Los Angeles -- After just nine months on the job, MySpace CEO Owen van Natta will step down, parent News Corp. announced late Wednesday. He will be replaced by new co-presidents Mike Jones and Jason Hirschorn, who along with van Natta joined MySpace in April 2009. Jones was formerly MySpace's COO, and before that founded Userplane and Tsavo media. Hirschorn, MySpace's head of product development, was previously president of Sling Media's entertainment group and chief digital officer at MTV Networks. "Owen took on an incredible challenge in working to refocus and revitalize MySpace, and the business has shown very positive signs recently as a result of his dedicated work," said Jon Miller, News Corp.'s chairman and CEO of Digital Media. "However, in talking to Owen about his priorities both personally and professionally going forward, we both agreed that it was best for him to step down at this time."
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