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Bebo is Top Social Networking Site in the U.K.

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 22, 2006 - 5:12am.
San Francisco - Social networking site Bebo announced on Wednesday that it ranked as the largest such site in the U.K. in December, according to data from Nielsen/NetRatings, outpacing MySpace for the first time in the region with a total of 1.5 million unique visitors. San Francisco-based Bebo was launched in July 2005 and has since attracted more than 22 million registered members. In addition to standard social network features, Bebo recently partnered with Skype to offer free instant messaging, voice and video calling services.
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Social Networking Site Tagged Raises $7 Million in First Round

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 8, 2006 - 4:17am.
San Francisco - Tagged, a social networking site for teens with over 2 million members, announced on Wednesday that it has raised $7 million in its first round of venture capital financing, led by Mayfield Fund. Launched in 2004, Tagged.com was designed for teens ages 13 to 19 and offers features similar to social networking sites MySpace or Friendster. San Francisco-based Tagged says it counted 2.4 million unique visitors, and 391 million page views during December 2005. The company will use the funds to expand services and features on Tagged.com.
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World Poker Tour Launches Social Networking Site

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 21, 2005 - 2:39am.
Los Angeles - WPT Enterprises announced on Monday that it plans to launch an online social network for online poker players through its World Poker Tour website. The company partnered with Chipleaders, an existing online social network for poker players, to develop a service that lets players create an online profile, upload photos, communicate with other poker players and schedule events.
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Social Networking Site MySpace.com Launches Record Label

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 3, 2005 - 3:38am.
Santa Monica, Calif. - MySpace.com, the social networking site with 35 million members recently acquired by News Corporation, announced on Thursday the launch of its own record label, an imprint of Universal Music Group's Interscope Records. Some 550,000 band pages are among the user profiles on MySpace. where bands post songs and tour dates, while users can add bands as "friends" and communicate through blogs and message boards. Major label acts including Madonna, Coldplay and Nine Inch Nails have also used MySpace to promote new releases, often offering pre-release streaming samples. The first release on MySpace Records will be a compilation, "MySpace Records: Volume I," featuring tracks from Weezer, Fall Out Boy, AFI and Dashboard Confessional. Also featured on the compilation is Hollywood Undead, a Los Angeles-based band whose album will be the first proper release on the label, scheduled for the second quarter of 2006. "Radio has become less and less important...MySpace, by getting so huge, can truly move the needle in terms of musical tastes," MySpace CEO Chris DeWolfe told Reuters, adding that he is currently talking to four additional bands about signing to the label.
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Social Networking Site Flukiest Launches Music Features

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 1, 2005 - 4:34am.
Los Angeles - Social networking site Flukiest.com on Tuesday announced the launch of Flukiest Music, a service that lets bands post songs, interviews, tour dates, blogs and pictures to stay in touch with fans. The service enables instant sharing of photos and videos from mobile devices. Los Angeles-based Flukiest is headed by CEO Duc Chau, who founded the company after helping to develop fellow social networking service MySpace.com.
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