Remember back in April, when we told you that MySpace was starting a new MySpace Music service that would offer a boatload of streaming major-label music and videos, DRM-free downloads and links to concert tickets and merchandise? Well, there's still no word on when the thing might actually launch, but the site announced on Sunday that it had locked down four major sponsors for the venture: Sony Pictures, Toyota, McDonald's and State Farm. Because if there's anything the kids love, it's eating burgers in their Priuses while watching "Spider-Man," secure in the knowledge that they are fully insured.
Read more about the new MySpace Music deals here.
An attorney for Lori Drew, the Missouri woman accused of using a fake MySpace persona to bully a 13-year-old girl who eventually committed suicide, has argued that the charges against his client should be dropped because no law exists to prohibit such behavior. Attorney H. Dean Steward said the government went beyond the legal limits by charging Drew under a statute typically used to go after computer hackers and deceitful government employees.
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· T.I. and his fiancee Tameka "Tiny" Cottle welcomed a new son into the world at 12:48 a.m. this morning. The boy, Major, is T.I.'s fifth child, and his second with Cottle.
· The “American Idol” tour kicks off on July 1st.
· Gnarls Barkley will play MySpace’s 150th “secret show,” in NY on June 8th.
· If you have extra cash to blow, you might want to consider this amazing sound system, touted as “the $13,000 iPod.”