It was only later – far too late for the Winklevoss – that Mark revealed his true ambition. A design glitch allowed MySpace users to customize their profiles.  But that mixed blessing created a cacophonous environment which made users …

Stirratt is former chief revenue officer for MySpace and former executive vice president of digital advertising at MTV Networks. As CRO, Stirratt will be responsible for all field-facing areas, including sales, account management, delivery and …

Ms. Stirratt will be chief revenue officer for Acxiom, based in New York and tasked with managing all the data giant’s relationships with marketers as well as making the company more visible at a time when data is more crucial than ever and the privacy …

For those of you who don’t remember, prior to Facebook, Myspace and Friendster, there was Sixdegrees.com. Initially conceived as a way to manage relationships online, the early Web 1.0 company developed the concept and the product and patented …

An appeals court  has ruled that photos on Facebook and Myspace of a man “drinking and partying” can be used as evidence to deny him further workers compensation claims. At the center of the suit is  Zackery Clement, who suffered a hernia …

No one knows how hard the mighty can fall quite like Mike Jones. Jones was MySpace’s most recent CEO; his job was to assess a faltering social app and see if it was saveable. Since Jones saw a once-powerful network through a period of layoffs …

Yet Facebook’s prospects looked far less certain when it launched in 2004, one of numerous social networking sites seeking to emulate the success of services such as Friendster and Myspace. In 2006, while Facebook was still open only to students …

Inc. in 2011, taking a 16.3 percent share, according to researcher EMarketer Inc. Sales at Facebook, which became the dominant social- networking site in 2008 by leapfrogging pioneer MySpace Inc., surged 88 percent to $3.71 billion in 2011.

Sometimes, it can feel like Facebook owns us –– we constantly refresh the page, hoping to see if that newly-”friended” hottie commented “cute ” on our profile picture. It can be demoralizing. But today, the tables may start to turn.

Stirratt is former chief revenue officer for MySpace and former executive vice president of digital advertising at MTV Networks. As CRO, Stirratt will be responsible for all field-facing areas, including sales, account management, delivery and …