Michael Jones, CEO, Science in Voices on February 3 at 10:47 am PT
I recently spent the weekend at a unique event that brought founders, entrepreneurs and investors together. I was fortunate enough to spend time with the original pioneer of social networking.
Kara Swisher in News on November 21, 2011 at 8:00 am PT
The well-known Silicon Valley entrepreneur joins Mike Jones at Science.
Liz Gannes in Social on November 16, 2011 at 6:00 am PT
Perhaps building a tech company is at the point where it’s more of a science than an art.
Mike Jones, CEO, Myspace in Voices on July 24, 2011 at 1:34 pm PT
With Google+, Google has shown it can build a social product platform, but now can it build a community?
Kara Swisher in News on June 29, 2011 at 10:51 am PT
Closing another chapter on one of the Internet’s most iconic properties, Myspace has been sold to to Specific Media, an advertising network, for $35 million. Sources close to the situation said the deal is being completed today, although it has not been officially signed. Myspace’s owner, News Corp., will hold on to a very small [...]
Kara Swisher in News on June 9, 2011 at 10:35 am PT
And then there was one?
According to sources close to the situation, News Corp. is down to one possible investing group in its quest to make lemonade out of the lemon that its Myspace social entertainment hub has become.
In the lastest of many scenarios considered, several sources said its owner, News Corp., will continue to own about 20 percent of Myspace. The main bidder is a dark horse bidding group, which includes Activision Chairman and CEO Bobby Kotick as one of the potential investors.
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Voices in News on January 11, 2011 at 10:43 am PT
As
tipped yesterday by NetworkEffect’s Liz Gannes, Myspace
announced a restructuring today that includes jettisoning 47 percent of its workforce, about 500 employees. CEO Mike Jones said the site’s tighter focus on being a Gen Y entertainment destination meant a tighter ship with a smaller, nimble crew. Jones also said the company will be entering into strategic local partnerships in the U.K., Germany and Australia to manage advertising sales and content.
Liz Gannes in Social on November 18, 2010 at 12:05 pm PT
Myspace and Facebook are announcing a partnership today via GoToMeeting webinar. As I wrote last night, it’s become quite obvious that the partnership will include integration of Facebook Connect into Myspace.
Liz Gannes in Social on November 17, 2010 at 10:26 pm PT
Myspace and Facebook have just invited the press to a joint GoToMeeting webinar (how very
not social media!) tomorrow at noon PT. The announcement comes on the heels of a report from the Telegraph on Wednesday that Myspace plans to integrate Facebook Connect “imminently.”
Peter Kafka in Media on November 3, 2010 at 2:53 pm PT
That big Myspace relaunch we read about last week? That’s all fine and good.
But the troubled Web property is a…really troubled Web property, its News Corp. parent stressed today. And it needs to get its act together before it gets kicked off campus.
