This is page 9 of the social media news archives.

Microsoft Buys Tiny Stake in Facebook For $240 Million (2007-10-24): The New York Times reports that Microsoft has purchased a 1.

MySpace Wants Third Party Widgets (2007-10-18): MySpace isn't going to let Facebook have all the fun.

Google Buys Jaiku. Twitterers Tweet About It (2007-10-09): Google has acquired Jaiku.

Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia to Launch Marthapedia (2007-10-07): Ad Age recently reported that the new social network and user-generated content website from Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia will be called Marthapedia.

LinkedIn Adds Professional Photos (2007-09-28): Adam Nash, the senior director of products at LinkedIn, has announced the addition of photos to the LinkedIn social network.

Facebook Makes Faces Viewable to Public (2007-09-05): Facebook is making its millions of users' faces available to the public.

Billiam the Snowman and the Republican YouTube Debate (2007-08-16): Billiam, a snowman living in Point Hope, Alaska, was one of the Americans asking questiions during the Democratic CNN/YouTube Debate that took place in July.

The Battle at Kruger (2007-08-13): Sometimes amateur videos can generate quite a following.

Large Traffic Jumps for Social Networks Over Past Year (2007-08-08): The chart below from a ComScore press release shows the amazing growth some of the largest social networks have achieved over the past twelve months.

Twitter Gets Funding From Multiple Sources (2007-08-04): Twitter, Inc.

A Social Network For the Dead (2007-07-27): Mashable reports that a social network called Respectance is a social network "dedicated to remembering those who have died.

Democratic CNN YouTube Debate Tonight (2007-07-23): The Democratic party is holding a unique debate tonight on CNN.

Digg's Kevin Rose Launches Pownce to Challenge Twitter (2007-07-01): Kevin Rose, the founder of Digg, has launched a new community and file sharing service called Pownce that challenges Twitter, Jaiku and other microblogging services.

Study: Facebook Users More Likely to Attend College (2007-06-25): A new study has found that Facebook users are more likely to go to college than MySpace users.

Linkedin Claims Professional Social Network Domination (2007-06-17): CNN's The Browser reports that LinkedIn CEO Dan Nye believes people will maintain two social networking profiles and that LinkedIn will dominate as the professional social network.

CBS Buys Last.fm for $280 Million (2007-05-31): CBS Corporation is buying the popular music social network Last.

Twitter Follower Count Error? (2007-05-25): A glitch is causing some Twitterers to have surprising gains of thousands of new followers.

Yahoo Bebo Acquisition Rumor (2007-05-21): We can't get one rumor resolved before another one starts.

Facebook To Let Companies Establish Special Pages (2007-05-21): The Wall Street Journal reports that Facebook is going to open up its website up to corporations and organizations.

Waiting For Twitter to Return (2007-05-15): Twitter has had major connection problems over the past few days.