• April 29, 2009

Michael J. Wolf, former president and COO of MTV Networks, is joining the Board of Advisors of Slide Inc., a San Francisco-based social entertainment company.

"Slide has already built an audience of more than 150 million people worldwide through its innovative approach to social entertainment," said Wolf in a statement. "I believe that Slide is positioned to succeed based on its portfolio of highly engaging applications that fully captures the power of social media. I look forward to serving as an advisor to help drive the significant value Slide brings to content producers, advertisers and consumers."

Currently, Wolf serves on the boards of Entercom Communications Corp. and iAmpilify.com. He was previously was managing partner of the global media and entertainment group at McKinsey & Company. Before joining McKinsey, he was a senior partner with Booz-Allen & Hamilton, where he led the communications media and technology group. He also served on Booz-Allen's board of directors and executive management committee.--Tanya Irwin About Slide Inc. Slide is the world's leading . We offer people the ability to communicate, engage and have fun with one another within the context of relationships they built on social networks such as Facebook and MySpace. The social networks benefit from increased user activity, advertisers benefit from a highly engaged audience, and our users can share popular videos, send virtual gifts or even throw sheep at each other. At Slide, we take fun very seriously. That's why more than 150 million people each month interact with our products, including SuperPoke!, Top Friends, FunSpace and Slideshow. Slide was founded in 2005 by PayPal co-founder Max Levchin and is backed by Mayfield Fund, Blue Run Ventures, Khosla Ventures and Founders Fund.