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FEBRUARY 5, 2009

Santa Monica-based Tsavo Media , the online media venture of former Userplane founder Michael Jones, announced Thursday that it has acquired an online, user-generated recipe site called OpenSourceFood. According to Tsavo, it will rename the OpenSourceFood site NibbleDish. READ MORE>>.

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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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MARCH 2, 2009

Santa Monica-based Tsavo , the online media firm run by former Userplane founder Michael Jones, said Monday that it has officially launched a new web site focused on searching the popular Twitter micro-blogging service. The firm had soft-launched the site in late December. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 10, 2011

Dather – A social media marketing tool that packages videos, photos, tweets, and posts into one place. One Good Love – A leading dating site for the GLBT community that emphasizes strong relationship building. Monarch Digital Media – A full service digital media agency operating in our backyard.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

As companies figure out a way to monetize social media, one of the areas which has been lacking is a way to measure the impact and effectiveness of social media advertising. My partners and I were all involved in the social media space in one fashion or another. Where are things in terms of social media and advertisers?

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

As companies figure out a way to monetize social media, one of the areas which has been lacking is a way to measure the impact and effectiveness of social media advertising. My partners and I were all involved in the social media space in one fashion or another. Where are things in terms of social media and advertisers?

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NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Those could be mobile professionals, corporate firms, sales people, or people who normally work at client sites or home based offices. Jerome Change: A couple of the typical clients here are Tsavo Media, the new company from Michael Jones and Twiistup founder Mike Macadaan. Mike's latest claim to fame was selling Userplane to AOL.

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