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Hyves

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Hyves is the social networking site in The Netherlands with mainly Dutch visitors and members. Hyves is comparable to American sites such as Facebook and MySpace. Hyves was founded in 2004 by Raymond Spanjar, Koen Kam and Floris Rost van Tonningen. In May of 2010 Hyves had more than 10.3 million accounts, with growth of over two million members compared to the previous 1.5 years.

Recent Milestones

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  Hyves was acquired by Telegraaf Media Groep (TMG). (11/1/10)
  Posted 11/1/10 at 11:12pm via techcrunch.com
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  Hyves added Raymond Spanjar as Ceo/cho, co-founder. (1/1/04)
  Posted 11/30/12 at 6:03am
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  Hyves added Floris Rost van Tonningen as Co-founder & creative director.
  Posted 4/18/12 at 3:50am
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  Hyves added Marc de Vries as CEO.
  Posted 11/2/10 at 5:03am
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  Hyves added Floris Rost van Tonningen as Creative director.
  Posted 4/18/12 at 3:44am

Videos

Screenshots

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Above: Hyves Screenshot
Uploaded: 11/3/10

Sources

1. Hyves Sold To Media Group, As European-based Social Networks Feel The Facebook Heat (techcrunch.com) [edit]