Chris DeWolfe
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A new set of rules for social games...rules. Companies like Zynga, Playdom, and SGN attracted millions of investor dollars, and word has it that former MySpace CEO Chris DeWolfe wants to roll up a bunch of smaller companies into another powerhouse. And now that EA has a big... In this article: Playfish, Revenue, Playdom, Facebook, MySpace, Manhattanite, Ngmoco, and Balance sheet |
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Astrochicks | November 09, 2009
MYSPACE, Continues its Downward Spiral, Hits Financial Snag With $350m Deal!!!
...Murdoch, is threatening to block newspaper content from Google. Seriously? Watch your subscriptions take a nosedive. I wonder what Chris DeWolfe and Tom Anderson doing these days? Tags: chris dewolfe myspace, chris dewolfe myspace what...
In this article: MySpace, News Corp, RSS 2.0, Tom Anderson, Google, and Los Angeles
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CNET News.com | November 02, 2009
Inside one of the world's largest data centers
...from lessons learned from Apple to why the Ovi store still isn't available on AT&T's network. In Chris DeWolfe's new venture, sources say, he'll attempt to snowball a bunch of social-gaming properties and pit himself against industry...
In this article: Microsoft, Chicago, Ina Fried, CNET News, Bing, and E mail
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CNET News.com | November 01, 2009
Inside the Motorola Droid, an iPhone likeness
..."you can't blame us" mentality of software and Internet-based services have to go? Beyond Binary In Chris DeWolfe's new venture, sources say, he'll attempt to snowball a bunch of social-gaming properties and pit himself against industry...
In this article: Iphone, CNET News.com, Android, ARM, PowerVR, and Imagination Technologies
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CNET News.com | October 31, 2009
Ex-MySpace CEO wants to gamble on social games
...gaming start-up Ngmoco. One source said that Ngmoco's valuation may already be too high for DeWolfe to consider it for his roll-up plans. Rather, DeWolfe is likely looking at very small gaming companies run by a handful of stellar...
In this article: MySpace, CNET News, Facebook, Ngmoco, TechCrunch, and Rupert Murdoch
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PC World: Latest Technology News | October 22, 2009
News Corp.'s Jon Miller: MySpace Stopped Innovating
Since his appointment, Miller has shaken things up, bringing in former Facebook executive Owen Van Natta to replace MySpace's CEO Chris DeWolfe and overseeing deep staff reductions at MySpace in the U.S. and abroad. Miller and Van Natta...
In this article: MySpace, News Corp., Twitter, Facebook, Paid content, Ilike, and John Battelle
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Telegraph.co.uk - Business | October 22, 2009
Owen Van Natta: superman builds platform for MySpace success
...back to health are rare". Van Natta has not done media profiles since taking over the chief executive role from MySpace founder, Chris DeWolfe. And that's probably how Rupert Murdoch, the chairman and chief executive of News...
In this article: MySpace, Facebook, News Corporation, Rupert Murdoch, Revenue, Web 2.0, Itunes, Excite, and Lycos
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Gawker | October 21, 2009
Pretty Boy MySpace CEO Has Dumb Surrender Plan [Social Networks]
...social networking, the company used to have Facebook in its sights. It was barely two years ago that Van Natta's predecessor Chris DeWolfe got an urgent phone call from Peter Chernin at MySpace's parent company saying, "I need a plan for...
In this article: MySpace, Facebook, Fox Interactive Media, Peter Chernin, Financial Times, Google, Merrill Lynch, and Apple
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Financial Times | October 21, 2009
MySpace abandons race with Facebook
...on] the web with other people. " MySpace has had a tumultuous six months since the departure of Mr DeWolfe. Shortly after his appointment Mr Van Natta and his new executive team embarked on a round of cost-cutting, shedding 30 per...
In this article: MySpace, Facebook, Hitwise, NewsCorp, Web 2.0, Dashboard, Itunes, and Ilike
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | October 21, 2009
MySpace Music videos to appear on Facebook
...or target advertising. The moves mark the first product announcements by Chief Executive Owen Van Natta since he replaced co-founder Chris DeWolfe in April. He was to explain them at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco on Wednesday. Van...
In this article: MySpace, Facebook, YouTube, Ilike, Google Inc, Sony Corp, Universal Music Group, Joint venture, and Orkut
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Chris DeWolfe (born 1966) is one of the creators of MySpace (along with Tom Anderson). He is the former CEO of MySpace. He graduated from the University of Washington in 1988, where he was a member of Beta Theta Pi Fraternity, and the University of Southern California in 1997. He has the sixth account ever made on the website.
On April 22, 2009, News Corp. announced DeWolfe will be stepping down as CEO and will be a strategic adviser to MySpace and serve on the board of MySpace China. Ex Facebook Vet Owen Van Natta will be replacing him.
Chris Dewolfe has been profiled in many major publications such as Fortune and Businessweek.
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