Stories From The Tell-All MySpace Book

Wall Street Journal editor Julia Angwin’s tell-all book about MySpace is set for official publication on March 17, 2009. We've got our hands on a draft of the 268 page book. Some of the more interesting stories are below (you can pre-order it here ). The book, which is really being published a year too late , goes into excruciating detail about the history of MySpace , its founders Chris DeWolfe and Tom Anderson , and others involved in the business. Most of the details are already public knowledge, but there are a handful of facts that I didn't previously know about. Or mere rumors that Angwin presents as facts. MySpace is quick to point out that they had no involvement in the book at all. All they're officially saying is "This book received zero participation, zero access, and zero fact-checking from MySpace." It's clear from the tone of the book that Anguin's sources are primarily or solely people who've left the company, many of whom have a bone to pick with MySpace or parent company News Corp. Brad Greenspan (founder of eUniverse, which was MySpace's original parent company), Richard Rosenblatt (CEO of eUniverse after Greenspan was thrown out) and Ross Levinsohn (former President of Fox Interactive Media and the guy that bought MySpace for News Corp.) were likely all primary sources for the book's material, although Anguin rips into each of them at various times.