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General Information

BirthplaceNew York, NY
Birthdate1971

Degrees

Stern School of Business, New York University, BS 1995
International Business and Marketing

Current Companies

Chief Product Officer

Former Companies

President, Sling Media Entertainment Group
Chief Digital Officer
CEO

Web Presences

Tags

sling-media, mtv

Photo Credit

Crains / Crains New York

Jason Hirschhorn

Mr. Hirschhorn joined Sling Media in December, 2006 to preside over the newly created Sling Media Entertainment Group. The Sling Media Entertainment Group was formed to define and create even richer and more engaging experiences for Slingbox customers as well as their family and friends. Mr. Hirschhorn is tasked with delivering entirely new applications and services enabled by the Slingbox’s marriage of familiar TV programming and richly interactive Web-connected devices.

Before joining Sling Media, Hirschhorn was a Founding Partner at TripleH Media Advisors, a digital media consultancy. Before TripleH, Jason was Chief Digital Officer at MTV Networks. At MTV Networks, Jason was responsible for the company’s digital media businesses and interactive strategy.

In April 2009, Hirschhorn joined MySpace as its Chief Product Officer.

Source: Madison Avenue Journal

Milestones

Videos

Investments

Company Date Round Size Participants
Howcast 10/08Series A$2M3

Sources

  1. 5to1 (5to1.com) [edit]
  2. Howcast Raises Another $1 Million For How-To Videos (paidcontent.org) [edit]
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