MySpace Facelifts COO+CPO: Michael Jones, Jason Hirschhorn
Fox Chief Digital Officer Jon Miller is a busy recruiter these days. After bringing in Owen Van Natta as new CEO, Michael Jones (formerly of Userplane which sold to Miller’s AOL, and recently Tsavo Agency) and Jason Hirschhorn (formerly President of Sling Media and CDO of MTV Networks) as COO and CPO (Chief Product Officer), respectively. Think “AOL + MTV [x Facebook] = New MySpace.” After the jump, insight into where this troika takes MySpace to innovate the social network/portal. Read more >>
Bring on the Relevancy Engines
With everyone trying to personalize user experiences, we’re tracking Tsavo, founded by Userplane (sold to AOL for $40M) Michael Jones. Like a few companies these days (Demand Media, Evolanding), Tsavo is rolling up niche content sites, while applying best practices from an experience level. Read more >>