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# A Graphic Look At The Rise & Fall Of MySpace
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/a-graphic-look-at-the-rise-fall-of-myspace/
- Published: 2011-06-30T10:05:00.000Z
- Updated: 2011-06-30T10:05:00.000Z
- Description: Yesterday's sale of MySpace to ad network Specific Media for just $35 million marks a new low for the struggling social network. News Corp had paid $580 million for MySpace. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2011/06/a-graphic-look-at-the-rise-fall-of-myspace.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Social Media, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:55

[![image from www.google.com](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20154335e6739970c-200wi "image from www.google.com")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20154335e6739970c-popup?ref=hypebot.com)

Yesterday's [sale of **MySpace**](https://www.hypebot.com/myspace-sold-ad-network-specific-media-for-35-million/) to ad network **Specific Media** for just $35 million marks a new low for the struggling social network. **News Corp** had paid $580 million for MySpace in 2006 and some had valued the company in the billions. Just last month News Corp had hoped to get as much as $100 million for the company. A company that once topped 1000 employees will likely be reduced to about 200\. Here is **a graphic look at the rise and fall of MySpace:**

[![image from static8.businessinsider.com](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20154335e64c4970c-450wi "image from static8.businessinsider.com")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20154335e64c4970c-popup?ref=hypebot.com)   
via [Business Inside](http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-of-the-day-the-fall-of-myspace-2011-6?ref=hypebot.com)r