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Tsavo Media Sold For $75M

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Los Angeles-based online media firm Tsavo Media , which was founded by Mike Jones, founder of Userplane and current co-President of MySpace, has been sold for $75M to a Canadian firm. Tags: tsavo media merger acquisition content publishing software. Tsavo was backed by American Capital. READ MORE>>.

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Michael Jones Gets Exit At Thing Labs

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Michael Jones , CEO of MySpace and former founder of Userplane, has another exit under his belt today, as AOL announced it has acquired Thing Labs , a San Francisco maker of web-based, social software. This is at least the second time Jones has benefited from an AOL acquisition; his own startup, Userplane, was acquired by AOL in 2006.

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Ranker Names COO, Taps Jones For Board

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Los Angeles-based Ranker , the online service which allows anyone to list and rank things on any topic, said today that it has named Mani Dhillon as Chief Operating Officer, and tapped former MySpace CEO Michael Jones for its board. Ranker said it is now getting around 4.5 million monthly unique visitors. READ MORE>>.

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MySpace Names Jones, Hirschhorn To Exec Team

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News Corporation said a few minutes ago that it has added two new executives at MySpace , and is tapping Tsavo Media's Michael Jones as Chief Operating Officer and Sling Media's Jason Hirschhorn as Chief Product Officer. Both are in Los Angeles. READ MORE>>.

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Reflections On 2017: Michael Jones, Science Inc.

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I think we will see the rise of a newer and larger mobile-focused media companies and the continued evolution in traditional television entertainment. He is Los Angeles's most active angel investor with more than $2.5B In reflection, think I need to center my time around those principals and focus on bigger ideas.

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MySpace Names Jones, Hirschorn As Co-Presidents, as Van Natta Leaves

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Los Angeles-based social networking site MySpace said late Wednesday that CEO Owen Van Natta is stepping down from his position, and will be replaced by co-presidents Mike Jones and Jason Hirschorn. Jones was most recently COO at MySpace, and is best known in the Los Angeles area for founding Userplane , which he sold to AOL in 2006.

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Reflections on 2018: Michael Jones, Science Inc.

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He is Los Angeles's most active angel investor with more than $2.5B Lastly, the United States overall relations with China and their ever-growing influence on our technology industry will be vital to consider in the coming year. Mike Jones is an internet executive, investor and strategic advisor and CEO of Science, Inc.