Comments on: Layoffs At Last.FM Confirmed. Where Else Are Heads Rolling At CBS? http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/11/layoffs-at-lastfm-confirmed-where-else-are-heads-rolling-at-cbs/ Startup and Technology News Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:29:27 -0800 hourly 1 By: 60 minutes of stumbleupon in numbers | Momentary Lull http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/11/layoffs-at-lastfm-confirmed-where-else-are-heads-rolling-at-cbs/comment-page-2/#comment-2636732 60 minutes of stumbleupon in numbers | Momentary Lull Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:33:14 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=33108#comment-2636732 [...] please spare me Erick Schonfeld’s latest scathing attack against Last.fm… Seriously, it’s not the first time. - The Movie Box: a movie website. Simply one of the least appealing I have seen in a [...] [...] please spare me Erick Schonfeld’s latest scathing attack against Last.fm… Seriously, it’s not the first time. – The Movie Box: a movie website. Simply one of the least appealing I have seen in a [...]

]]> By: Last.fm layoff 20% of workforce | Boring Will http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/11/layoffs-at-lastfm-confirmed-where-else-are-heads-rolling-at-cbs/comment-page-2/#comment-2605637 Last.fm layoff 20% of workforce | Boring Will Sun, 25 Jan 2009 21:06:57 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=33108#comment-2605637 [...] Having got most of Acknowledgement and Boring staff onto Last.fm over the past few months, I was sad to learn earlier today that last.fm, the social network based around the music you and your friends listen to, is laying off 20% of their 90-ish strong workforce. [...] [...] Having got most of Acknowledgement and Boring staff onto Last.fm over the past few months, I was sad to learn earlier today that last.fm, the social network based around the music you and your friends listen to, is laying off 20% of their 90-ish strong workforce. [...]

]]> By: Last.fm Unveils Official Application For The Android Platform http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/11/layoffs-at-lastfm-confirmed-where-else-are-heads-rolling-at-cbs/comment-page-2/#comment-2603683 Last.fm Unveils Official Application For The Android Platform Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:05:09 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=33108#comment-2603683 [...] which was acquired by CBS in May 2007 for $280 million, was recently forced to reduce its headcount by 20 percent but continues to report impressive growth [...] [...] which was acquired by CBS in May 2007 for $280 million, was recently forced to reduce its headcount by 20 percent but continues to report impressive growth [...]

]]> By: Fired. | i tell stories http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/11/layoffs-at-lastfm-confirmed-where-else-are-heads-rolling-at-cbs/comment-page-2/#comment-2583928 Fired. | i tell stories Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:17:00 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=33108#comment-2583928 [...] stay positive, of course — and have been particularly interested in how major companies have been dealing with [...] [...] stay positive, of course — and have been particularly interested in how major companies have been dealing with [...]

]]> By: frankps » Trends of 2009 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/11/layoffs-at-lastfm-confirmed-where-else-are-heads-rolling-at-cbs/comment-page-2/#comment-2580778 frankps » Trends of 2009 Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:59:10 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=33108#comment-2580778 [...] when reading about Technorati downsizing, but had close to a tear in my eyes when reading that Last.fm had to do the [...] [...] when reading about Technorati downsizing, but had close to a tear in my eyes when reading that Last.fm had to do the [...]

]]> By: Succubus Blog » Blog Archive » Crisis en el sector informático http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/11/layoffs-at-lastfm-confirmed-where-else-are-heads-rolling-at-cbs/comment-page-2/#comment-2575384 Succubus Blog » Blog Archive » Crisis en el sector informático Tue, 23 Dec 2008 11:22:16 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=33108#comment-2575384 [...] Arts (400 despidos), Western Digital (2.500 despidos), Midway Games (25% de la plantilla), last.fm (20% de la plantilla), Silicon Graphics (10% de la plantilla), AT&T (12.000), Adobe (8% de la plantilla), AOL [...] [...] Arts (400 despidos), Western Digital (2.500 despidos), Midway Games (25% de la plantilla), last.fm (20% de la plantilla), Silicon Graphics (10% de la plantilla), AT&T (12.000), Adobe (8% de la plantilla), AOL [...]

]]> By: Cierres y despidos en el sector tecnológico « La noticia tecnológica de la semana http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/11/layoffs-at-lastfm-confirmed-where-else-are-heads-rolling-at-cbs/comment-page-2/#comment-2574248 Cierres y despidos en el sector tecnológico « La noticia tecnológica de la semana Sun, 21 Dec 2008 23:38:57 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=33108#comment-2574248 [...] Arts (400 despidos), Western Digital (2.500 despidos), Midway Games (25% de la plantilla), last.fm (20% de la plantilla), Silicon Graphics (10% de la plantilla), AT&T (12.000), Adobe (8% de la plantilla), AOL [...] [...] Arts (400 despidos), Western Digital (2.500 despidos), Midway Games (25% de la plantilla), last.fm (20% de la plantilla), Silicon Graphics (10% de la plantilla), AT&T (12.000), Adobe (8% de la plantilla), AOL [...]

]]> By: Deirdre http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/11/layoffs-at-lastfm-confirmed-where-else-are-heads-rolling-at-cbs/comment-page-2/#comment-2570977 Deirdre Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:03:55 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=33108#comment-2570977 I wonder if Erick Schonfeld would have liked it if his own status update had been exposed without his consent in a similar situation. It's worth thinking about this before publishing private information merely for sensationalist purposes I wonder if Erick Schonfeld would have liked it if his own status update had been exposed without his consent in a similar situation. It’s worth thinking about this before publishing private information merely for sensationalist purposes

]]> By: Techcrunch.com Update : Tech Layoffs Surge Past 100,000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/11/layoffs-at-lastfm-confirmed-where-else-are-heads-rolling-at-cbs/comment-page-1/#comment-2569811 Techcrunch.com Update : Tech Layoffs Surge Past 100,000 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:33:20 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=33108#comment-2569811 [...] Cnet saw the brunt of the estimated 275 layoffs across CBS interactive (although other units, such as Last.fm, were not [...] [...] Cnet saw the brunt of the estimated 275 layoffs across CBS interactive (although other units, such as Last.fm, were not [...]

]]> By: Frank Bob http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/11/layoffs-at-lastfm-confirmed-where-else-are-heads-rolling-at-cbs/comment-page-1/#comment-2568658 Frank Bob Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:12:42 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=33108#comment-2568658 You've done this really badly mate. Dreadful way to go about things. Good luck to the last.fm lot. You’ve done this really badly mate. Dreadful way to go about things.

Good luck to the last.fm lot.

]]> By: DJ ProFusion http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/11/layoffs-at-lastfm-confirmed-where-else-are-heads-rolling-at-cbs/comment-page-1/#comment-2567001 DJ ProFusion Sun, 14 Dec 2008 19:33:11 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=33108#comment-2567001 Thanks for that link, tonique. No surprise but good to have confirmation. As they like to do, Techcrunch is trying to put a positive spin on things. They picked the most positive stats they could find on Last.fm's usage stats - comScore rather than other trackers, U.S.-only, not International - and only showing the "total unique visitors" stat, which is unreliable (especially the way comScore computes it) and not the metric that companies really look at to guage their performance. Last.fm's meaningful stats have been way down - more than 30%. Last.fm's redesign has bombed and this is the fallout everyone has been expecting. The only surprise is what took CBS so long. Let's hope that if people had to get the axe (always a shame) it was the idiots who ignored the customer feedback in Beta testing and went ahead with the redesign they KNEW would be hated by their customers and the "Staff" and "Moderators" who were such assholes to Last.fm customers who complained about the redesign after it went live. Thanks for that link, tonique. No surprise but good to have confirmation. As they like to do, Techcrunch is trying to put a positive spin on things. They picked the most positive stats they could find on Last.fm’s usage stats – comScore rather than other trackers, U.S.-only, not International – and only showing the “total unique visitors” stat, which is unreliable (especially the way comScore computes it) and not the metric that companies really look at to guage their performance. Last.fm’s meaningful stats have been way down – more than 30%.

Last.fm’s redesign has bombed and this is the fallout everyone has been expecting. The only surprise is what took CBS so long. Let’s hope that if people had to get the axe (always a shame) it was the idiots who ignored the customer feedback in Beta testing and went ahead with the redesign they KNEW would be hated by their customers and the “Staff” and “Moderators” who were such assholes to Last.fm customers who complained about the redesign after it went live.

]]> By: Tech Layoffs Surge Past 100,000 | Q u a r a r a http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/11/layoffs-at-lastfm-confirmed-where-else-are-heads-rolling-at-cbs/comment-page-1/#comment-2565653 Tech Layoffs Surge Past 100,000 | Q u a r a r a Sat, 13 Dec 2008 09:46:01 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=33108#comment-2565653 [...] and Cnet saw the brunt of the estimated 275 layoffs across CBS interactive (although other units, such as Last.fm, were not [...] [...] and Cnet saw the brunt of the estimated 275 layoffs across CBS interactive (although other units, such as Last.fm, were not [...]

]]> By: SOBREMUSICA | Last.fm Demite http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/11/layoffs-at-lastfm-confirmed-where-else-are-heads-rolling-at-cbs/comment-page-1/#comment-2565548 SOBREMUSICA | Last.fm Demite Sat, 13 Dec 2008 06:37:24 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=33108#comment-2565548 [...] da empresa, que andou se fundindo por aí. E em parte por ela, a crise. No meio dessa história, a Last.fm encolheu. Segundo o Tech Crunch, o site nunca deu retorno financeiro, mais por ser caro do que por ser pouco [...] [...] da empresa, que andou se fundindo por aí. E em parte por ela, a crise. No meio dessa história, a Last.fm encolheu. Segundo o Tech Crunch, o site nunca deu retorno financeiro, mais por ser caro do que por ser pouco [...]

]]> By: Corporations and Internet Radio a Recipe for Failure « Built Upon Music http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/11/layoffs-at-lastfm-confirmed-where-else-are-heads-rolling-at-cbs/comment-page-1/#comment-2565450 Corporations and Internet Radio a Recipe for Failure « Built Upon Music Sat, 13 Dec 2008 02:36:38 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=33108#comment-2565450 [...] seems to have turned into a growth that CBS now wants removed.  In an article posted yesterday on TechCrunch, it was announced that approximately 20 percent of the staff at Last.fm will be laid off.  CBS is [...] [...] seems to have turned into a growth that CBS now wants removed.  In an article posted yesterday on TechCrunch, it was announced that approximately 20 percent of the staff at Last.fm will be laid off.  CBS is [...]

]]> By: simar http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/11/layoffs-at-lastfm-confirmed-where-else-are-heads-rolling-at-cbs/comment-page-1/#comment-2565291 simar Fri, 12 Dec 2008 22:20:31 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=33108#comment-2565291 So basically you decided to keep Matt's picture up because he didn't do what you wanted him to do, answer your questions. - "He refused to answer my questions" MAYBE he didn't want to answer your questions because he didn't want his layoff to be YOUR NEWS - "ascertain the facts?" really? is that what you were doing? Interesting that Kafka, along with a number of reputable sites, was able to "ascertain the facts" through the statement cbs issued. Even though it didn't address all details in question, they were fine with that. YOU got GREEDY and decided it wasn't enough. - "so I posted his clarification and left it at that" the clarification you posted should have been removing or blurring the facebook screen shots. So basically you decided to keep Matt’s picture up because he didn’t do what you wanted him to do, answer your questions.
- “He refused to answer my questions” MAYBE he didn’t want to answer your questions because he didn’t want his layoff to be YOUR NEWS
- “ascertain the facts?” really? is that what you were doing? Interesting that Kafka, along with a number of reputable sites, was able to “ascertain the facts” through the statement cbs issued. Even though it didn’t address all details in question, they were fine with that. YOU got GREEDY and decided it wasn’t enough.
- “so I posted his clarification and left it at that” the clarification you posted should have been removing or blurring the facebook screen shots.

]]> By: TechCrunch: How Many Bodies Exactly Is CBS Interactive Trying To Hide? Try “275-ish. http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/11/layoffs-at-lastfm-confirmed-where-else-are-heads-rolling-at-cbs/comment-page-1/#comment-2565242 TechCrunch: How Many Bodies Exactly Is CBS Interactive Trying To Hide? Try “275-ish. Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:13:33 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=33108#comment-2565242 [...] losing their jobs. That left us scrambling about gathering piecemeal information. There were about 20 layoffs at Last.fm; 8 editors, we hear, at CBSNews.com are out of a job; another set of “redundancies” [...] [...] losing their jobs. That left us scrambling about gathering piecemeal information. There were about 20 layoffs at Last.fm; 8 editors, we hear, at CBSNews.com are out of a job; another set of “redundancies” [...]

]]> By: How Many Bodies Exactly Is CBS Interactive Trying To Hide? Try “275-ish.” | Fidicaro.net http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/11/layoffs-at-lastfm-confirmed-where-else-are-heads-rolling-at-cbs/comment-page-1/#comment-2565203 How Many Bodies Exactly Is CBS Interactive Trying To Hide? Try “275-ish.” | Fidicaro.net Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:18:44 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=33108#comment-2565203 [...] losing their jobs. That left us scrambling about gathering piecemeal information. There were about 20 layoffs at Last.fm; 8 editors, we hear, at CBSNews.com are out of a job; another set of “redundancies” [...] [...] losing their jobs. That left us scrambling about gathering piecemeal information. There were about 20 layoffs at Last.fm; 8 editors, we hear, at CBSNews.com are out of a job; another set of “redundancies” [...]

]]> By: <fb:name linked="false" useyou="false" uid="1440707595">Geoffrey Andiva</fb:name> http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/11/layoffs-at-lastfm-confirmed-where-else-are-heads-rolling-at-cbs/comment-page-1/#comment-2565043 Geoffrey Andiva Fri, 12 Dec 2008 17:14:13 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=33108#comment-2565043 so bad so bad

]]> By: nykanen.net » Layoffs At Last.FM Confirmed. Where Else Are Heads Rolling At CBS? http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/11/layoffs-at-lastfm-confirmed-where-else-are-heads-rolling-at-cbs/comment-page-1/#comment-2565041 nykanen.net » Layoffs At Last.FM Confirmed. Where Else Are Heads Rolling At CBS? Fri, 12 Dec 2008 17:12:24 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=33108#comment-2565041 [...] Layoffs At Last.FM Confirmed. Where Else Are Heads Rolling At CBS? [...] [...] Layoffs At Last.FM Confirmed. Where Else Are Heads Rolling At CBS? [...]

]]> By: Adele http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/11/layoffs-at-lastfm-confirmed-where-else-are-heads-rolling-at-cbs/comment-page-1/#comment-2565031 Adele Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:53:55 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=33108#comment-2565031 The fact still remains that permission was not acquired from the individuals' who facebook status you displayed. Facebook can be set so that only friends can access such information, the fact that you went through an 'acquaintance' of these people just shows that you could not readily access this and SHOULD have asked for permission BEFORE it was published. To do anything other than this is disgraceful. The fact still remains that permission was not acquired from the individuals’ who facebook status you displayed. Facebook can be set so that only friends can access such information, the fact that you went through an ‘acquaintance’ of these people just shows that you could not readily access this and SHOULD have asked for permission BEFORE it was published. To do anything other than this is disgraceful.

]]> By: matt hillman http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/11/layoffs-at-lastfm-confirmed-where-else-are-heads-rolling-at-cbs/comment-page-1/#comment-2565025 matt hillman Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:50:35 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=33108#comment-2565025 "4. That photo is not even what Matt looks like." Oh I don't know... Give it 40 years or so! “4. That photo is not even what Matt looks like.”

Oh I don’t know… Give it 40 years or so!

]]> By: Erick Schonfeld http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/11/layoffs-at-lastfm-confirmed-where-else-are-heads-rolling-at-cbs/comment-page-1/#comment-2564982 Erick Schonfeld Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:13:46 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=33108#comment-2564982 Anything you broadcast on Facebook is not private. If you think otherwise, you are delusional. I understand Matt is upset about this, and I updated the post to note that his comment is actually about a different matter. The reasons I didn't take it down are: 1. He refused to answer my questions when I was trying to get his side of the story and ascertain the facts in this case. So I posted his clarification and left it at that. 2. Regardless of the situation with Matt, this screenshot was sent to me by an acquaintance of his and the other two people pictured. It is partly how that person learned of the layoffs, partly how the information got out, and thus it is relevant. The other two statements are indeed reactions to the layoffs. 3. Nowhere do I say that these people in the image were laid off. That is an assumption being made by some of the readers here. All I know for sure is that they were listed as employees of Last.fm on a page that has since been taken down. The image reflects their postings on Facebook at the time the layoffs were announced. It is similar to posting a Twitter stream related to a news event. Some of the streams are relevant, some are not, but as a whole it provides extra, human, context. 4. That photo is not even what Matt looks like. Anything you broadcast on Facebook is not private. If you think otherwise, you are delusional. I understand Matt is upset about this, and I updated the post to note that his comment is actually about a different matter. The reasons I didn’t take it down are:

1. He refused to answer my questions when I was trying to get his side of the story and ascertain the facts in this case. So I posted his clarification and left it at that.

2. Regardless of the situation with Matt, this screenshot was sent to me by an acquaintance of his and the other two people pictured. It is partly how that person learned of the layoffs, partly how the information got out, and thus it is relevant. The other two statements are indeed reactions to the layoffs.

3. Nowhere do I say that these people in the image were laid off. That is an assumption being made by some of the readers here. All I know for sure is that they were listed as employees of Last.fm on a page that has since been taken down. The image reflects their postings on Facebook at the time the layoffs were announced. It is similar to posting a Twitter stream related to a news event. Some of the streams are relevant, some are not, but as a whole it provides extra, human, context.

4. That photo is not even what Matt looks like.

]]> By: matt hillman http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/11/layoffs-at-lastfm-confirmed-where-else-are-heads-rolling-at-cbs/comment-page-1/#comment-2564887 matt hillman Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:39:16 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=33108#comment-2564887 That would have been nice. I already asked for this to be taken down as it is an invasion of privacy for all mentioned and as my update had nothing to do with this (it was purely assumedby TC), it is irrelevant. I thought they might have been above this... alas, I was wrong. That would have been nice. I already asked for this to be taken down as it is an invasion of privacy for all mentioned and as my update had nothing to do with this (it was purely assumedby TC), it is irrelevant. I thought they might have been above this… alas, I was wrong.

]]> By: How Many Bodies Exactly Is CBS Interactive Trying To Hide? Try “275-ish.” | Q u a r a r a http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/11/layoffs-at-lastfm-confirmed-where-else-are-heads-rolling-at-cbs/comment-page-1/#comment-2564862 How Many Bodies Exactly Is CBS Interactive Trying To Hide? Try “275-ish.” | Q u a r a r a Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:52:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=33108#comment-2564862 [...] losing their jobs. That left us scrambling about gathering piecemeal information. There were about 20 layoffs at Last.fm; 8 editors, we hear, at CBSNews.com are out of a job; another set of “redundancies” [...] [...] losing their jobs. That left us scrambling about gathering piecemeal information. There were about 20 layoffs at Last.fm; 8 editors, we hear, at CBSNews.com are out of a job; another set of “redundancies” [...]

]]> By: More lumpy Xmas stockings with CBS Interactive job cuts | socialmediainfluence.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/11/layoffs-at-lastfm-confirmed-where-else-are-heads-rolling-at-cbs/comment-page-1/#comment-2564822 More lumpy Xmas stockings with CBS Interactive job cuts | socialmediainfluence.com Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:05:49 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=33108#comment-2564822 [...] after Yahoo’s job cuts, TechCrunch confirms that CBS Interactive has also laid off around 20% of staff, affecting CNET and Last.fm among other [...] [...] after Yahoo’s job cuts, TechCrunch confirms that CBS Interactive has also laid off around 20% of staff, affecting CNET and Last.fm among other [...]

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