Comments on: Project Playlist Fills CEO Void With MTV Co-Founder John Sykes

By: Trade Jim News » Playlist CFO Mike Sheridan Out

Trade Jim News » Playlist CFO Mike Sheridan Out — Wed, 20 May 2009 20:22:23 +0000

[...] restructuring announced as part of that acquisition. This source says that new CEO John Sykes, who took over after Van Natta’s abrupt departure, is simply putting his own exec team in place. [...]

By: Playlist CFO Mike Sheridan Out

Playlist CFO Mike Sheridan Out — Wed, 20 May 2009 19:58:20 +0000

[...] restructuring announced as part of that acquisition. This source says that new CEO John Sykes, who took over after Van Natta’s abrupt departure, is simply putting his own exec team in [...]

By: MusicBizWeekly Podcast » Blog Archive » The MusicBizWeekly Podcast - Episode 4 - Your weekly source for music business news.

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 02:36:04 +0000

[...] mentioned in this episode were this TechCrunch article and this record store in Salem, [...]

By: Owen Van Natta’s Infamous Tenure At Project Playlist | tech.shaundunne.com

Owen Van Natta’s Infamous Tenure At Project Playlist | tech.shaundunne.com — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 07:00:52 +0000

[...] of a small startup takes a bigger job. There was an orderly transition, and Project Playlist has a new CEO with great experience. Nothing to see here, please move [...]

By: Trade Jim News » Owen Van Natta’s Infamous Tenure At Project Playlist

Trade Jim News » Owen Van Natta’s Infamous Tenure At Project Playlist — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 23:02:52 +0000

[...] of a small startup takes a bigger job. There was an orderly transition, and Project Playlist has a new CEO with great experience. Nothing to see here, please move [...]

By: Owen Van Natta’s Infamous Tenure At Project Playlist

Owen Van Natta’s Infamous Tenure At Project Playlist — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 22:47:43 +0000

[...] of a small startup takes a bigger job. There was an orderly transition, and Project Playlist has a new CEO with great experience. Nothing to see here, please move [...]

By: Brandon Harris

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 22:56:57 +0000

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beta invites are available now

By: Internal Emails: The New MySpace Bossman | lalawag

Internal Emails: The New MySpace Bossman | lalawag — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 22:28:22 +0000

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By: jonjon

jonjon — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:44:44 +0000

it’s “decidedly troubled” because Mike is pissed they won’t give him any face time or tips.

By: News Corp Pulls The Trigger: Owen Van Natta Now Runs The Circus. Err, MySpace | The Good NET Guide

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:35:11 +0000

[...] Van Natta is a former Facebook and Amazon executive who, until today, was the CEO of a decidedly unstable music startup called Playlist. He’s got the resume to run MySpace, but as we said yesterday there are some serious questions around whether he’s the right guy. He still owns a significant part of Facebook and he’s clearly leaving Playlist, and the executives and investors he brought on board, in a bad situation. He joined that company just a few months ago. The rumor is that they’ll now be forced to shut down, although Playlist announces in a separate release that board member John Sykes, a cofounder of MTV, will take over as CEO for now. [...]

By: Shawn Drewry

Shawn Drewry — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:31:04 +0000

get over it..LOL

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By: pedalpete

pedalpete — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:51:23 +0000

Sykes was already on the board of Playlist, therefore he has a vested interest in it’s success, and with his background is both very familiar with the space and with Project Playlist itself.

This is actually a bit of a coup for Playlist. I doubt they would have been able to get Sykes into this position had it not been an emergency situation. At the same time, I suspect we’ll see a sale of Playlist to MySpace in the near future.

By: News Corp Pulls The Trigger: Owen Van Natta Now Runs The Circus. Err, MySpace

News Corp Pulls The Trigger: Owen Van Natta Now Runs The Circus. Err, MySpace — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:45:34 +0000

By: News Corp Pulls The Trigger: Owen Van Natta Now Runs The Circus. Err, MySpace | CHARGED's Digital Lifestyle at Work or Play

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:15:21 +0000

By: technotopia

technotopia — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:03:12 +0000

playlist.com could be worth $500 billion….

By: Attallah

Attallah — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:02:54 +0000

A ‘decidedly troubled company’. Can you please stop pulling stuff out of your ass, for once? How is Playlist any more troubled than MySpace is. MySpace music loses heaps more cash every month. Most startups out there including your darlings Mahalo and Twitter don’t have a clue how to make a buck, while Playlist has been in the black for most of its existence.

Sigh. Another TC asshat.

By: Techeroid » News Corp Pulls The Trigger: Owen Van Natta Now Runs The Circus. Err, MySpace

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:33:29 +0000

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:23:52 +0000

This seems like a perfect combination. I hope Sykes is the guy who finally has enough credibility and contacts to push music streaming to the next level.

(How did they get the co-founder of MTV and former President of VH1 to take the helm? Still scratching my head on this one. )

By: Bas

Bas — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:53:47 +0000

It’s a pity that some CEO’s in the music industry have apparently set out to destroy streaming music for some reason.

By: Brendan Biryla

Brendan Biryla — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:48:05 +0000

project playlist will probably become MTV’s answer to myspace… wouldn’t be surprised to see them work closely together

By: News Corp Pulls The Trigger: Owen Van Natta Now Runs MySpace

News Corp Pulls The Trigger: Owen Van Natta Now Runs MySpace — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:36:16 +0000

[...] Van Natta is a former Facebook and Amazon executive who, until today, was the CEO of a decidedly unstable music startup called Playlist. He’s got the resume to run MySpace, but as we said yesterday there are some serious questions around whether he’s the right guy. He that he still owns a significant part of Facebook and he’s clearly leaving Playlist, and the executives and investors he brought on board, in a bad situation. He joined that company just a few months ago. The rumor is that they’ll now be forced to shut down, although Playlist announces in a separate release that board member John Sykes, a cofounder of MTV, will take over as CEO for now. [...]