Another day, another MySpace executive resignation. Dani Dudeck, Vice President of Global Communications, has resigned from MySpace, says a source, and will shortly become the top communications executive at Zynga. Her new title will be General Manager of Corporate Communications.
It was just a week ago that MySpace execs Ali Partovi and Hadi Partovi announced that they were leaving the company. Two days before that the top two execs at Slingshot Labs, MySpace’s research and development arm, resigned. And the list goes on and on and on.
Will the last person to leave please turn out the lights?
Dudeck is a particularly difficult loss for MySpace. She has been with the company since 2005, first as an outside PR flak from Edelman, and from 2006 as head of communications. She knows where all the skeletons are, and she has watched the company both during its meteoric rise and it’s almost as fast descent.
Zynga is a good choice for Dudeck. She has a difficult to control CEO on her hands, just as she did with Chris DeWolfe at MySpace, and later Owen Van Natta. So she’s used to dealing with cults of personality. If anyone can clean up Zynga CEO Mark Pincus’ image, it’s Dudeck. Which is sort of too bad, because stuff like this is priceless.
We interviewed Dudeck two weeks ago at our office. No wonder she wouldn’t say a word.
We’ve reached out to MySpace and Zynga for comment and confirmation.
Dani Dudeck serves as MySpace’s Vice President of Global Corporate Communications. In this role, Dani oversees MySpace’s in-house communications team and global PR agencies, managing all external and internal PR strategy, media and analyst relations, and crisis communications. As the senior leader of the corporate communications team, Dani oversees all PR strategy on MySpace’s consumer, technology, product, and international initiatives as well as its corporate issues management. Dani joined MySpace in 2006 as the company’s Director of Corporate Communications. In...
MySpace is one of the world’s largest social networks, with about 125 million users. Originally inspired by Friendster, MySpace quickly grew to become the world’s largest social network, before being overtaken by Facebook. User pages are highly customizable and support integration with widgets such as Slide or YouTube. MySpace provides users with a way to connect around content and culture. MySpace was started as a side project of the internet marketing company eUniverse (now called Intermix Media) in August...
Zynga was founded in July 2007 by Mark Pincus and is named for his late American Bulldog, Zinga. Loyal and spirited, Zinga’s name is a nod to a legendary African warrior queen. The early supporting founding team included Eric Schiermeyer, Michael Luxton, Justin Waldron, Kyle Stewart, Scott Dale, John Doerr, Steve Schoettler, Kevin Hagan, and Andrew Trader. Zynga’s mission is connecting the world through games. Everyday millions of people interact with their friends and express their unique personalities through our...
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