MySpace was founded by former Friendster members Chris Dewolfe and Tom Anderson in 2003.

MySpace was purchased in 2005 for $580 million by Rupert Murdoch creator of a media empire that includes 20th Century Fox and the Fox television stations.

The 100 millionth Myspace account was created on August 6, 2006 in the Netherlands and a news story claimed 106 million accounts on September 8, 2006.

The site reportedly attracts 230,000 new registrations per day.

MySpace has more than 40 billion page views a month.

Google paid $900 million to be MySpace’s search provider.

In May 2006, Long Island, New York teenagers Shaun Harrison and Saverio Mondelli were charged with illegal computer access and attempted extortion of MySpace, after both had allegedly hacked into the site to steal the personal information of MySpace users before threatening to share the secrets of how they broke into the website unless MySpace paid them $150,000. Both teens were arrested by undercover Los Angeles police detectives posing as MySpace employees.