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MySpace Launches MySpace Latino

Business Wire, April 8, 2008

* Remezcla.com: MySpace Latino has partnered with Remezcla.com to form the En Tu Ciudad Community page on MySpace Latino. Known for their local expertise, Remezcla.com will provide exclusive content to the En Tu Ciudad Community page. En Tu Ciudad highlights Remezcla.com's weekly event picks in Latin Art, Film, and Music in Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, and San Francisco, as well as articles, photos and more.

* Billboard en Espanol: A media partnership with the new Billboard en Espanol, the new website for Spanish-speaking music enthusiasts to receive news, features, blogs, charts, reviews and more on their favorite Latin music artists.

Since MySpace's official launch in January 2004, music has been a cornerstone of MySpace's success with more than five million bands offering fans exclusive access to their profiles and music projects. MySpace Secret Shows offer registered MySpace members the opportunity to hear about upcoming free concerts happening in their area. MySpace launched the Secret Shows franchise in February 2006 and has since hosted nearly 100 concerts in the United States and abroad. To receive advanced notice of these intimate concerts users must friend the Secret Shows profile (http://www.myspace.com/secretshows).

Past Secret Shows have included diverse acts such as Cafe Tacuba, Ozomatli, Paul DeAnda, Los Bunkers, Los Amigos Invisibles, Justice, Pennywise, Rilo Kiley, Maroon 5, The Bravery, Gnarls Barkley, The Killers, and James Blunt amongst others. Shows Secretos are a spin-off of the popular Secret Shows franchise designed specifically for the Latino community.

About MySpace

MySpace, a unit of Fox Interactive Media Inc., is the premier lifestyle portal for connecting with friends, discovering popular culture, and making a positive impact on the world. MySpace has created a connected global community by integrating web profiles, blogs, instant messaging, e-mail, music streaming, music videos, photo galleries, classified listings, events, groups, college communities, and member forums. MySpace's international network includes more than 20 localized community sites in the United States, Brazil, Canada, Latin America, Mexico, Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Australia, India, Japan, and New Zealand. Fox Interactive Media is a division of News Corp. (NYSE:NWS - News, NWS.A - News; ASX:NWS - News, NWSLV - News).

(*)Among the top 2000 domains comScore Media Metrix, February 2008. For more information on comScore Networks, please go to http://www.comscore.com.

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