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American Innovations

Wondery

Steven Johnson, History, Kids & Family, Education For Kids, Science

4.6 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2021

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

It’s the mid 2000s, and social media is mainstream. MySpace has eclipsed Friendster and been acquired by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation. Meanwhile, another company is quietly reinventing social media yet again, founded by a college sophomore with a rare combination of technical skill and strong business instincts. His name is Mark Zuckerberg, and his company, The Facebook, will soon challenge MySpace and its new corporate owner for control of the social media landscape.

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0:23.0	July 2005
0:29.0	July 2005
0:31.0	Los Angeles, California, the Myspace offices near LAX.
0:36.0	Christopher Wolf is sitting at his desk looking over some recent financial numbers
0:40.5	when he gets a visitor.
0:42.0	It's Richard Rosenblatt, the CEO of Myspace's parent company InterMix,
0:46.5	formerly known as E-Universe.
0:48.5	Hey, Chris, you got a second?
0:51.0	Sure, sure, come on in.
0:52.5	Rosenblatt enters and sits on DeWolf's couch.
0:55.5	Well, the deal's been done.
0:57.5	Which deal?
0:58.5	You know which deal.
0:59.5	We're selling.
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