How Myspace brought music and social media together online
Music journalist Michael Tedder explains how Myspace became music's first social media platform
Before Facebook and Instagram redefined the internet, there was Myspace. Invented by Tom Anderson in 2003, the social networking site turns 20 this month.
As users from that time will remember, it was more than just a place to connect with friends online; it also let young indie bands share their music with the world. Bands like Paramore, Arctic Monkeys and My Chemical Romance all had accounts in their infancy.
The site's fast rise and subsequent decline are documented in a new book called Top Eight: How Myspace Changed Music. Author Michael Tedder joins guest host Amil Niazi to look back on this crucial turning point in both internet and music history.
You can listen to the full discussion from today's show on CBC Listen or on our podcast, Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud, available wherever you get your podcasts.
Interview with Michael Tedder produced by Stuart Berman