Dmitry Shapiro

Anybeat Is a Social Network for People You Don’t Know (Yet)

Liz Gannes in Social on September 13, 2011 at 9:53 am PT

A new service called AnyBeat looks and acts like existing social networks and has many of the same features. But there are key differences: Pseudonyms are allowed and almost all activity is public.

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

Kara Swisher 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.

Ex-Myspace Exec to Launch Facebook Alternative With Funding From DFJ

Liz Gannes in Social on May 26, 2011 at 10:09 am PT

Former Myspace Music CTO Dmitry Shapiro has raised about $1 million in funding from investors including Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Myspace founder Tom Anderson to launch a privacy-conscious alternative to Facebook named (for the moment) Altly.

MySpace Music CTO Dmitry Shapiro Departs

Liz Gannes in Social on April 15, 2011 at 12:06 am PT

Myspace Music CTO Dmitry Shapiro, who joined the company less than a year ago, has left to found a new start-up, he and Myspace confirmed late Thursday.

Veoh CEO Dmitry Shapiro Resurfaces at…MySpace Music

Peter Kafka in Media on June 7, 2010 at 10:39 am PT

It’s not a huge shock to see former start-up CEOs join big companies after the demise of their own. But this move is a bit more surprising: It means that Veoh founder and former CEO Dmitry Shapiro will be working for one of the companies that helped put him out of work.

Weekend Update 02.13.10–The Hot Mess Edition

Beth Callaghan in News on February 13, 2010 at 10:14 pm PT

Rogue waves aren’t completely unheard of during surfing competitions in Northern California, but a foot of snow in Dallas? About as likely as Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz grilling Kara Swisher in front of a packed auditorium. All right, it was a cafeteria packed with Yahoo employees, but still.

Universal Music Group Didn’t Help Veoh, but It Didn’t Kill It

Peter Kafka in Media on February 11, 2010 at 4:25 pm PT

The music label’s suit made it very difficult for Veoh to climb out of the deep hole it found itself in last year. But it was the Web video start-up, not Universal, that dug that pit.

Veoh Finally Calls It Quits: Layoffs Yesterday, Bankruptcy Filing Soon

Peter Kafka in Media on February 11, 2010 at 12:52 pm PT

Veoh, one of several well-funded start-ups that have tried and failed to cash in on the Web video boom, is finally calling it quits. The company let go of the remainder of its workforce yesterday, and sources say it plans on filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection in the near future.

Universal Music Gets Slapped in Court. What Does This Mean for Veoh–and YouTube?

Peter Kafka in Media on September 14, 2009 at 10:03 pm PT

Just how big a deal was a federal judge’s ruling Monday in the copyright-infringement fight between Veoh and Universal Music Group? Depends on who you ask, of course.