society julia was a previously a senior reporter at the independent news organization propublica, where she led an investigative team that was a finalist for a pulitzer prize in explanatory reporting in 2017 and won a gerald loeb. The battle to control the most popular website in america, and reported the following.
From 2000 to 20, she reported for the wall street journal, where her team of reporters won the 2003 explanatory reporting pulitzer covering corporate corruption, and she received a 2010 gerald loeb award for her privacy. Stealing myspace by julia angwin overdrive rakuten. When i started reporting on myspace, as i discovered its history, i couldnt. But in a new book out today, and unveiled at the south by southwest interactive festival, author julia angwin unveils the somewhat tawdry story of the companys roots in spam, porn and spyware. A video clip of julia angwin talking about her book stealing myspace. Meticulously reported with extensive endnotes, stealing myspace is a fastmoving business narrative reminiscent of kurt eichenwalds conspiracy of fools and bryan burrough and john helyars barbarians at the gate.
As an alternative, the kindle ebook is available now and can be read on any device with. Julia angwin is a senior reporter at propublica, where, in 2016, she led a team investigating algorithms that was a finalist for a pulitzer prize in explanatory reporting. It feels almost historic to read about the growth and reach of myspace in an age where facebook is widely seen to have pulled out a victorywhich wasnt necessarily the case when wall street journal writer julia angwin began writing her first book, stealing myspace. Start a free 30day trial today and get your first audiobook free. Stealing myspace by julia angwin app has been update to version 2.
The battle to control the most popular website in america, new york. The battle to control the most popular website in america by julia angwin 268 pages. March 17, 2009, was shown as part of a promotion to. The amount of money involved millions and millions of dollars are thrown around and some people have gotten very rich. Julia angwin is an awardwinning journalist at the wall street journal, where she writes about the convergence of technology and media. Stealing myspace chronicles the rise and fall of the website that made social. In dragnet nation, julia angwin of the wall street journal reports from the front. Weve got our hands on a draft of the 268 page book. I discovered that in the course of reporting my book, and it took me a long time to. With an unerring eye, angwin details how myspace took the internet by storm by grabbing the best ideas from around the web, encouraging pinup stars such as tila tequila to make their home on its pages and giving everyone freedom. Julia angwin is the author of stealing myspace and an awardwinning investigative journalist for the independent news organization propublica.
With an unerring eye, angwin details how myspace took the internet by storm by grabbing the best ideas from around the web, encouraging pinup stars such as tila tequila to make their home on its pages and giving everyone freedom to experiment with online identitiesincluding. This is the story of myspace, a powerhouse internet company that rose from humble beginnings to become nothing less than one of the centerpieces of rupert murdochs media empire. But in terms of total traffic, facebook is still catching up to. Central to the myspace story is an epic battle for control that climaxed when myspace was secretly sold to murdoch behind the backs of founders chris dewolfe and tom anderson. 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. Angwin is author of nonfiction books, stealing myspace. She applied the page 99 test to her new book, stealing myspace. The battle to control the most popular website in america, 2009 is an amazing story. The greatest thing about stealing myspace is that its a real l. With an unerring eye, angwin details how myspace took the internet by storm by grabbing the best ideas from around the web, encouraging pinup stars such as tila tequila to make their home on its pages and giving everyone freedom to experiment with online identitiesincluding using somebody.
Stealing myspace the battle to control the most popular website in america. The first, set to be published on march 17, 2009, is wall street journal editor julia angwin s stealing myspace. With an unerring eye, angwin details how myspace took the internet by storm by grabbing the best ideas from around the web, encouraging pinup stars such as tila tequila to make their home on its pages and giving everyone freedom to experiment with online identitiesincluding using somebody elses identity. The battle to control the most popular website in america by julia angwin. In stealing myspace, pulitzer prizewinning journalist julia angwin chronicles the rise of this internet powerhouse. She was a senior reporter at propublica until april 2018 and staff reporter at the new york bureau of the wall street journal from 2000 to 20. In this interview she talks to us about her new book, the story of myspace, how it compares to facebook, and if myspace is safe for kids. Stealing myspace by julia angwin, 9781400066940, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Listen to stealing myspace the battle to control the most popular website in america by julia angwin available from rakuten kobo. Stealing myspace audiobook, written by julia angwin. Zuckerberg was dismissive, both of the comment and of levinsohns business. This triumphal story is told in stealing myspace by julia angwin, an editor and columnist at the wall street journal, without cooperation from myspace and its founders. Stealing myspace ebook by julia angwin rakuten kobo. In stealing myspace, julia angwin dishes on the epic realworld battle for control of a virtual empire.
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