Quote Of The Day: MySpace Co-President? “Hell, Yeah”
Michael Arrington
Mar 10, 2010

Jon [Miller] came to us and said, `Would you like to be co-presidents?’ We said, `Hell yeah.’ We didn’t have to move our desks,”

– Former MySpace Chief Product Officer Jason Hirschhorn’s reaction to the abrupt firing of his boss and his promotion to co-president of MySpace.

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  • DaCaptain

    I anxiously await whatever comments TheFlame and ExFimmer will contribute to this post

  • BlogReader

    Their co-presidency is going to be epic!

  • Kevin spacey

    Hell yeah… this is one lazy ass post.

  • http://brionhickey.wordpress.com brionhickey

    yawn

  • http://www.netbay.com.au Mathew Carpenter

    Is this going to be a regular TechCrunch segment? Quote of the day?

  • http://www.alaseef.net majed

    Quote of the day?

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=594153546 Clint Pee

    I wonder how much a year that job pays?

    The Padrino
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  • cease

    mike you forgot to tell us what he was had for breakfast that morning and what he was working on when mr miller asked them.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=609690987 David Berger

    Y’all are missing Mike’s point – that kind of flippant response shows a notable lack of seriousness at MySpace. No discussion of strategy, objectives, direction, which any serious executive would demand before taking that job.

  • TheFlame

    Kara Swisher/USA Today/AP…nothing like blowing your PR wad all at once, guys! I’m sure people will have MySpace on the tips of their tongues at cocktail parties for months after that afternoon of press junket madness.

    But really, after watching and reading the result of that carefully orchestrated dog & pony show (subtext: how to get people other than TechCrunch to write about us), the comments seem too easy…

    “Boy, it must be really hard to share an office given the low number of days you’re in the building!”

    “Jason Hirschhorn is a whiz at building employee morale, anyone who’s caught one of his wacky off-the-cuff tirades would surely agree!”

    “Why didn’t they unleash their secret weapon?!? Was Mike Macadaan out saving lives with his Super Design powers?!?”

    But every time I hear them blaming Owen for their collective ineptitude, what really keeps running through my head is Bil Keane’s loveable Family Circus scamp “Not Me” (http://bit.ly/not_me). I can’t wait to customize my profile page with his effigy!

  • CallyWog

    2nd rate company promotes 2nd rate executives to co-presidency. Truly earth-shattering. Whatever couch Friendster is sleeping on, it better move over to make room for myspace.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000012844929 Julio Jorge Ortiz

    “2nd rate company promotes 2nd rate executives to co-presidency. Truly earth-shattering. Whatever couch Friendster is sleeping on, it better move over to make room for myspace.”

    Perfectly stated!

    This is the problem with a lot of companies today, not just within the tech/web industry. You have nitwits running companies into the ground, but as long as they get their quick promotion and quick cash, it’s all good for them.

    Problem is they continue to turn out a crap product, which is all MySpace is.

  • exFimmer

    YAWN…..

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