This is page 16 of the social media news archives.

Trolling Now a Federal Crime (2006-01-09): A vague new law could mean criminal penalties for annoying people anonymously on the Internet.

Yahoo Buys Delicious for Undisclosed Amount (2005-12-09): Blogspotting's Heather Green reports that Yahoo has acquired Del.

Gather.com Attempting to Build Giant Blogging Community (2005-11-21): The Seattle Times reports that a community blogging website called Gather.

Advertisers Win Friends and Influence on MySpace (2005-11-17): AdBumb offers an in-depth article (no longer available) about MySpace.

Friendster Becomes Annoyster With Spammy Email Campaign (2005-11-13): Friendster, which has been losing ground to its competitors MySpace and Facebook, recently tried a marketing campaign that was not well received.

4 Million Students Use Facebook (2005-11-12): TechCrunch reports that Facebook.

MySpace.com Becomes Music Publisher (2005-11-03): MySpace.

Teen Hacks His Way to MySpace Popularity (2005-10-17): A 19-year-old named Samy hacked his way to MySpace popularity.

Friendster Feature Controversy (2005-10-14): Wired reports that a new feature on Friendster, a blogging and social network service that competes with MySpace.

MySpace Becoming Teen Juggernaut (2005-10-11): An article on WebProNews says that the News Corp.

Can Blogs Make a Love Connection? (2005-08-15): Can blogs help people find a date? Adam Norris thinks they can.

Some of MySpace.com's 23 Million Members Concerned About Fox Acquisition (2005-08-01): News Corporation recently announced the acquisition of MySpace.

87% of Teens Used Internet in 2004 (2005-07-27): 87% of all teenagers used the Internet in 2004 according to a new Teens and Technology report from the Pew Internet and American Life Project.

Friendster Names Taek Kwon CEO (2005-07-01): Friendster, a social networking service, has appointed Taek Kwon as chief executive officer.

Teens Using Internet to Communicate (2005-05-15): Xanga.

Yahoo Combines Blogging With Community Services (2005-03-25): Yahoo has announced Yahoo! 360, a new service that combines several Yahoo community and networking tools.

New Social Networking Sites Continue to Launch (2004-06-04): Is social networking the next big online trend? Some web companies must think so.

Salon Launches Weblog Publishing Service (2002-07-26): Salon Media Group, an online media company, has announced the launch of Salon Blogs, a new service that will allow Salon's users to publish their own weblogs through Salon.

Snowball Launches Subscription Services (2001-07-12): Snowball, an online network for young adults founded in 1999, announced that it has recently launched paid subscription services to complement the existing free content on two of its online networks.

Snowball Announces 33% Staff Reduction (2001-04-18): Snowball, an online network for young adults founded in 1999, announced that it has reduced its workforce by approximately 55 employees, or 33 percent.