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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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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
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MySpace looks to regain momentum with iLike purchase
News & Analysis
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Industry Moves Roundup: MySpace VP; Yahoo VP
PaidContent
- 2009-11-10
Two VP leaving at two Internet companies in trouble:—Chris George, who was VP of Integrated Marketing at MySpace, has left and joined pop culture sites operator Buzzmedia, as SVP of Integrated Marketing & Operations. He will manage all aspects of revenue and sales solutions for the company, it said....
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...
MySpace Music Hits Australia, NZ; iTunes For Downloads
PaidContent
- 2009-10-01
MySpace Music has touched down in Australia and New Zealand, the first territories to get the music and video streaming service outside the US, one year after its launch. But there’s still no word on when the service is coming to the more critical UK and mainland Europe markets,...
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...
Industry Moves Round Up: Minyanville; Slingshot Labs; 38 Studios
PaidContent
- 2009-08-24
—Minyanville: Executive producer Jonathan Schwartz has been promoted to VP of business and product development for the money and lifestyle site. Schwartz, who’s been with the company since 2005, had been in charge of negotiating content-partnership deals with portals like AOL (NYSE: TWX) and MSN.—Slingshot Labs: Co-President Colin Digiaro...
Mark Cuban's Advice To Fox & MySpace On Selling Content: Yes, You Can
PaidContent
- 2009-08-09
Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks and cofounder of HDNet, offers running commentary on Blog Maverick and allows us to publish it here when the subject fits.Rupert , you didn't ask my opinion on this, but since when has that ever stopped me. First the good news. You...
Ex-MySpace CEO seeks venture funding – Rumour
Strategy Eye
- 2009-07-28
MySpace co-founder and former CEO, Chris DeWolfe, who left the network in April following a major management shakeup, is reportedly seeking USD100m for a new web venture. DeWolfe has not spoken publicly about the startup or commented on the funding. However, a TechCrunch report claims the Silicon Valley...
Facebook Passes MySpace, And MySpace Looks to Become Something Else
BNET
- 2009-07-16
Earlier this week, comScore released numbers to its clients that Facebook has finally surpassed MySpace in terms of unique users in the U.S. It's been inevitable for some time now, but as of this writing, it's official. Facebook had 77 million uniques in May, while MySpace dropped to 68.4 million....
The Michael Jackson Memorial Streamies for Best and Worst Site Performance
BNET
- 2009-07-07
What I, and maybe you, really want to know about the Michael Jackson memorial service is how the Internet held up during what may prove to have been unprecedented traffic, and streaming â€" so, as a public service, I spent the last few hours monitoring it. First, some top-line observations,...
Jon Miller, Owen Van Natta Explain MySpace and News Corp. to You
BNET
- 2009-06-30
The AllThingsD blog has finally posted an almost 45-minute interview with News Corp. and MySpace's new digital intelligentsia from its D7 conference last month, namely chief digital officer Jon Miller and MySpace chief Owen Van Natta; I believe it is their first big, public appearance since being named...
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
Industry Transcripts by Seeking Alpha
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Warner Music Group F4Q09 (Qtr End 9/30/09) Earnings Call Transcript
on Nov 24, 2009about WMG
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Image Entertainment Inc. F2Q10 (Qtr End 30/09/09) Earnings Call Transcript
on Nov 12, 2009about DISK
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Walt Disney F4Q09 (Qtr End 10/3/09) Earnings Call Transcript
on Nov 12, 2009about DIS
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Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
on Nov 11, 2009about NXST
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Gray Television, Inc. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
on Nov 09, 2009about GTN
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