
Stealing MySpace
The Battle to Control the Most Popular Website in America
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Richard Powers
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Julia Angwin
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. This is the fascinating and surprising story that includes all the elements of a great business narrative: obsessive characters from cofounders Tom Anderson and Chris DeWolfe to Rupert Murdock, relentless and unlikely innovation, and dizzying backroom dealmaking; all centered around an epic battle for control.
Angwin had unparalleled access to all the necessary sources to reveal never-before-told accounts about Rupert Murdoch and Viacom Chief Executive Tom Freston.
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Critic reviews
"A well-written, entertaining and drama-filled chronicle.... This engrossing look at how MySpace became a media powerhouse will find a solid audience of business history, technology and entrepreneurship readers." (Publishers Weekly)
little fragmented jumping from one person to another, quick to little transitions.
I'm techie and in the space, so i found it very entertaining and informative. I can see how others may find it hard to follow as the author jump from one person to person to another, ie my space founder, then the founders of the company that my space founders work at, ie rupert murdoch back story
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Blast from the past
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Interesting, but unfocused
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Criminal shenanigans!
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Popular History at Its Best
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not a straight line
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To the authors credit, the book was loaded with what seemed to be an accurate yet never ending chronological list of facts and figures.
Choppy and Boring!
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Disappointing
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