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Report: UK MD Lukom Among MySpace’s International Departures

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We knew something was up when MySpace’s UK MD Anthony Lukom pulled out of C21’s Social Media Forum last month - the following day, MySpace said it was cutting 350 of its 450 international staff.

SEE ALSO: MySpace Axing Two Thirds Of International Staff, Katz’s Position Unclear

Now Lukom appers to be one of them. Europe MD Rebekah Horne will cover for now, Telegraph.co.uk reports, saying 100 of the job losses are coming in the UK, MySpace’s European capital:“Owen Van Natta, MySpace’s chief executive, is also meant to be coming over to the UK in two weeks time in order to realign the business.” MySpace UK also appears to have laid off PR people and outsourced its PR function. We know that because PR out-of-office replies now refer to an outside agency.

Updated: True to form during redundancies, the company’s new-look PR function won’t comment on specifics: “We can’t currently comment on any specifics but we are continuing to evaluate the business.”

Jul 1, 2009 6:24 AM ET

Posted In: Industry Moves, Companies, News Corp., MySpace

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