By Numbers – News Corp sells MySpace

US$580m – amount Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp bought MySpace for in 2005
1400 – number of staff MySpace employed two years ago
500 – number of employees the company has now
300m – registered MySpace users in 2007
US$12bn – company valuation in 2007
US$100m – sale price News Corp sought for the ailing social network
US$35m – amount ad targeting company Specific Media paid for MySpace
US$80bn – estimated value of Facebook next year
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