paidContent:UK (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
As we reported , Dailymotion’s UK creative director Digby Lewis recently left the video site when it shaved 20 percent of its staff in a cost-cutting move. Now Digby’s resurfacing at the new online content operation started by ex Bebo chief Joanna Shields and Shine Group CEO Elisabeth Murdoch.
VentureBeat (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
... Gary Vaynerchuk, David Lee, and David G. Cohen. Another $195,000 in debt funding came from Joanna Shields, David Liu, Ziv Navoth, Joanna Shields, David Liu, Ziv Navoth, Ravi Narasimhan, Jason Knapp, and Darius Contractor (yes, that’s his real name.) Galligan says people unfamiliar with the details of location-based app development underestimate the value of software...
The Industry Standard (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
... Gary Vaynerchuk, David Lee, and David G. Cohen. Another $195,000 in debt funding came from Joanna Shields, David Liu, Ziv Navoth, Joanna Shields, David Liu, Ziv Navoth, Ravi Narasimhan, Jason Knapp, and Darius Contractor (yes, that’s his real name .) Galligan says people unfamiliar with the details of location-based app development underestimate the value of software...
TechCrunch (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
... SimpleGeo remains in beta for the time being. Participants in its previous debt round include Joanna Shields (formerly Bebo), David Liu (formerly AOL), Ziv Navoth (formerly Bebo), Darius Contractor (Bebo), Ravi Narasimhan (Strategic Data Corp/NewsCorp), and Jason Knapp (Strategic Data Corp/NewsCorp). Needless to say, a lot of powerful people clearly want this company to succeed. Crunch...
The Business Insider (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
One AOL insider's take is that today's voluntary layoff offers are all about pushing out the overpaid old-timers who have gone untouched for years thanks to their loyalty to AOL. It's also a way of weeding out those who don't believe in that new strategy. The idea is that AOL already fired A) all the top execs who had seperation agreements B) a bunch of relatively new execs like Joanna Shields...
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
... in the U.K. office following the restructure. Under the then leadership of former Google topper Joanna Shields, Bebo made waves by backing web dramas "KateModern" and "Sophia's Diary." In more robust economic times, these attracted lucrative sponsorship coin from blue-chip advertisers keen to reach young consumers. But Bebo, aimed at teenage girls, has struggled to remain fashionable...
