5 posts and columns on Angela Courtin

Is There a Myspace Mafia, Too? Because Leaving Seems to Have Paid Off for Many Ex-Execs.

in Social on June 13, 2011 at 11:28 am PT

When the selling of Myspace winds down in the next week or so, it’ll probably attract a spate of comments about what a failure the whole social networking enterprise turned out to be. That is, unless you think of the mob of former execs who have worked at the company over time, many of whom have moved on to some more golden opportunities after leaving Myspace.
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MySpace's Jason Hirschhorn Talks About "Futura," New Logo and Marketing Dude and Bands BoomTown Has Never Heard Of

in News on May 19, 2010 at 5:15 am PT

Yesterday afternoon, BoomTown got on the phone for a little chitchat with MySpace Co-President Jason Hirschhorn about the company’s latest hire, as well as an update on major changes the social networking site is undergoing in its bid to revive itself. Plus, since I have written a lot about the departures of execs there, such as the Partovi brothers, fair is fair to discuss the arrivals!

Weekend Update 05.08.10–Boys of Summer Edition

in Social on May 8, 2010 at 3:46 pm PT

The flowers are blooming in Silicon Valley and the scoreboard shout-outs at AT&T Park, home of the San Francisco Giants, are stacked up as all the fashionable little start-ups treat their staffs to a dog, beers and some baseball.

MySpace: After the Layoffs, Here's What's What and What's Next

in News on June 17, 2009 at 5:30 am PT

Now what? The party-all-night social-networking site that has been MySpace so far got a massive morning-after shock yesterday when 30 percent of its workforce was laid off. And today, MySpace, which is still 1,000-strong, has to face the cold, harsh light of day in the aftermath of the restructuring and get busy quickly figuring out a way to reinvigorate a brand that has suffered after a stunning rocket of a start many years ago. So, based on many sources I have spoken to over the last week, here’s a rundown of the next steps MySpace will likely be taking and who’ll be making them.
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ComScore Finds a Glimmer of Hope: February E-Commerce Up. Has Consumer Spending Bottomed Out?

in Media on March 23, 2009 at 9:26 am PT

Here’s a tiny bit of sunshine, via ComScore CEO Gian Fulgoni: E-commerce sales were up two percent in February. That’s not much, but it’s better than the fourth quarter of last year, when e-commerce sales declined for the first time ever, dropping three percent. Best-case scenario? “We might well have bottomed out with consumer spending.”
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