MySpace’s Tom Gets $500k Per Year to Stop Coming to Work
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Re: MySpace’s Tom Gets $500k Per Year to Stop Coming to Work
#2This looks like a slow severance to me.
In exchange for his salary reduction, he agrees to not close his profile and remain an "ambassador" to the service? If you ask me, it just sounds like they're trying to keep some decent PR going in the face of some serious adversity.
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#3Well, after the Casual Friday incident it makes sense...
Re: MySpace’s Tom Gets $500k Per Year to Stop Coming to Work
#4> ...what became the world’s top social network, only to see it lose its edge under News Corp.
I think it's fair to blame acquirers in many cases, but based on MySpace's history they may have done better under News Corp than they would have done independently.
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#5This looks like a slow severance to me. In exchange for his salary reduction, he agrees to not close his profile and remain an "ambassador" to the service? If you ask me, it just sounds like they're trying to keep some decent PR going in the face of some serious adversity.
This seems like bad PR considering all the people they have fired.
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#6This looks like a slow severance to me. In exchange for his salary reduction, he agrees to not close his profile and remain an "ambassador" to the service? If you ask me, it just sounds like they're trying to keep some decent PR going in the face of some serious adversity.
This seems like bad PR considering all the people they have fired.
I would venture to guess the average MySpace user has no idea about the people they have fired. They'd certainly notice if something happened to Tom though.
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#7Talk about out-of-this-world salaries...
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#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
This seems like bad PR considering all the people they have fired.
I would venture to guess the average MySpace user has no idea about the people they have fired. They'd certainly notice if something happened to Tom though.
You seem to be correct, they can't replace Tom as the default friend. They'll have to do something really clever for that to happen ...
The other day I was talking to my friend and she was telling me that facebook suck's because it does not support layout changes and allows auto music play as soon as you load the page. So, in the process I told her about the layoffs and Facebook has crossed over Myspace in terms of monthly visits... she was totally surprised.
Re: MySpace’s Tom Gets $500k Per Year to Stop Coming to Work
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
I would venture to guess the average MySpace user has no idea about the people they have fired. They'd certainly notice if something happened to Tom though.
You seem to be correct, they can't replace Tom as the default friend. They'll have to do something really clever for that to happen ... The other day I was talking to my friend and she was telling me that facebook suck's because it does not support layout changes and allows auto music play as soon as you load the page. So, in the process I told her about the layoffs and Facebook has crossed over Myspace in terms of m…
>they can't replace Tom as the default friend.
They could make it Rupert Murdoch!!!
Re: MySpace’s Tom Gets $500k Per Year to Stop Coming to Work
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
This seems like bad PR considering all the people they have fired.
I would venture to guess the average MySpace user has no idea about the people they have fired. They'd certainly notice if something happened to Tom though.
Tom Anderson doesn't even run the "Tom" account. In fact, Tom's entire identity on the site is mostly fictitious, complete with a falsified age. He's pretty much a figurehead, all they're paying him for is to avoid making any negative press about "MySpace fires Tom" or something like that.