Ad Ops Daily Bits: March 25 2009

Facebook Co-founder and My.BarackObama.com New Media Strategist Chris Hughes Joins General Catalyst Partners as Entrepreneur-in-Residence

General Catalyst Partners, a venture capital and private equity firm that invests in exceptional entrepreneurs building technology-focused companies, announced that Chris Hughes has joined the firm as an Entrepreneur in Residence. The co-founder of Facebook, the largest social networking site in the world with more than 175 million active users, Hughes most recently served as Director of Online Organizing for President Barack Obama’s presidential campaign and pioneered the most successful use of online campaigning through the political social networking site My.BarackObama.com.