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MySpace

is in the Media Industry

  • Private
  • US
Dow Jones Description

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 Natta
Number of Employees 200
Contact Information

1223 Wilshire Boulevard

Suite 402

Santa Monica, California 90401

www.myspace.com

(310) 917-4949

NAICS Code All Other Publishers: 511199

Recent Events

  • MySpace Launches Developer Challenge

    12/15/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • MySpace Introduces New APIs, Launches Developer Challenge

    12/09/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • MySpace Music Acquires Shuttered Imeem Music Service

    12/08/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story

  • Done Deal: MySpace Music Acquires Imeem

    12/08/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - CEO - View Story

  • Suit Says Facebook Scammed Gamers Out of Information, Cash

    11/20/09 - Lawsuit Filed - View Story

  • Google Partners With MySpace, Lala, Others for Music Search

    10/29/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

  • Facebook, MySpace May Share Content

    10/26/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • Facebook and MySpace 'in talks?' Of course

    10/26/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

  • Giving Away Privacy By Sharing Online?

    10/19/09 - Lawsuit Filed - View Story

  • MySpace Uses Fusion-Powered I/O to Drive Greener Datacenters

    10/14/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story

  • MySpace replaces all server hard disks with flash drives

    10/13/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • Oops! Hack lets anybody join the MySpace network on Facebook

    10/07/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • CFOs on the Move: Week Ending October 9

    10/08/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - CFO - View Story

  • MySpace Music Goes Down Under

    10/04/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • Justice Dept. on MySpace, Facebook, Twitter

    10/01/09 - Legal Settlement - View Story

  • Facebook Turns Off Beacon

    9/20/09 - Lawsuit Filed - View Story

News & Analysis

myspace and softbank corp. - All News and Analysis

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

  • MySpace mail slated to launch this week

    PaidContent.org - 7/22/09 - View Story

  • MySpace Farms Out Overseas Ad Operations

    Internet News - 7/13/09 - View Story

  • News Corp won't buy Twitter

    Reuters - 7/12/09 - View Story

  • Murdoch Balks at Twitter Buy, MySpace Sale

    Internet News - 7/09/09 - View Story

  • Murdoch Not Interested in Twitter and Won't Sell MySpace

    eWeek - 7/09/09 - View Story

  • News Corp won't buy Twitter, won't sell MySpace

    Forbes.com - 7/08/09 - View Story

  • UPDATE 2-News Corp won't buy Twitter, won't sell MySpace

    Reuters - 7/08/09 - View Story

  • Startups Smell Userplane Blood

    Washington Post - 6/29/09 - View Story

  • Redefining MySpace

    Reuters - 6/26/09 - View Story

  • ANALYSIS-MySpace begins redefining its space

    Forbes.com - 6/25/09 - View Story

  • UPDATE 2-MySpace to cut two-thirds of global workforce

    Reuters - 6/23/09 - View Story

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