Probably not in step with overall industry, anyway

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3 commentsTuesday, January 6, 2009

LiveJournal Makes Deep Personnel Cuts

Probably not in step with overall industry, anyway

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By Richard C Mongler (WPN reader) - Tue, 01/13/2009 - 06:39

There was an election for

There was an election for some volunteer advisor. One person running was called Jameth. Jameth could have saved LiveJournal but he didn't win.

By Guest (WPN reader) - Tue, 01/06/2009 - 13:33

Facts please

Please get the facts straight... This is from the official press release:

January 6, 2009
LiveJournal Inc. announced a restructuring today of their U.S. and Russian operations to more effectively manage costs in light of the global economic downturn.

LiveJournal Inc.'s headquarters, technical operations (and servers,) legal, administration, and customer service teams will remain in the United States. LiveJournal's global product development and design will now be coordinated out of its Moscow office. The pooling of resources between the U.S. and Russia will allow the company to build a stronger business model, well positioned to guarantee the long-term success of LiveJournal.

As a result of these changes, Matthew Berardo, VP and General Manager of LiveJournal Inc., will be leaving the company along with other valued colleagues. Mr. Berardo played the leading role in consolidating product and design efforts to enable the business to more effectively streamline costs during his tenure. LiveJournal Inc. will now be led jointly by Stephanie Gravelle, currently LiveJournal Inc.'s director of finance and administration, and Sergei Komarov, currently CTO of SUP (LiveJournal Inc.'s holding company).