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MySpace Names Jones, Hirschhorn To Exec Team

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Both are in Los Angeles. Jones is best known in Southern California's technology community for his success at Userplane, which he founded and sold to AOL. Hirschorn was most recently President of Sling Media's Entertainment Group, and has served as Chief Digital Officer at MTV Networks. 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 What are you looking forward to most in 2018? I expect this will drive a wave of meaningful M&A.

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Spotlight: LA Tech SuperDemo Announced! | Mike Jones Former Myspace CEO

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Mike Jones is an Internet executive, investor and advisor located in Los Angeles. This included stabilizing a historically negative traffic and user trend, reducing the operational cost of the business by nearly 90 percent and pivoting the product from its legacy as a social network to a social entertainment destination.

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Spotlight: LA Tech Fall Judges Include Mike Jones, CallFire, Idealab, Tech Coast Angels, Coloft

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Mike Jones , Investor and Advisor Located In Los Angeles. A serial Internet entrepreneur, Mike has founded and sold numerous businesses, including agency PBJ Digital, application platform Userplane, which he led from startup to its acquisition by AOL, Tsavo Media and Myspace. Navy, Pfizer, & Unisys Corp. Event Details.

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Interview with Jerome Chang, BlankSpaces

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One of the recent trends in the technology industry here in Los Angeles is the use of "coworking" spaces--flexible workspaces where companies can rent open office space. Mike's latest claim to fame was selling Userplane to AOL. BLANKSPACES (www.blankspaces.com) -- which is on Wilshire Blvd.--is They came here, and it worked.

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