MySpace Picks Up Jason Hirschhorn, Owen Van Natta, and Mike Jones

Last week I wrote about how former Facebook co-founder Owen Van Natta will become the new MySpace CEO.  Now it appears that News Corporation will be hiring former AOL executive Mike Jones as the COO of the social networking company as well.

“Michael’s operational insight and knowledge of the social media market will prove to be a valuable asset as we set out to evolve the MySpace product offering,” stated Jon Miller, Chief Digital Officer of News Corporation. “From a product perspective, there’s no better choice than Jason, who is highly regarded as an incredibly talented innovator, media executive and leader, all qualities I know will greatly benefit our team and our users.”

Miller is the former head of AOL which is where he most likely met Jones for the first time.  I have a feeling that this won’t be the last time that News Corporation will poach executives from AOL.  MySpace founders Tom Anderson and Chris DeWolfe are still negotiating other leadership roles within News Corporation.

News Corporation has also hired Jason Hirschhorn as the new Chief Product Officer of MySpace.   Hirschhorn was President of Sling Media Group before attaining this position.

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