David Kaplan
Nov 16, 2011 9:00 AM
Barely two months after slowly exiting Myspace as its last CEO under News Corp. (NSDQ: NWS), Mike Jones is debuting his new company, Science Inc., which is, in parts, a hybrid venture capital firm, technology studio and consultancy. And in some important ways, Jones tells paidContent, the Los Angeles-based venture,…
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Staci D. Kramer
Jan 12, 2011 3:18 AM
MySpace has done what few can claim to have accomplished so far this new year: cut its weight nearly in half by slashing close to 500 jobs from the payroll. The social-network-turned-social-entertainment-hub skyrocketed to attention after its 2004 launch and by 2005 was viewed by mainstream media like Viacom (NYSE:…
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Staci D. Kramer
Mar 10, 2010 4:01 AM
MySpace (NYSE: NWS) pulled up the curtain a little this week, letting in some light on a makeover still very much in progress and marking a debut of sorts for Co-Presidents Mike Jones and Jason Hirschhorn as a team. By walking reporters through their road map, the two hope to…
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Staci D. Kramer
Feb 10, 2010 7:47 PM
A major shake up at MySpace, where Owen Van Natta is out after less than a year. Stepping up to run the social network are the other two members of the troika brought in by Jon Miller, chairman and CEO of Digital Media for News Corp. (NYSE: NWS), last April…
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Staci D. Kramer
Apr 27, 2009 10:05 AM
The picture at MySpace is getting a little clearer following the rushed unseating of longtime CEO Chris DeWolfe: Owen Van Natta starts work today as CEO of the News Corp social media flagship, where he will be joined by Mike Jones, founder of Userplane, and, paidContent has learned, by Viacom…
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