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| Social Networks: MySpace platform not headed to SF -- but office is |
| Published: October 10, 2007, 7:55 pm |
| Tags: Chris Dewolfe, Exclusive, Myspace, Real Estate, Rupert Murdoch, Social Networks, Top, Web 2 0 Summit, Wendi Deng |
| projects. Instead, MySpace's Chris DeWolfe and News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch will be in town to make some announcement related to MySpace's instant-messaging client -- ho-hum news -- and, more interestingly, to open up a San Francisco office. Why the need to expand from MySpace's Beverly Hills digs? Apparently, Web developers, like vampires, shun |
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| Deals: MySpace pair get $50 million for losing ground to Facebook |
| Published: October 17, 2007, 1:14 pm |
| Tags: Chris Dewolfe, Deals, Myspace, Peter Chernin, Rupert Murdoch, Social Networks, Stats, Tom Anderson, Top |
| honchos Tom Anderson and Chris DeWolfe -- the site's founders in name, if not in fact -- have signed new contracts. How much did it take to keep the pair from bolting MySpace, even as it keeps losing ground to rival social network Facebook? It's been reported the pair demanded two-year deals worth $50 million each, but word is they got about |
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| Myspace: A new deal for MySpace execs Chris DeWolfe ... |
| Published: October 17, 2007, 7:54 pm |
| Tags: Chris Dewolfe, Deals, Followup, Myspace, Tom Anderson |
| A new deal for MySpace execs Chris DeWolfe and Tom Anderson is worth $30 million over two years, says Silicon Alley Insider's Peter Kafka, confirming our earlier report. That's almost enough to buy a new jet. Or 0.2 percent of Facebook. [Silicon Alley Insider] |
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| Embargo Breakers: MySpace's not-on-the-record briefing notes |
| Published: October 18, 2007, 2:19 am |
| Tags: Chris Dewolfe, Embargo Breakers, Great Moments In Pr, Myspace, News Corp, Rupert Murdoch |
| Officer, News Corporation Chris DeWolfe: Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder, MySpace 1. MYSPACE CONFIRMS CONTRACTS Chris (co-founder and CEO of MySpace) confirm that he and Tom Anderson (co-founder and President) have renewed their contracts and will continue their respective roles within MySpace/ News Corp for two years. |
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| Breaking: MySpace CEO renews contract for two years |
| Published: October 17, 2007, 11:19 pm |
| Tags: Breaking, Chris Dewolfe, Dow Jones, Frenemies, Megan Smith, Myspace, New York Times, News Corp, Rupert Murdoch, Social Networks, Tom Anderson, Top, Wall Street Journal |
| the next two years," says Chris DeWolfe, CEO of MySpace, on stage with conference organizer John Battelle and his boss, News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch, confirming widespread rumors that he and MySpace cohort Tom Anderson had renewed their contract to run the social network for another two years. "I had to go from the nickel-and-dime newspaper |
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| Up Your Silicon Alley: What are the terms of the new contract between ... |
| Published: October 18, 2007, 10:00 am |
| Tags: Billionaires Two Children, Chris Dewolfe, Myspace, News Corp, Rupert Murdoch, Tom Anderson, Up Your Silicon Alley |
| What are the terms of the new contract between MySpace founders Chris DeWolfe and Tom Anderson with their corporate daddies at Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.? "$30 million over two years," suggests... |
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| Party Report: MySpace requests friends in San Francisco |
| Published: October 18, 2007, 2:29 pm |
| Tags: Chris Dewolfe, Clips, Dani Dudeck, David Sze, Facebook, Greylock, Mark Zuckerberg, Myspace, Party Report, Rupert Murdoch |
| Murdoch and MySpace CEO Chris DeWolfe's keynote at the Web 2.0 conference. I'd like to tell you more about the fancy guests (there were tons!), L.A.-style atmosphere, and crowd of gawkers who surrounded a Yoda-like Rupert Murdoch, but Valleywag was unceremoniously booted from the party once Dani Dudeck, MySpace's overanxious PR head, found |
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| Jackpot: MySpace boys are paid more than almost anyone at News Corp. |
| Published: October 18, 2007, 7:25 pm |
| Tags: Chris Dewolfe, Jackpot, Myspace, News Corp, Roger Ailes, Rupert Murdoch, Tom Anderson |
| deal that MySpace founders Chris DeWolfe and Tom Anderson got from Rupert Murdoch will pay them more than every exec at News Corp. except Roger Ailes, the head of Fox News. Nikki Finke notes that their pay package is particulary impressive because News Corp. is stingy with executive compensation. The pair are rumored to receive $15 million |
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| Careers: MySpace to expand internationally and go on hiring spree |
| Published: October 19, 2007, 6:07 pm |
| Tags: Careers, Chris Dewolfe, Facebook, Google, Myspace, Social Networks |
| world,'' says MySpace CEO Chris DeWolfe. With Google hiring continuing unabated and Facebook wanting to double its workforce as well, where are all the employees going to come from? Sergey, Chris and Zuck: I will blog for options. |
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| Facebook rejects MySpace OpenSocial invite [Facebook] |
| Published: November 13, 2007, 11:05 am |
| Tags: Chris Dewolfe, Facebook, Myspace, Opensocial, Owen Van Natta |
| the weekend, MySpace CEO Chris DeWolfe reportedly asked Facebook to join Google's OpenSocial initiative. Facebook COO Owen Van Natta politely rejected the idea. He said Facebook's developer platform protects user privacy better than the open standard. That's probably true, but most would say the real reason Facebook won't join OpenSocial |
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| MySpace sews up blue-hair demo with Barbara Walters interview [Chris DeWolfe] |
| Published: December 7, 2007, 2:17 pm |
| Tags: Barbara Walters, Chris Dewolfe, Clips, Media, Myspace, Tom Anderson |
| her before she interviewed Chris DeWolfe and Tom Anderson. Don't miss the tough questions like, "If I were a Martian. I come down from outer space. I hear about something called My Space. What is it?" |
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| MySpace incubator succeeds at reeling in wayward employee [Slingshot Labs] |
| Published: July 18, 2008, 12:40 pm |
| Tags: Slingshot Labs, Brickhouse, Chris Dewolfe, Facebook, Hires, Imeem, Incubators, Myspace, Nick Granado, Startups, Yahoo |
| in keeping MySpace CEO Chris DeWolfe in place: We hear that he made it a quid pro quo before signing a new, lucrative contract with Rupert Murdoch. He's not the only MySpace employee Slingshot played a part in keeping down in Los Angeles. We hear Nick Granado, a top engineer behind MySpace's iPhone version, first flirted with a job at |
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