In Brief
A MySpace Time Line
Key events in the evolution of the social networking phenomenon
By Sarah D. Scalet
March 01, 2007 — CSO —
January 2004
Official site launch of MySpace
February 2004
1 million members
November 2004
5 million members
October 2005
$580 million acquisition by News Corporation
May 2006
Hemanshu Nigam hired as CSO
June 2006
80 million members
• MySpace announces it will block adults from contacting 14- and
15-year-olds without knowing their
e-mail address or full name, make privacy settings available for all users, and block alcohol and tobacco ads for underage users
August 2006
100 million members
October 2006
• Wired reports that hundreds of registered sex offenders have created MySpace pages using their own names
December 2006
135 million members
• Worm using QuickTime exploit spreads through MySpace
• MySpace announces a plan for blocking convicted sex offenders from the site
January 2007
• Four families sue MySpace, claiming their underage daughters were sexually abused by adults they met on the site
• MySpace announces that it's developing free software that parents can use to monitor public information their children post at the site
February 2007
150 million members
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