Owen Van Natta to be the new CEO of MySpace

Owen Van Natta to be the new CEO of MySpace
MySpace is getting a new CEO.
News Corp has announced that they are appointing Owen Van Natta as the new CEO of the MySpace.
Incidentally, Owen Van Natta was previously with Facebook which is the prime rival of MySpace in the social networking industry.
Facebook overtook [...]

MySpace losing senior executives including Amit Kapur

MySpace losing senior executives including Amit Kapur
Social networking service MySpace is losing some senior executives.
The COO of of MySpace, Amit Kapur is one of them who is leaving the company to join an undisclosed startup.
Senior Vice President of Engineering Jim Benedetto and Senior vice President of Product Strategy Steve Pearman are also [...]

MySpace considering developing a portable media player

MySpace considering developing a portable media player
MySpace is considering plans to get into the portable media player market that could put them in direct competition against the Apple iPod range of players.
MySpace is already competing with Apple iTunes digital media store. The social networking service recently launched MySpace Music service.
MySpace co-founder and Chief Executive Chris [...]

MySpace to open up to third party developers

MySpace to open up to third party developers
Similar to Facebook, MySpace has announced that they would soon allow third party developers to code applications for their social networking service.
Chris DeWolfe, MySpace’s CEO confirmed this news at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco earlier this week.
Third party applications on Facebook enabled them to add lot [...]

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