MySpace Crosses 70-Million User Mark

LOS ANGELES, July 12:
MySpace announced today that it is outperforming all other social networking
sites, having crossed the 70 million active monthly user mark in the U.S.;
nearly one in four Americans used the News Corporation-owned site last month,
according to comScore MediaMetrix data.

MySpace's total unique
U.S. visitors in June are 70.5 million, an increase of 1.6 million unique
visitors compared to May. MySpace's total U.S. page views in June are 46.4
billion, an increase of 2 billion total page views over May's 44.4 billion. The
total time spent on MySpace by users is three times its closest competitor. The
average time spent per person per month is more than 200 minutes, according to
comScore. Meanwhile, a report issued yesterday by Forrester shows that nearly
80 percent of 12- to 17-year-olds use MySpace at least weekly—four times
more than any other social network.

"This is just the
beginning of MySpace's evolution and we're excited to see the continued growth
and engagement among our users," said Chris DeWolfe, the CEO and
co-founder of MySpace. "Whether uploading a video, registering to vote, or
catching up with friends, MySpace continues to be a central part of people's
lives."

MySpace has plans to
expand into ten additional countries in the next year. MySpace currently has
localized communities in 18 countries and seven languages including France,
Germany, Australia, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Mexico, Switzerland, Austria,
Canada, Netherlands, New Zealand, Japan, Sweden, Latin America and the U.K.
This week, MySpace U.K. broke the 10 million active user mark according to
comScore, meaning that approximately one in six people in the U.K. are on
MySpace.

This success comes on the
heels of the recent global launch of MySpaceTV. According to comScore, 38
percent of people streaming video on the Internet in the U.S. are doing so on
MySpace and the company's total number of unique streamers has gone from 35
million in January to more than 50 million in April, a 40-percent increase in
the past three months.