This is page 15 of the social media news archives.

AOL MySpace Challenge in the Works (2006-04-20): Dave Winer has posted a rumor that AOL will offer a direct challenge to the MySpace youth juggernaut called Head On.

Backfence Acquires Bayosphere (2006-04-19): Backfence has acquired Bayosphere in a merger of two citizen journalism websites.

Facebook Raises $25 Million. Takes Down For Sale Sign. (2006-04-19): Silicon Beat reports that Facebook has raised $25 million.

Dane Cook has 1 Million MySpace Friends (2006-04-13): Comedian Dane Cook has made over one million MySpace friends according to his MySpace profile.

The Small but Growing MySpace Economy (2006-04-12): The MySpace economy is forming.

Myspace the Movie Short Film Pokes Fun at Social Network (2006-04-02): Myspace the Movie is a funny short film that pokes fun at some of the activities that take place on MySpace.

MySpace Purges 200,000 Profiles (2006-03-31): Financial Times reports that MySpace has terminated 200,000 "objectionable" profiles.

Xianz Calls Itself The Christian MySpace (2006-03-30): Xianz (pronounced as Zans) is a Christian social network that describes itself as a safe alternative to MySpace.

Meez to Sell Custom 3D Avatars (2006-03-29): Forbes has a story about a company named Meez that has an interesting business model: selling 3D avatars and avatar outfits.

Technorati Adds List of Most Popular YouTube Videos (2006-03-29): Technorati now has a list of the most linked YouTube videos in the blogosphere.

Facebook Holding Out For $2 Billion (2006-03-29): Facebook is on the block according to a Businessweek article that says Facebook turned down an offer of $750 million from Viacom and would prefer something more like $2 billion.

Service Helps You Spy on MySpace Members (2006-03-23): MySpace accounts are public so you can spy for free.

Social Networking Website Explosion Looms (2006-03-19): A growing trend in social networking is specialization.

K-Fed Has More MySpace Friends Than Chris Pirillo (2006-03-16): Chris Pirillo, a blogger, technologist and founder and publisher of LockerGnome.

Al-Qaeda Also Uses MySpace (2006-03-10): The Al-Qaeda terror organization has reportedly been using social networks like Orkut and Myspace.

Bolt and Xuqa Chase MySpace (2006-03-10): MySpace is the most popular social networking service but it has plenty of competition.

Orkut Home to Osama Bin Laden Fan Clubs (2006-03-08): USA Today has an article that says Google's Orkut service is being used for recruitment by Al-Qaeda.

MySpace Replacing Email for Some Teens and Tweens (2006-03-03): We mentioned earlier that most MySpace users aren't going there to read blogs.

Blogosphere Will Not Be Beaten By MySpace, Digg, YouTube, StupidVideos, Etc. (2006-03-03): Steve Rubel says the center of gravity is shifting and the "blogosphere is not where all the action is going to be in the months ahead.

Ads and Other Features Coming to MSN Spaces (2006-01-26): reports that MSN Spaces is about to update with some new features.