Michael Seibel Steps Down as CEO of Justin.tv
Today Michael Seibel stepped down as CEO of Justin.tv .Justin.tv is a platform to create live video and show people what’s happening right now. With the success of two newly launched products 10 months ago, Socialcam, the leading mobile video sharing app and TwitchTV, a community based on video game spectatorship where gamers watch and chat [...]
Read MoreApple Announces Steve Jobs Has Died
It was just a month ago that Steve Jobs resigned from his CEO position at Apple. This evening Apple’s Board has announced he has passed away in the below statement. Statement by Apple’s Board of Directors: We are deeply saddened to announce that Steve Jobs passed away today. Steve’s brilliance, passion and energy were the [...]
Read MoreBREAKING: Evan Williams Steps Down as Twitter CEO #newtwitterceo
In a rather shocking announcement, Twitter CEO Evan Williams has asked COO Dick Costolo to step in as the new CEO of Twitter. While we’ve seen restructuring going on at major companies like HP and Yahoo, this seems a bit more benign and mostly a strategic move on @ev’s part. As Twitter’s growth has exploded, [...]
Read MoreDigg CEO Steps Down and Kevin Rose Takes the Wheel
Yesterday, Digg CEO Jay Adelson stepped down. After “five years, forty million users, and an amazing ride,” he felt that Digg was in a good and stable place, having ramped up hiring and left the startup phase. Because of this and the impending launch of the new dig site, he felt it was a good time [...]
Read MoreUpdate: Johnny Taylor Resigns as CEO of RushmoreDrive
Johnny Taylor CEO of Rushmore Drive has abruptly announced his resignation effective immediately as CEO of Rushmore Drive. Taylor’s resignation comes off the heels of a sales negotiation with an undisclosed company to buy Rushmore Drive, which was later rejected by IAC executives. In a letter forwarded to Black Web 2.0 Taylor states: As you [...]
Read More200 CEOs Share Their Opinion of Social Media
There has been mixed reviews when companies, as opposed to employees, are transparent and join social networks. Some companies are hesitant because of how their brand may be portrayed online. When they open the door for consumer feedback through open dialogue, the responses and comments may not always be so positive. Years ago it was [...]
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