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MySpace Feeds the DeadPool, Nukes Another Startup

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J. Michael Arrington (born March 13, 1970 in Huntington Beach, California) is a serial entrepreneur and the founder of TechCrunch, a blog covering startups and technology news. Arrington attended Claremont McKenna College (BA Economics, 1992) and Stanford Law School (JD, 1995) and practiced as a corporate and securities lawyer at two law firms: O’Melveny & Myers and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich... → Learn More

Tuesday, June 20th, 2006
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MySpace, the 27.4 Billion Pound Gorilla, stomped on another startup today. DatingAnyone.com has shut down its service.

Last week startup Singlestat.us closed its doors in response to a MySpace cease and desist letter. The same letter, with a different name and address, is the cause of the shutdown of DatingAnyone.com. The services, which are nearly identical, let you know when someone’s relationship status changes on MySpace.

The TechCrunch DeadPool grows.

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