MySpace continues to hire and fire in their attempt to recreate the struggling but still huge social networking service. They’ve just hired, we’ve confirmed, former AOL and Tsavo exec Mike Macadaan, who we hear will become the company’s VP Product, to report to Chief Product Officer Jason Hirschhorn.
Macadaan spent ten months at Tsavo Media before announcing his departure from the company in June. Now it looks like he’s following former Tsavo CEO Mike Jones, who was recently appointed as MySpace’s COO, to the social network (the two also worked together at AOL prior to Tsavo).
Macadaan will likely play a key role in the site’s reworking going forward, first with incremental changes (hopefully a bit more substantial than the logo change we saw last week) and later on with a major reworking of the site, which MySpace seems to have been hinting at since CEO Owen Van Natta took the helm last April. Given MySpace’s lagging growth and dropping traffic as users migrate over to Facebook, it’s clear that the site badly needs to make some changes.
Not much news on Tsavo. Always been interested in what they’re doing/up to.
I’m not sure if I should be saying this because I’m also trying to do this, but should Myspace try to diversify and create other networks. Heck they could just buy up all the stupidspace copiers and expand their universe. Does collegespace.com exist?
what the hell is a “VP Product” ?
That’s “vocal percussion”.
He will be beatboxing at myspace.
Man…
myspace – a place for “AOL” friends.
LOL, Love you comment, we have AOL execs so they fire all old people and bring in AOL. yes indeed like you said “myspace – a place for “AOL” friends.”
i have a feeling i work with the person who made this comment. we’re all thinking it
well and hilariously said…
Congrats MacDaddy! That is awesome. I look forward to hearing all about it tonight. Seems like all my old AOL pals are leading up the new MySpace. That’s exciting to see.
@frankgruber – is this a premonition of sorts? All you AOL’r’s are now going to power the new MySpace? Are you next?
Rex
congrats to him . i have him on my twitter follow list
tsavo must have been kicking butt!
just like all these guys were able to pull aol out of the gutter, I expect them same at myspace
yes, AOL now is a huge success and a leader in the internet space now.
MySpace is becoming an entertainment portal…
Daaaaaanggggg
I love Mike’s design eye! Congrats, Mike–I wasn’t even aware you had left Tsavo.
Looks like Mike Jones is brining in the all stars.
Macadaan is da man!
Oh. My. God. Perfect!! Talk about getting it done! Niiiice!
This is almost as exciting yahoo hiring someone… going for a nap…
Looks like there’s a lot of Mike fans up in here. What exactly has he accomplished?
Congrats Mike! Should be an exciting journey.
Great Hire for My Space.. Mike M is great designer and product guy, he will do wonders for the social networking site!! Congrats Mike!!
What happens to Tom Andrus !
Congrats to him
MM should do a good job infusing some solid product creativity and innovation at MySpace – always enjoyed working with him. Crazy at times, but always fun.
Tsavo, can we deadpool it yet? Execs don’t flee in droves from a promising company.
smart hire. people with strong user experience (UX) / design backgrounds belong in product leadership roles.
Mike and Mike both seem like really smart, really experienced, non-egomaniac guys. exactly what MySpace needs at this juncture.
Myspace just needs to stick to the music aspect of it. I honestly don’t know anyone who uses it for anything other than that these days… Maybe this guy can make a change, but i really don’t see people switching back from facebook.
trying to understand how if AOL went downhill, and these Exec’s left Tsavo, how these people are going to change the fate of a sinking ship. Anyone care to explain this to me?
Tom Andrus must be gone. is Jeff Berman still working there? How many presidents does mysp need?