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MySpace.com is the leading lifestyle portal for networking online. Integrating web profiles, blogs, instant messaging, e-mail, music downloads, photo galleries, classified listings, events, groups, chatrooms, and user forums, MySpace.com has created a connected community where users put their lives online.
Chief Executive Officer
Owen Van NattaNumber of Employees 200
Contact Information
1223 Wilshire Boulevard
Suite 402
Santa Monica, California 90401
(310) 917-4949
Peer Companies
NAICS Code All Other Publishers: 511199
Recent Events
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MySpace Music Acquires Shuttered Imeem Music Service
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Done Deal: MySpace Music Acquires Imeem
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Suit Says Facebook Scammed Gamers Out of Information, Cash
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Google Partners With MySpace, Lala, Others for Music Search
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Facebook, MySpace May Share Content
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Facebook and MySpace 'in talks?' Of course
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Giving Away Privacy By Sharing Online?
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MySpace Uses Fusion-Powered I/O to Drive Greener Datacenters
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MySpace replaces all server hard disks with flash drives
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Oops! Hack lets anybody join the MySpace network on Facebook
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CFOs on the Move: Week Ending October 9
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MySpace Music Goes Down Under
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Justice Dept. on MySpace, Facebook, Twitter
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Facebook Turns Off Beacon
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Employers Using Social Networking Sites To Research Job Candidates
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MySpace brings in Wendy Harris Millard to boost ads
News & Analysis
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MySpace Music May Be Coming To MSN
PaidContent
- 2009-10-27
MSN is in talks with MySpace to bring its MySpace Music service to MSN, Kara Swisher reports. Swisher describes the talks as being “early,” but Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) is set to refocus MSN’s content offerings on five major areas, including entertainment, as part of an overhaul coming soon, and...
MySpace in talks to power MSN music portal – Rumour
Strategy Eye
- 2009-10-26
MSN is reportedly in early-stage talks with MySpace about partnering on a MySpace-powered music service. The reports come less than a week after MySpace rolled out a number of new music features. The reported talks are the latest signal that MySpace is trying to widen its services to third...
Ex MySpace SVP Kantrowitz Working With Soundcloud, MetroLyrics
PaidContent
- 2009-10-08
Former MySpace SVP Jamie Kantrowitz has lined up advisory roles with a number of online music services, after leaving the social network in August.Kantrowitz had helped set up MySpace in Europe, with a focus on music and entertainment relationships, in 2006 as SVP of marketing and content.But she moved...
Industry Moves: MySpace Founding CTO Whitcomb Leaving; Replaced By MySpace Music's Maghen
PaidContent
- 2009-09-30
MySpace Music CTO Aber Whitcomb, who was part of the social network’s founding team—and was responsible for making the rapid, crazy-quilt growth work, is leaving “to pursue other opportunities.” Instead of going outside the company, MySpace Music CTO Alex Maghen will succeed Whitcomb and report to COO Mike Jones....
Adobe teams up with Gigya to distribute Flash apps
Strategy Eye
- 2009-09-21
Adobe Systems is teaming up with social widget maker Gigya to develop a service that enables advertisers and developers to distribute Flash-based applications across social networks and mobile platforms. The service provides developers with the ability to add a "share" button to their app, which automatically installs it on...
Chart: Twitter.com Now More Popular Than MySpace In UK
PaidContent
- 2009-09-01
There has been a series of increasingly ridiculous comparative Twitter metrics in the lat few months. See Twitter More Popular Than The BBC and Twitter Bigger Than Newspapers In UK. C’mon - comparing a social comms tool with content publishers is like comparing dancing with architecture.But the latest from...
Inside Word: Twitter Could Be The Next MySpace (And That's Not A Compliment)
PaidContent
- 2009-08-28
The Inside Word is a weekly feature that looks at compelling industry debates and discussions unfolding on the blogs of employees at digital-media companies.Blogger: Cody BrownPosition: Publisher, NYU LocalBlog name: CodyBrown.nameBackstory: Brown is a college student who founded a daily campus news blog at New York University. He’s never...
MySapce Hiring Wenda Millard To Retool Ad Sales
PaidContent
- 2009-08-20
MySpace’s desperate, really desperate to retool, and that’s a good thing: as the management changes continue at the social networking giant, it is hiring Wenda Harris Millard to take over ad sales for the company, we have confirmed. Kara reported it first on ATD. The move hasn’t been announced...
Note to Rupert Murdoch: Not All Content Is Created Equal
BNET
- 2009-08-10
As you by now no doubt know, Rupert Murdoch said last week that he was eventually going to charge for all of his company's online news content. While I believe multiple revenue streams need to be pursued by content companies, Murdoch's plan raises questions not only about what content people...
Why MySpace Is Launching So Much Original Studio Content
PaidContent
- 2009-08-07
MySpace may be facing questions about whether it's still culturally relevant enough to retain users and attract ad dollars, but the social network is winning on at least one front: It appears to be the go-to network for studios and content companies premiering original programming. Whether it can turn...
Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Owen Van Natta | Chief Executive Officer |
| Courtney Holt | President, MySpace Music |
| Jason Hirschhorn | Chief Product Officer |
| Michael Jones | Chief Operating Officer |
| Valeh Vakili | Senior Vice President, Sales Strategy and Operations |
| Chris DeWolfe | Strategic Advisor |
| Connie Madden | |
| Geoffrey Y. Yang | Investor |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Amit Kapur | Board of Directors |
| Jim Benedetto | Board of Directors |
| Steve Pearman | Board of Directors |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| MySpace.com | Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| Facebook Inc. | Chief Operating Officer | Former |
| Facebook Inc. | Chief Revenue Officer & Vice President, Operations | Former |
| PlanetAll | Vice President, Business Development | Former |
| Amazon.com, Inc. | Vice President, Business Development | Former |
| Zip2 | Director, Sales | Former |
| Ziff Davis Holdings, Inc. | Sales Executive | Former |
| University of California Santa Cruz | B.A., English & American Literature | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| MySpace.com | President, MySpace Music | Current |
| MTV Networks Company | Executive Vice President, Digital Music | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| MySpace.com | Chief Product Officer | Current |
| Computers for Youth | Board of Directors | Current |
| Tech Corps Georgia, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Sling Media | President | Former |
| MTV Networks Company | Chief Digital Officer | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| MySpace.com | Chief Operating Officer | Current |
| AOL LLC | Executive | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| MySpace.com | Senior Vice President, Sales Strategy and Operations | Current |
| Yahoo! Inc. | Director, U.S. Sales Operations | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| MySpace.com | Strategic Advisor | Current |
| MySpace.com | Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| Intermix Media, Inc. | Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| MySpace.com | co-founder | Former |
| University of Southern California | MBA | Former |
| University of Washington | B.A. degree in Finance | Former |
Connie Madden is a freelance writer and publicist living in Petaluma, CA. As Secretary of Petaluma Tomorrow, she is steeped in local politics and community-building; as a blogger on ArgusCourier.com, Blogspot.com and MySpace.com and more, she looks at the world through many lenses. Connie Madden Communications is her company moniker, allowing her to take on a wide variety of projects from health care to work for peace, playwriting to support for a documentary on China. Connie sometimes served as a public relations account executive for major corporations in San Francisco and often works with one-person businesses including her partner's store, Jungle Vibes, in Petaluma. She is currently working with Ping Zhao & Associates to create a documentary on China and with Georgia Kelly of Praxis Peace, Sonoma, to create a conference in Dubrovnik, Croatia. She has worked with Dianne Feinstein on a video for the Food & Beverage Industry of San Francisco, handled publicity for United Nations 50th Anniversary events and published articles in the Argus Courier, Pacific Sun and the Journal of Humanistic Psychology among many others. You can google Connie Madden Communications or conniemadden@yahoo.com conniemadden@yahoo.com or call her at 707-781-9311.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| MySpace.com | Current | |
| Petaluma Tomorrow | Secretary | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| MySpace.com | Board of Directors | Current |
| MySpace.com | Chief Operating Officer | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| MySpace.com | Board of Directors | Current |
| MySpace.com | Senior Vice President, Engineering | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| MySpace.com | Board of Directors | Current |
| MySpace.com | Senior Vice President, Product Strategy | Former |
Geoffrey Y. Yang has served as a director of TiVo since October 1997. Since August 1999, Mr. Yang has been a Managing Director of Redpoint Ventures, a venture capital firm. Mr. Yang has been a general partner of Institutional Venture Partners, a venture capital firm since 1989. Mr. Yang is a director of Ask Jeeves, Inc., a provider of Web-wide search, and numerous private companies. Mr. Yang holds a B.S.E. degree in Engineering and Management Systems from Princeton University and an M.B.A. degree from Stanford University.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Redpoint Ventures | Managing Director | Current |
| Azul Systems Inc | Managing Director, Redpoint Ventures | Current |
| TiVo Inc. | Managing Director | Current |
| Red Point | Founder | Current |
| Institutional Venture Partners | General Partner | Current |
| BigBand Networks, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Azul Systems Inc | Board of Directors | Current |
| TiVo Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| MySpace.com | Investor | Current |
| MMC Networks | Investor | Current |
| Calix | Investor | Current |
| Juniper Networks, Inc. | Investor | Current |
| Western Association of Venture Capitalists | President | Former |
| Red Point | Founding Partner | Former |
| Redpoint Ventures | Partner | Former |
| Institutional Venture Partners | Venture Capitalist | Former |
| First Century Partners | Associate | Former |
| Western Association of Venture Capitalists | Director | Former |
| Stanford Graduate School of Business | M.B.A. | Former |
| Stanford University | M.B.A. Degree | Former |
| Princeton University | B.S.E. in Engineering and Management Systems | Former |
Executive News
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MySpace mail slated to launch this week
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MySpace Farms Out Overseas Ad Operations
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News Corp won't buy Twitter
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Murdoch Balks at Twitter Buy, MySpace Sale
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Murdoch Not Interested in Twitter and Won't Sell MySpace
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News Corp won't buy Twitter, won't sell MySpace
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UPDATE 2-News Corp won't buy Twitter, won't sell MySpace
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Startups Smell Userplane Blood
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Redefining MySpace
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ANALYSIS-MySpace begins redefining its space
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UPDATE 2-MySpace to cut two-thirds of global workforce
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