MySpace moves to hire MTV executive as revenue officer; iLike founders named vice presidents

October 14th, 2009 MySpace hires revenue chief; iLike execs promotedLOS ANGELES — MySpace is naming a former MTV Networks ad sales executive to a top role, while promoting the founders of recently acquired site iLike to senior positions. News Corp.'s social networking hub said Wednesday it hired Nada Stirratt to become chief revenue officer.

August 19th, 2009 MySpace buys iLike in bid to restore lost lusterLOS ANGELES — Social networking hub MySpace said Wednesday it is acquiring iLike, a popular music application on rival Facebook, in the first move by new management to restore some of its lost luster on the Internet. The $20 million agreement to purchase iLike confirmed rumors that had circulated this week and was the first play that new CEO Owen Van Natta has made to expand MySpace's Web footprint after a series of drastic cuts and writedowns.

August 19th, 2009 MySpace scoops up popular Facebook app iLikeLOS ANGELES — Social networking hub MySpace said Wednesday it is acquiring iLike, a popular music application on rival Facebook, in the first move by new management to expand after a series of drastic cuts and writedowns. The $20 million agreement to purchase iLike confirmed rumors that had circulated this week.

October 21st, 2009 MySpace Music videos to appear on FacebookLOS ANGELES — Social-networking site MySpace is using its joint venture with recording companies to launch a music video service that will pop into millions of profiles at rival Facebook as well. Starting Wednesday, music videos that MySpace has licensed for its site will run as well on the iLike music recommendation application, which the News Corp.

April 24th, 2009 Former Facebook exec Van Natta to be MySpace CEO NEW YORK — With MySpace falling behind Facebook as the world's largest online social network, MySpace tapped a former Facebook executive Friday as its new chief executive. Owen Van Natta, 39, replaces Chris DeWolfe, a co-founder of MySpace, who stepped down as chief executive Wednesday.

October 5th, 2009 MySpace names Rosenbaum as its first finance chiefNEW YORK — The social networking hub MySpace says it has named Mark Rosenbaum as its first chief financial officer. News Corp.-owned MySpace said Monday that Rosenbaum will report to CEO Owen Van Natta, who replaced co-founder Chris DeWolfe in the company's top post in April.

July 29th, 2009 Websense names Arthur Locke as new CFOSAN DIEGO — Internet filtering and security software maker Websense Inc. said Tuesday it named Arthur S.

October 21st, 2009 Google, MySpace, Facebook make music movesLOS ANGELES — Internet power players Google, MySpace and Facebook are adopting strategies to better compete in a music industry that is rapidly shifting online. In separate developments Wednesday, it emerged that Google plans to launch a music search service, MySpace said its music videos will be spread on competing social networks through recent acquisition iLike, and Facebook said it will now allow friends to send each other song-streaming gifts for as little as 10 cents each.

April 27th, 2009 News Corp. hires more MySpace executives NEW YORK — News Corp. has hired two new executives at MySpace, expanding the online hangout's management team after having just replaced its CEO on Friday.

June 21st, 2006 MySpace moves quickly after being slapped with a lawsuit claiming 30 million by a teenager, molested by a contact she made in MySpace. MySpace will adopt a series of measures next week to make it harder for strangers to send messages to younger teenagers.

October 6th, 2009 MUMBAI - S. Ramadorai Tuesday stepped down as the chief executive and managing director of software major Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). Ramadorai will be succeeded by the company's chief operating officer and executive director N.

October 21st, 2009 AP Sources: Google to unveil music searchLOS ANGELES — Google Inc. will launch music search pages next week and include ways for consumers to buy songs for download, according to people familiar with the matter.

April 30th, 2009 AOL names yet another head of online ad business NEW YORK — AOL, the struggling Internet unit that Time Warner Inc. is likely to spin off, said Thursday that it will put a new executive in charge of its online advertising business — making him the fourth person to hold that title in little over a year.

April 23rd, 2009 MySpace co-founder DeWolfe to step downLOS ANGELES — MySpace co-founder Chris DeWolfe will step down soon as the social networking site's chief executive, amid the site's stalled user growth and the rapid rise of rival Facebook. MySpace owner News Corp.

June 16th, 2009 MySpace to cut 30 percent of work forceLOS ANGELES — MySpace is cutting nearly 30 percent of its work force in a move the News Corp.-owned online hangout says will make it more efficient. The cuts amount to about 420 people, bringing the total number of MySpace's U.S.