Stealing MySpace, Julia Angwin
Stealing MySpace, Julia Angwin
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Stealing MySpace
The Battle to Control the Most Popular Website in America

Author: Julia Angwin

Narrator: Paul Michael Garcia

Unabridged: 11 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/17/2009


Synopsis

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 back room dealmaking; all centered around an epic battle for control. Angwin had unparelleded access to all the necessary sources to reveal neverbeforetold accounts about Rupert Murdoch and Viacom Chief Executive Tom Freston.

About Julia Angwin

Julia Angwin is an award-winning journalist at the Wall Street Journal, where she has been writing about the convergence of technology and media for six years. She lives in New York City.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Ryan on July 05, 2012

A friend who works at YouTube recommended this because he said it was a good example of the differences between the start-up cultures in Los Angeles and the Silicon Valley. He was right and I'm glad I read it. The differences he referred to are going to become important as these kinds of companies b......more

Goodreads review by Roy on December 26, 2009

I’ve read a bunch of corporate biographies, most are informative and surprising, and all have given me a greater understanding of how the modern business world works. Corporations have a life cycle (an origination story, development, maturity, etc) which gives them a narrative similar to a person. T......more

Goodreads review by Tawm on September 25, 2024

Impeccable journalism by Julia Angwin, but I do wish an afterward or epilogue portion had been written - maybe there's a version out there with such a conclusion, but the Audible audiobook does not have this. It was published on the very first day of 2009, when this theft/transaction was still fresh......more

Goodreads review by Jerrod on October 18, 2018

Interesting chapter in the history of the internet and social media. I rate three stars as average, decent.......more

Goodreads review by Derek Pankaew on March 16, 2019

Understanding the history of MySpace can help entrepreneurs today avoid the same mistakes. I thought the book was well written and interesting.......more