MySpace Launches the Bracket Challenge Presented by vitaminwater

Challenge Friends on MySpace for Chance to Win $10,000

MySpace, the world’s leading social portal is proud to launch the second annual MySpace Bracket Challenge presented by vitaminwater® (www.myspace.com/myspacebracket), where MySpace users go head to head predicting the outcome of the tournament. vitaminwater will provide additional content, including insight and picks from well-known players. The winner of this year’s Bracket Challenge will receive $10,000.

To participate, MySpace users should friend the Bracket Challenge profile and fill out an online tournament bracket. Participants have from Sunday, March 15 until one hour before tip-off of Game 1 on Thursday, March 19 to finalize their brackets. As the games are played, users are ranked based on the correctness of their picks. The user with the most accurate bracket at the end of the tournament will be declared the winner and receive the $10,000 prize.

In addition to the Bracket Challenge, the community profile will host a suite of other interactive features, including:
Player Insight – Get tips from basketball superstars Chris Paul, Ray Allen, Steve Nash, Deron Williams, Jeff Green, and David Lee as they provide insight and picks for this year’s tournament.
Tournament News by FOXSports.com on MSN – Keep up with all the latest breaking basketball news.
Mobile Alerts by 4INFO – Receive final scores on your mobile phone and get notification right before an upset might occur.
Game Simulator by WhatIfSports.com – Predict the outcome of potential tournament matchups with the touch of a button.
Rankings – See instant rankings and how you stack up against your friends as the tournament progresses.
Video Gallery by WatchMojo.com – Watch videos featuring tournament legends, past and present.

For more information, be sure to visit the profile MySpace Bracket Challenge community profile at www.myspace.com/myspacebracket.

About MySpace

MySpace is the world’s leading social portal for connecting people, content, and culture. MySpace empowers its global community to experience the Internet through a social lens by integrating personal profiles, photo sharing, professional and viral videos, blogs, mobile, instant messaging, and the world’s largest music community. MySpace is the highest trafficked website in the United States and includes an international network of more than 30 local community sites throughout North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Fox Interactive Media is a division of News Corporation. (NYSE:NWS) (NYSE:NWS.A) (ASX:NWS) (ASX:NWSLV).

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