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Hey,
Hope all you Americans in the house had a good July 4th. That also goes for the Brits too, I suppose.
Iím not saying that Iím doing it for sure, but if you want to advertise on the site or in this newsletter, drop me a note: pud at fuckedcompany.com . This June web hosting bill is no fun...
Interesting thing: Some dot-com companies have recently been reaching from the grave to fuck ex-customers. Failed companies are selling customer information theyíve collected. ìPrivacy statementsî on web sites mean nothing ñ especially when (a) the company gets acquired and the new company wants the info, and/or (b) the company needs to sell that info to stay afloat.
Donít be fooled! The recent trend for fucked companies is to trash the ìdot-comî in the company name. Theyíre trying to trick you. Some examples: o Biznet Group (was eBizNet.com) o GSV (was Cybershop.com) o InfoSpace (was InfoSpace.com) o J2 Global Communications (was JFax.com) o LifeMinders (was LifeMinders.com) o Network Commerce (was Shopnow.com) o Preference Technologies (was Stockup.com) o Voip Technology (was Tradersecrets.com)
So there are 44 new fucks today including a bunch of new hall-o-famers. Here are some featured fucks:
Fat coke head given the ax First I'll give you the one-sentence version of what they do: They take your real bucks and turn them into promissory notes -- backed by themselves. Here's the deal: Turns out the president, Tony Mazzamuto, lied about a few things -- first his age, then his college degrees. And then there's that THREE-AND-A-HALF POUNDS OF COKE he was convicted for -- not to mention the handgun (note to self: must party with Tony Mazzamuto). People picked up on this because he complained to the press about being charged for two airline tickets cuz he weighs 450 pounds -- acquaintances recognized him after the stories ran and started talkin' it up... Gives a nice mental picture. "I have a little bit of a checkered past," he told the press. Company: CyberBuck.net Points: 170
It's about time... I'm sure they didn't mean for it to be this funny, but... "You have reached ww.24-7.com. Unfortunately, we are now closed." The site says it all. Company: 24-7.com Points: 200 - new hall of fame inductee!
Too bad, so sad Yet again, the site says it all. "Thank you for coming to visit us at Homewarehouse.com. Unfortunately, our site will be unavailable for the forseeable future." Company: homewarehouse.com Points: 199 - new hall of fame inductee!
CitySearch editors see writing on the wall Rumor has it that CitySearch has finally figured out that content doesn't pay (maybe they've been reading FC?) They are apparently "refocusing" on core revenue generators -- ticket sales and building websites for small businesses. They've imposed, as a "test", a strict limit of 150 words for all of their articles. Company: Citysearch.com Points: 129
Says bye-bye to 20 percent of staff VarsityBooks.com just renamed itself "Varsity Group, Inc." Apparently removing the "dot-com" from the name didn't help this fucked company -- they just laid off about 27 of 130 employees. Company: varisitybooks.com Points: 145
Half of IT staff axed. Rumor has it that headhunting site, techies.com just axed half of its IT staff, about 65 out of 115, in route to being "more financially viable." Company: techies.com Points: 155
Noosh fucks 50 Rumor has it that noosh.com just fired about 50 employees and closed down some "satellite" offices. Employees are unhappy with the severance package of two weeks. Company: noosh.com Points: 149
stay evil, pud