{"id":279254,"date":"2010-02-05T01:24:16","date_gmt":"2010-02-05T06:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/2010\/02\/05\/myspace-chief-product-officer-jason-hirschhorn-on-his-way-out-after-10-months-on-the-job\/"},"modified":"2010-02-05T01:24:16","modified_gmt":"2010-02-05T06:24:16","slug":"myspace-chief-product-officer-jason-hirschhorn-on-his-way-out-after-10-months-on-the-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/279254","title":{"rendered":"MySpace Chief Product Officer Jason Hirschhorn On His Way Out After 10 Months On The Job"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/34e96_Jason-Hirschhorn-Picture.jpeg\" class=\"shot2\" \/>MySpace Chief Product Officer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/person\/jason-hirschhorn\">Jason Hirschhorn<\/a> will soon be leaving the company, we&#8217;ve heard from multiple sources. Hirschhorn <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techcrunch.com\/2009\/04\/27\/threes-company-meet-your-new-myspace-executive-team\/\">joined<\/a> MySpace in April 2009 as part of the major executive shakeup that replaced the old guard, including long-time CEO Chris DeWolfe.   After current CEO Owen Van Natta was chosen, Hirschhorn and COO Mike Jones were quickly brought on board to fill out the newly vacated roster.  <\/p>\n<p>Since joining MySpace, Hirschhorn has gotten a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techcrunch.com\/2009\/10\/22\/myspaces-jason-hirschhorn-gets-off-on-killing-products\/\">reputation<\/a> for slashing products that weren&#8217;t deemed to be part of MySpace&#8217;s core strategy (given how bloated the site was, that wasn&#8217;t always a bad thing).  But the core product hasn&#8217;t really changed all that much, either, which is something that needs to change for MySpace to get back on its feet. <\/p>\n<p>But the real problem may have been a lack of chemistry between Hirschhorn and his fellow executives. CEO Van Natta was supposedly hired by Murdoch directly for the job. Hirschhorn and Jones were hired by Digital chief <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/person\/jonathan-miller\">Jon Miller<\/a>. Since the whole team was brought in at once, Van Natta didn&#8217;t have any say at all in the hiring of his two right hand guys.<\/p>\n<p>Before joining MySpace, Hirschhorn was president of the Sling Media Entertainment group, a founding partner at TripleH Media Advisors, and Chief Digital Officer at MTV.<\/p>\n<p>MySpace refused to comment on this story. An email to Hirschhorn has so far gone unanswered.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">CrunchBase Information<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/person\/jason-hirschhorn\">Jason Hirschhorn<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Information provided by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">CrunchBase<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/reX3YqwLX3n6zJ7fPZJQriyBsec\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/cb821_di\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/reX3YqwLX3n6zJ7fPZJQriyBsec\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/cb821_di\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?a=8UfsjN6Hx9A:EAJdHlSiYnk:2mJPEYqXBVI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/cb821_Techcrunch?d=2mJPEYqXBVI\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?a=8UfsjN6Hx9A:EAJdHlSiYnk:dnMXMwOfBR0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/fdc37_Techcrunch?d=dnMXMwOfBR0\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?a=8UfsjN6Hx9A:EAJdHlSiYnk:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/25ba2_Techcrunch?i=8UfsjN6Hx9A:EAJdHlSiYnk:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?a=8UfsjN6Hx9A:EAJdHlSiYnk:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/25ba2_Techcrunch?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?a=8UfsjN6Hx9A:EAJdHlSiYnk:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/25ba2_Techcrunch?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/5be7b_8UfsjN6Hx9A\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Buy This Item: <a class=\"buy\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/buy.php\" ><span style=\"color: #33bc03\">[Click here to buy this item]<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Techcrunch\/~3\/8UfsjN6Hx9A\/\" >Read Original Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MySpace Chief Product Officer Jason Hirschhorn will soon be leaving the company, we&#8217;ve heard from multiple sources. Hirschhorn joined MySpace in April 2009 as part of the major executive shakeup that replaced the old guard, including long-time CEO Chris DeWolfe. 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