News Corp. on Monday named a chief operating officer and chief product officer to fill out the executive ranks at MySpace, after naming former Facebook Inc. executive Owen Van Natta as CEO of its social-networking site last week.
Michael Jones, a former executive at Time Warner Inc.'s AOL, was named MySpace's chief operating officer. Most recently, he was founder and CEO of Tsavo Media, an online content publisher. MySpace's operating-chief position has been open since Amit Kapur left last month.
Former MTV Networks executive Jason Hirschhorn was named chief product officer, a new position at the company. Mr. Hirschhorn worked as chief digital officer at Viacom Inc.'s MTV Networks. Most recently, he was president of Sling Media Inc.'s Entertainment Group.
News Corp. also owns Dow Jones & Co., publisher of The Wall Street Journal.
The company has chosen two executives with experience in product development and the technology industry, both areas in which MySpace has faced criticism.
[the article was originally published at http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124085705936260201.html?mg=com-wsj]
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