Sean Parker and Daniel Ek on Apple, Playlists and the End of the CD: The D10 Highlights (Video)

CD’s aren’t cool. You know what’s cool? Playlists. May 30, 2012 at 5:07 pm PT

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Director, Spotify

Love Napster or hate Napster, which Parker co-founded at 19 years old, had a profound impact on how we share (or don’t share) information. He went on to found contact service Plaxo and later hooked up with a little-known start-up called Facebook to become its founding president. In a move back to music, he next launched social video company Airtime with Napster partner Shawn Fanning.

Posts With Sean Parker

“Like Eating Glass”: Sean Parker on Airtime’s Bumpy Launch, Exec Departures and More

in Media on October 2, 2012 at 4:00 am PT

The painful progress of the much-hyped and well-funded video site.
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Airtime Hits Up Celebs Again (Because That Worked So Well the Last Time!) for Promo Video

in Social on July 17, 2012 at 11:42 am PT

Airtime is taking the celebrity route again with a new online video ad to promote its fledgling video social discovery service, featuring cameos by Kurt Russell, Ronnie Lott and MC Hammer.
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Sean Parker and Shawn Fanning’s Airtime Finally Launches Today

in Social on June 5, 2012 at 7:30 am PT

Airtime, the next act from Napster co-founders Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker, launches to the public today.
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Bob Pittman to Join Board of Soon-to-Launch Airtime

in Media on June 1, 2012 at 8:01 am PT

Clear Channel CEO Bob Pittman will join the board of Airtime, the soon-to-launch video start-up from Napster co-founders Sean Parker and Shawn Fanning.
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Napster Founders’ Airtime to Debut June 5

in Social on May 8, 2012 at 10:52 am PT

Sean Parker and Shawn Fanning’s Airtime has invited media to a launch event in New York City on June 5.
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Al Gore and Sean Parker Blame TV and Money for Ruining Politics, and Say Social Media Ought to Fix It

in Social on March 12, 2012 at 4:42 pm PT

Upset about money and television’s dominance of American politics, Al Gore today called on SXSW attendees to “Occupy Democracy.”
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Andreessen Horowitz Funds Community Organizing Tool NationBuilder

in News on March 8, 2012 at 2:04 pm PT

Andreessen Horowitz has invested $6.25 million in NationBuilder, which sells enterprise software for community organizing to politicians.
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Votizen Gets a Celebrity Round of Funding to Connect Social Media and Politics

in Social on February 23, 2012 at 9:21 pm PT

The latest political donation in this election year, from Sean Parker, Ashton Kutcher and other celebrity tech investors, is a $750,000 convertible note to political social network Votizen.
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Sean Parker and Jim Breyer Slam Silicon Valley Funding Glut

in News on November 15, 2011 at 12:53 pm PT

Early Facebook exec Parker and Accel partner Breyer claim that freely available money spreads talent too thinly among too many Internet start-ups, lessening the impact of each company.
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Sean Parker's Relationship Status: Engaged

in Social on April 4, 2011 at 6:46 pm PT

Rest in peace, Valleywag. Remember when Silicon Valley gossip was so boring it couldn’t sustain a Gawker blog? Now, People.com is breaking the news of Sean Parker’s engagement.

The Facebook Hedgehog Mascot (And Yelp Competitor) That Never Was

Posted by Liz Gannes in Social, January 31, 2011 at 9:53 am PT