MySpace president is Paris Hilton's latest accessory?

DeWolfe (in the gray jacket) and Hilton (in the pink dress) leaving a club in L.A. together.

(Credit: X17.com/TechCrunch)

It's not the sort of TechCrunch post you see every day: the Valley blog reported on Friday night that Chris DeWolfe, president of News Corp.'s MySpace, is dating ubiquitous heiress Paris Hilton. It's been going on for a few weeks, editor Michael Arrington wrote, adding that he was tipped off to it when he saw the two together in a video clip from paparazzi site X17.

The gossip column of the New York Post has also mentioned offhand that Hilton has been spotted at parties in a house that DeWolfe has rented in Southampton, N.Y. (That's an upscale summer party town on Long Island, for those of you unfamiliar with mid-Atlantic geography.)

DeWolfe, 42, is married but going through a separation process, according to TechCrunch. Hilton, 27, ostensibly still has a boyfriend, but really, who the heck knows?

Maybe this is what happens after Paris Hilton articulates her proposed energy policy via Web video and receives a resoundingly positive response: she stops dating Greek shipping heirs, B-list musicians, and reality show stars, opting instead for digital-media executives.

It also might be a publicity stunt, a sort of way for DeWolfe to make a statement about MySpace's identity. I mean, could you ever see Mark Zuckerberg doing something like this? TMZ.com once hounded the young Facebook founder as he walked out of a chic restaurant in L.A. with a cute date. In fact, she was his girlfriend of several years; all the pair was willing to do for the cameras was laugh for a few minutes and then walk away.

[michaelo1966]

Mark probably has a girlfriend, or boyfriend, or a dog ... well, at least some type non plant matter friend he spends the ten minutes/day with who he's not related to and ponders sleeping with when he's not working.

[The_Decider]

Really? Who the hell cares who that vapid skank chooses to hang out with?

[Dead Soulman]

And this is important to the tech-oriented community because ....????
Come on, I know that CBS owns you guys, but please don't turn this into a gossip site.

[techslut]

OH GOD!! I think it's crazy that you're actually paying attention to this simpleton. You disappoint!

[KinichAhau]

This makes me sad....We don't care about her! No one does! Jeez...get back to tech-related news!

[benjaminstraight]

Paris is big. Everyone wants to be around her.