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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 Introduces New APIs, Launches Developer Challenge
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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
News & Analysis
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Endemol's "Married On MySpace" Leaps From The Web To SiTV
PaidContent
- 2009-12-08
Add another show to the likes of Quarterlife—one of the only web-based series to make it to TV. (Let’s hope that this one fares better, though, as Quarterlife got canned by NBC after just one episode). Get Married on MySpace, the reality show that Endemol USA launched in March,...
MySpace Music Gets A Shot Of Life With More Videos, New Analytics And iTunes Integration
PaidContent
- 2009-10-21
Not to be left out of the blitz of digital music news being made by Google and Facebook today, MySpace is rolling out major upgrades to MySpace Music. The changes include the integration of music recommendation service iLike, which it bought in August, a slew of new licensed music...
MySpace Users To Get Avatars, Virtual Goods With Meez Integration
PaidContent
- 2009-10-20
Another add-on aimed at keeping MySpace’s loyal users engaged and away from Facebook: The social network is integrating teen-centric virtual world Meez into its platform, giving members the ability to create avatars, play games and party together in a 3D-virtual environment. Meez Nation runs in Java, so MySpace users...
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...
Muzu signs licensing deal with indie labels
Strategy Eye
- 2009-07-19
Music video site Muzu TV has signed a global licensing deal with Merlin, an international rights group that represents independent labels. Though Muzu already has deals with Universal, Warner, EMI, Sony and Beggars Group, the deal will give the site a 10% share of the US indie market and...
SplashCast signs content deal with Hulu
Strategy Eye
- 2008-12-12
Content distribution startup SplashCast will deliver online video to social networks under a new agreement with Hulu. Users of Facebook and MySpace will be able to embed the SplashCast viewer into their personal pages, gaining access to popular TV series such as The Office and 30 Rock. SplashCast now...
MySpace Launches Streaming Mobile Video; Beta Includes User-Gen, Branded Content
Content Next
- 2008-12-03
MySpace Mobile is adding a new dimension tonight—streaming video, both user-generated and branded, to the phone. Caveats: it's in beta, and requires logging into a MySpace profile, but will work with the "most popular streaming-enabled mobile devices," like the BlackBerry Bold, Palm (NSDQ: PALM) Centro, Motorola (NYSE: MOT) Q9,...
MySpace launches TV widget
Strategy Eye
- 2008-11-13
News Corp's MySpace is set to offer access to prime-time TV programmes and other original content with its new ad-supported video player application, MySpace Primetime. The free downloadable player provides MySpace users with access to content from Hulu, Sony and Warner Bros. ...
News Corp's MySpace Finds a Way to Profit from Copyrighted Content
Seeking Alpha
- 2008-11-03
Julia Boorstin submits: News Corp NWS got a great deal when it snapped up social network MySpace for $580 million, but only now is it tackling an issue that should allow it to profit from a lot of the video posted on its site. Instead of pulling down copyright-protected...
MySpace seeks karaoke 'Elvis' to go to Graceland
- 2008-07-28
SAN FRANCISCO AFP — MySpace Karaoke on Monday invited wannabe kings of rock-and-roll to upload videos of their best Elvis Presley imitations for a shot to perform at Graceland in his memory. Elvis imitators have through August 4 to upload to http://ksolo.myspace.com videos of themselves singing Presley songs. ...
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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