Posts Tagged ‘personnel’

MySpace Puts Former Googler Over Games, Dev Platform

Posted by webwarrior on May 5th, 2010

Fresh off News Corp.’s quarterly earnings report, MySpace has added a new member to its team, and he looks more than capable of helping the site move forward.  In fact, the man’s spent a good deal of time working for a certain search giant, and he’ll oversee two businesses on which MySpace is putting more and more emphasis.

A MySpace spokesperson told WebProNews in an email, "MySpace is announcing Manu Rekhi as the new GM of MySpace Games and Developer Platform.  Manu brings to this role an extensive background in strategic business and product development with a variety of companies including Google and Lolapps."

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MySpace’s VP Of Corporate Communications To Leave

Posted by webwarrior on April 27th, 2010

Today is not likely to be remembered fondly by members of MySpace’s PR department.  One of the most visible people on MySpace’s payroll announced this afternoon that she is leaving, and to complicate the situation, Dani Dudeck is actually the company’s vice president of corporate communications.

Dudeck’s departure may be rough on MySpace’s image for several reasons, starting with her destination.  Dudeck wrote on Twitter that she’s headed to Zynga, and while many factors could have influenced her decision, it’s hard not to infer that she thinks the social gaming company must in some way have a brighter future than MySpace.

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MySpace’s CEO Out

Posted by webwarrior on February 11th, 2010

Owen Van Natta, who only joined MySpace in April of last year, will no longer serve as its CEO.  Reports indicate that he’s in fact been fired, and MySpace has at least confirmed that Jason Hirschhorn and Mike Jones, who reported to Van Natta, are becoming co-presidents.

Owen Van NattaThis series of developments comes as a big surprise.  Just one week ago, rumor had it that Hirschhorn might leave MySpace due to tension with Van Natta.  But according to Kara Swisher, News Corp. Chief Digital Officer Jon Miller then became involved, and after talking to all three men, wound up sacking the CEO.

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MySpace, Chief Product Officer May Part Ways

Posted by webwarrior on February 5th, 2010

A high-ranking MySpace executive might be ready to depart, according to a new report.  Rumor has it that Chief Product Officer Jason Hirschhorn, who’s been with the company for less than a year, is making his way towards the exit.

This story appears to deserve some heavy disclaimers; since it began to spread, Hirschhorn wrote on his MySpace page, "i love fiction," and classified his mood as "amused."

He also linked to a clip of Philip Seymour Hoffman lecturing about gossip (as Father Flynn in the movie Doubt) from both his MySpace and Twitter accounts.

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MySpace Names First Chief Financial Officer

Posted by webwarrior on October 5th, 2009

When News Corp. acquired MySpace in 2005, it paid $580 million, and all sorts of large figures (the $900 million Google ad deal, for example) have been attached to the social network since.  However, it’s never had a chief financial officer, and this morning, MySpace changed that.

Mark RosenbaumMark Rosenbaum, the new CFO, does not appear to represent an afterthought.  He starts immediately, and will indeed be in charge of all of MySpace’s finance- and accounting-related operations.  He’ll also work out of MySpace’s headquarters and report straight to CEO Owen Van Natta.

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