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MARCH 13, 2013

Los Angeles-based Myspace has a new design, and a new brand sponsor, the first since its redesign and relaunch over the last few months. MySpace said that Chevrolet is sponsoring its Myspace Secret Shows at the South by Southwest music festival in Austin, which will bring 10 musical performance over three nights to SXSW.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Los Angeles-based MySpace has been among the most visible of Southern California's Internet era success stories, although the site--now owned by News Corporation--has had its own share of ups-and-downs, as well as questions about its future. Here are four startups of them, and what they're doing: Demand Media. www.demandmedia.com).

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JUNE 29, 2011

Irvine-based Specific Media , the Internet advertising network run by Tim Vanderhook, has released further details on the company's acquisition of Myspace , saying that Justin Timberlake is taking an ownership stake and major role in the acquisition. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 15, 2013

MySpace , the online social networking site which is now owned by Specific Media, has finally rolled out its new, Justin Timberlake-inspired web design, in conjunction with the release of a new single from Timberlake and JAY Z.

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DECEMBER 20, 2011

Beverly Hills-based Myspace , the online entertainment site now owned by Specific Media, said this morning that it has released a new music player. The site said its new Myspace Music Player will provide free, unlimited on-demand listening, personalized radio, search, as well as sharing features on both Myspace and Facebook.

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JANUARY 10, 2012

Social entertainment site Myspace , which is now owned by Irvine-based Specific Media, is making a big push this week at CES, and launched a new, social TV service with Panasonic Monday. The service--which takes advantage of Myspace's library of music videos and songs--runs on Panasonic's VIERA Connect enabled HDTVs.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Beverly Hills-based Myspace , the online social entertainment site now owned by Specific Media, said this morning that it has named Roger Mincheff as President of Myspace Entertainment. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

In what looks like a plan by Specific Media to revamp the relevance of former social networking giant MySpace as a choice for social networking, the firm is showing a new video of a revamped user interface for the site. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 28, 2011

Multiple reports today say that once lofty social networking site MySpace is now being set to be sold by News Corp. Irvine-based Internet advertising network Specific Media and Golden Gate Capital are among the rumored bidders for MySpace. MySpace is reportedly planning big employee cuts at the company today.

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APRIL 5, 2011

Los Angeles-based GOGII , the venture backed provider of mobile social messaging services, has snagged MySpace exec Chandra Hill as its new Vice President of Monetization and Publishing. Hill was most recently VP of Mobile Monetization at MySpace. Hill has also served at Fox Interactive Media.

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AUGUST 16, 2010

Los Angeles-based MySpace , the online social networking site, said today that it has named Rosabel Tao as its Senior Vice President of Corporate Communications. Tao was most recently running her own consulting practice, serving clients such as Current Media, PopSugar Media, Spot Runner and REVShare. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 8, 2012

Once high flying social networking site MySpace --now a unit of Specific Media--has agreed to settle with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over privacy issues, according to the FTC. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 18, 2012

It looks like Ross Levinsohn is building out his team to help out at troubled web portal and media firm Yahoo. Barrett was Chief Revenue Officer at Los Angeles-based MySpace. Barrett also has served at AOL Media Networks, GeoCities and Disney Online, in addition to a stint in Sales at Yahoo. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2010

Hollywood-based Friendgiftr , a developer of a social media service which allows users to send gift cards to their friends, family, and others, has extended its service beyond Facebook and onto MySpace, iGogole, Ning, and Bebo, the firm announced today. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 8, 2009

Los Angeles-based MySpace said Tuesday that it has closed its acquisition of social media site imeem. Owen Van Natta, the firm's CEO, said it would use the acquisition to bolster MySpace Music, and also said, effective today, that the firm would redirect Imeem's users to MySpace Music. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 6, 2013

Irvine-based Specific Media , the online advertising firm which now owns Myspace, said late Tuesday that it has named entertainment industry executive Larry Madden as its Chief Financial Officer. Madden was most recently CFO of SFX Entertainment, as well as CFO of 19 Entertainment and XIX Entertainment. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 21, 2010

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MAY 21, 2013

Los Angeles-based GumGum has snagged a media agency network executive as an advisor, the firm is announcing today, for its in-image advertising platform. GumGum said it has appointed Carl Fremont, the Global Chief Digital Officer at MEC, which it says is one of the world''s largest media agency networks, to its advisory board.

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OCTOBER 15, 2013

Irvine-based Specific Media , the online advertising provider--and parent firm of MySpace--said today that it has launched a new advertising targeting product which allows automotive advertisers to target households based on what cars are currently in their garage. specific media auto targeting advertising online automotive'

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JULY 29, 2011

Irvine-based Specific Media has recruited an investment banker to head up its business development efforts, fresh off its acquisition of onetime social networking king MySpace. According to Specific Media, it has hired Scott Schopen , former investment banker at Piper Jaffray, as Vice President of Corporate Development at the firm.

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MAY 7, 2010

A report Friday afternoon from the WSJ's Kara Swisher says that Santa Monica-based Demand Media has snagged yet another Yahoo executive, this time, Yahoo VP of Brand Packaging Erika Nardini. Demand Media, which is headed by former MySpace Chairman Richard Rosenblatt, is widely rumored to be near an IPO filing. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 24, 2009

Los Angeles-based social networking web site MySpace said Tuesday afternoon that it has named three executives for the firm's music community, MySpace Music. Kantrowitz was most recently SVP International Marketing and Content for MySpace; Maghen was CTO at Yahoo! READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 7, 2009

Los Angeles-based social networking site MySpace said Wednesday afternoon that the firm has launched a new offering which will allow users to link to the site while watching TV. The launch came in conjunction with the rollout of a device from Toshiba which allows users to receive and post updates on MySpace from their TV. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 27, 2009

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. The two new appointments follow the recently appointment of Owen Van Natta as CEO at MySpace.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2009

Flektor, the online web slideshow and photo and video sharing site owned by Fox Interactive Media, appears to have completely disappeared as of this morning. The service's web site now goes directly to the MySpace home page. Flektor had been acquired by Fox Interactive Media in May of 2007. READ MORE>>. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 18, 2010

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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DECEMBER 12, 2011

Irvine-basd Specific Media , the online advertising network which also owns MySpace, said Monday that it has tied with Nielsen Catalina Solutions , which measures advertising performance.

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OCTOBER 16, 2019

The newly combined companies will operate under a new umbrella organization, Whip Media Group. Rosenblatt was previously CEO of Demand Media, and also had been Chairman of MySpace. Whip Media originally got its start as WhipClip, an app which had allowed users to share their favorite TV clips.

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JANUARY 26, 2011

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the online publishing network run by Richard Rosenblatt, had a huge reception in the public markets Wednesday, closing up 32 percent in its initial public offering. Demand Media's IPO was well above the firm's initial estimated range of $14.00 The firm closed at $22.65 Wednesday afternoon.

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MARCH 30, 2009

Los Angeles-based social networking site MySpace announced Monday that it is supporting a pair of Microsoft technologies: Microsoft Windows Mobile and Microsoft Silverlight. Windows Mobile is Microsoft's embedded operating system for cell phones and other devices; Silverlight is Microsoft's rich media Internet and streaming application.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

Isn’t it frustrating to think you finally understand something in business, like marketing with social media, only to realize that the landscape changed while you were looking at other priorities? In a classic book on social media by Jim Tobin, “ Earn It. Where are the young social media users going? When the glass is only.04%

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The company's long history--it was founded in 1999--includes the acquisition of MySpace in 2011, a 60% acquisition by Time Inc. Viant got its start as Specific Media. Viant is led by technology veteran Tim Vanderhook, who founded Viant with brothers Chris and Russ. in 2018, and the acquisition of Adelphic in 2017.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2010

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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JANUARY 22, 2010

Aliso Viejo-based Evolver , the online avatar software site developed by Darwin Dimensions, said Thursday that it has launched a new web site that allows end users to create avatars for social media sites like Facebook and MySpace. Tags: evolver darwin dimensions avatar animation social media animate. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Irvine-based Internet advertising network operator Specific Media is continuing to bolster its executive staff, saying today that it has named Fabrizio Blanco as its Chief Technology Officer, and Jason Knapp as Executive Vice President of Product. Blanco joins from Fox Audience Network, which was recently acquired by Rubicon Project.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Tuesday, September 20, 2011 -- SEO in Social Media (Panel). Come to the SEO in Social Media panel moderated by a former MySpace VP and founder of Lalawag.com, Sean Percival, on Tue, Sept 20, 2011 at BLANKSPACES in Santa Monica. Wanna learn how search engines rank web pages and optimize yours to out-rank competitors?

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JANUARY 19, 2009

MySpace said today that it has launched a new web reality show with reality entertainment producer Endemol, and separately, has launched a promotion along with Ashton Kutcher's Katalyst Media linked to the upcoming Presidential Inauguration. Terms of the deal with Endemol were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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