MySpace Partners with The Wall Street Journal and the World Economic Forum to Send One MySpace User to Davos as ‘Special Correspondent’

MySpace, the world’s premier social network, today kicks-off "MySpace Journal”—a competition in partnership with The Wall Street Journal and the World Economic Forum which gives MySpace users the opportunity to become a special correspondent at the world’s most prestigious conference, the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2009 in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland. The "MySpace Journal” winner, chosen by a panel of experts, will join the Davos press corps and leverage the MySpace platform to report on conference news and interview world leaders about issues relevant to the global MySpace community.

"We’re giving one user the opportunity of a lifetime—access to the most prestigious conference in the world during one of the most critical and historical moments in time,” said Chris DeWolfe, CEO and Co-Founder of MySpace. "Davos brings together thought leaders from around the globe to focus on solutions to the problems we face on an international level and we are thrilled that MySpace can serve as a platform for users all over the world to explore, connect and communicate about these important issues.”

The "MySpace Journal” competition encourages anyone to upload a video at http://www.myspace.com/myspacejournal explaining why they should be chosen to travel to Davos and represent the global MySpace community as the special correspondent. A panel of expert judges including Mark Adams (Head of Communications of the World Economic Forum), Arianna Huffington (Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Huffington Post), Frank Luntz (Communications Specialist and Political Consultant) and Chris DeWolfe (CEO and Co-Founder of MySpace) will select the winner while the MySpace community rates their favorite submissions.

Applicants must share why they should be chosen to attend Davos and report on the conference for the global MySpace community as well as any one of the below questions:

• If you were given the opportunity to take one person (living or historical figure) to Davos in order to make an impact on the conference, who would it be and why?
• If you could engage the entire MySpace community in doing one thing to help make an economic difference, what would it be?
• Why do you deserve the chance to attend the World Economic Forum as the MySpace Special Correspondent and how will your participation engage the audience?

"Over the past 5 years the World Economic Forum has opened its doors to bloggers and has been active on social media platforms. Therefore we are particularly pleased to welcome a citizen reporter from the MySpace community to report from the Annual Meeting in Davos,” said Mark Adams, Head of Communications of the World Economic Forum.

"MySpace Journal” winners will receive:

• All-expense paid travel to/from Davos, Switzerland
• Congress and Media Centre Access
• Lunch with Wall Street Journal editors
• Syndication of the winner’s MySpace blog via WSJ.com

"MySpace Journal” winners will submit daily blogs and bulletins documenting their Davos experience via http://www.myspace.com/myspacejournal. The winner will upload conference pictures and interact with other reporters on-site including top Wall Street Journal reporters and the hundreds of global leaders attending the event.

For more information on the "MySpace Journal” competition please visit http://www.myspace.com/myspacejournal.

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 30 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) (NYSE:NWS.A) (ASX:NWS) (ASX:NWSLV).

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