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Former Facebook Exec Van Natta Set to Take Over at MySpace, as Founder...
Finally, Owen Van Natta is about to win out over a founder. The former Facebook COO (pictured here) is poised to become the CEO of MySpace, replacing co-founder and current CEO Chris DeWolfe. DeWolfe...
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MySpace Musical Chairs: Jason Hirschhorn Also In as Chief Product Officer
MySpace has officially announced the appointment of entrepreneur and former AOL exec Mike Jones as COO, as BoomTown reported earlier today. But the social-networking site also named former Sling Media...
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Rob Glaser Eased Out as RealNetworks CEO
Rob Glaser is stepping down as CEO of Real Networks, the company he founded in 1994. Sources say the move was instigated by his own board, but that he cooperated with the decision and was involved in...
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Rosensweig to Leave Guitar Hero; Takes Over as CEO of Online Textbook Rental...
Longtime Silicon Valley exec Dan Rosensweig (pictured here) is stepping down as CEO and president of the Guitar Hero division of Activision Blizzard to take a new job as president and CEO of Chegg,...
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Former Googler Adam Freed Takes COO Job at Etsy, As It Crafts More Funding
Former Google international exec Adam Freed (pictured here) has taken a job as COO of Etsy, the crafts e-commerce site, which just raised another $20 million in venture funding. Index Ventures is part...
View ArticleTwitter Puts "@EarlyBird" Down for a Long Nap
As Twitter continues to roll out new revenue products, it is also putting some away. Twitter is “setting aside” its “@earlybird” shopping promotional product, COO Dick Costolo said today at an...
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Another One Down at AMD: COO Rivet Steps Down
The executive turnover at Advanced Micro Devices continues. Robert Rivet, who has served as the company’s COO since 2000, has left the company according to an 8-K filing. His last day was yesterday and...
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Asana Hires "COO-Type"–Van Zant First Biz Side Hire for Workplace...
As it gets ramped up for a wider launch, Asana, the high-profile workplace collaboration start-up founded by top former Facebook execs, has hired former SolarWinds product strategy exec Kenny Van Zant...
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Exclusive: Groupon President and COO Rob Solomon Steps Down
Sources close to Groupon, the social buying site, said its president and COO, former Yahoo exec Rob Solomon (pictured here), is stepping down from his job. It’s not clear what the reasons for...
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Wanted: Groupon COO. Must Like Cat-Wrangling, Lack of Spotlight and...
Of all the many job openings in tech, perhaps the most interesting to watch will be who Groupon selects as its next COO. The search has been on for a while for the critical hire for the Chicago-based...
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Google Confirms That Groupon COO Will Be Google's Margo Georgiadis
Margo Georgiadis (pictured here), VP of Global Sales Operations at Google, will be COO of Groupon, Google confirmed. She is currently located in Chicago, where the social buying site is headquartered....
View ArticleRIM Operating Chief Takes Medical Leave
Research In Motion Ltd. said one of its top executives is taking a medical leave from the BlackBerry maker and a retired predecessor is returning as a special adviser, a management shuffle that comes...
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Does Tim Cook Need His Own Tim Cook?
Apple’s biggest leadership shift yet is now behind it. But will there be other smaller ones as the company adjusts to its new org chart? If Tim Cook is the right person to be Apple’s next CEO, who’s...
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RIM CEO to New COO, CMO: Welcome to My Nightmare
Research In Motion has filled two vacant slots on its executive team, hiring a chief operating officer and a chief marketing officer. Kristian Tear, formerly an executive VP at Sony Mobile...
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Facebook Names COO Sheryl Sandberg to Board of Directors
After four years as the chief operating officer at Facebook, Sheryl Sandberg on Monday was appointed to Facebook’s board of directors. “Sheryl has been my partner in running Facebook and has been...
View ArticleKlout Names Emil Michael as COO
Social influence start-up Klout announced Monday Emil Michael as its chief operating officer, overseeing the company’s business strategy going forward. Michael spent the past year and a half as an...
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Yahoo Conducting a Search for a COO as No. 2 to Mayer
According to several sources, Yahoo is now on the hunt for a COO — with special emphasis on someone with turnaround experience — presumably to be a worker-bee No. 2 to product-guru CEO Marissa Mayer....
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CFO Seifert Is Latest Exec to Bolt Chipmaker AMD
It has been a little more than a year since chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices named Rory Read, a former Lenovo and IBM exec, as its CEO. And, as usually happens when a new CEO comes to a company, there...
View ArticleAOL Names Karen Dykstra as New CFO, Adds PepsiCo VP to Board
AOL on Wednesday appointed Karen Dykstra as chief financial officer, moving her over from the board member position she held since 2009. Dykstra fills the seat left by Artie Minson, who shifted to COO...
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The $56 Million Man: Yahoo Confirms Hiring of Google's De Castro as COO
Yahoo said today in a regulatory filing that it had hired one of Google’s top sales execs, Henrique De Castro, as its COO. Earlier today, I had reported that CEO Marissa Mayer had been close to...
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Groupon Tries Out Having a COO Again, Promotes Kal Raman
After burning through two chief operating officers in the run-up to its IPO, Groupon has promoted Kal Raman to the twice-cursed position. This represents the second promotion for the executive since...
View ArticleFacebook COO Sandberg Sells $26 Million in Shares
Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook, sold nearly 1 million shares of company stock on Friday, according to an SEC filing. The sale comes after a strong November on the Nasdaq for...
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Twitter Shuffles Top Brass With New COO and CFO Appointments
Joi Ito/Flickr Newly dubbed Twitter COO Ali RowghaniIn a move that shuffles some of the highest ranking members of the microblogging start-up’s executive team, Ali Rowghani has been named chief...
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New Yahoo COO Henrique De Castro Hints at the Future of the Web Portal (Pro...
Hubert Burda Media/DLD Yahoo COO Henrique De Castro, right, in conversation at the DLD Munich conference Yahoo’s problem: It’s a king of the portal age of the Web, in a time where we’re shifting away...
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Sheryl Sandberg Wants You to Trust Facebook More (Video)
One of the biggest user gripes about Facebook to date has been trust: No one wants to accidentally share an embarrassing picture with hundreds of their friends. In conversation with Kara Swisher and...
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