Myspace launch free cell phone version

The social networking Web site MySpace is launching a free, advertising-supported cell phone version as part of a wider bid by parent News Corp. to attract advertising for mobile Web sites. Fox Interactive Media, which oversees News Corp.'s Internet properties, also plans to roll out versions of FoxSports.com, the gaming site IGN, AskMen and its local TV affiliates in the coming months that will work on cell phones that can access the Internet. The company plans to offer a mobile version of its Photobucket picture sharing site in coming months. The company already offers premium, subscription-based versions of MySpace through AT&T Inc. and Helio wireless services. Those versions include special features integrated into specific handsets, such as uploading cell phone photos directly to a user's profile page.