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Re: Lycos Europe to Shut Down; Is Recession Taking a Toll on Old Giants?

Kathy O'Reilly — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:10:47 -0000

Lycos, Inc. in theÂ U.S. is an operating division of Daum Communications, the 2nd largest Internet Company in Korea, and is completely unrelated to Lycos Europe. Therefore, the closing of Lycos Europe will have absolutely no effect on any Lycos, Inc. products and service offerings for Lycos users in the U.S. and throughout the world. Lycos, Inc. in theÂ U.S. continues to innovate & invest in new products across all its core businesses, including the recently launched Lycos Cinema and Webon platforms along with the continued growth of our popular community-driven sites like Gamesville, Tripod and Angelfire.Â Lycos U.S. continues to be one of the most-widely known & respected internet brands in the world with 60MM uniques worldwide (comScore MM) and more than 10MM + Active Registered Users.

Re: Lycos Europe to Shut Down; Is Recession Taking a Toll on Old Giants?

Paul — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 07:56:12 -0000

Haha, Lycos... what the hell happened those guys???...

Re: Lycos Europe to Shut Down; Is Recession Taking a Toll on Old Giants?

D. — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 15:29:13 -0000

Huh.. I totally forgot all about Lycos..

Re: Lycos Europe to Shut Down; Is Recession Taking a Toll on Old Giants?

Vygantas — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 13:46:31 -0000

The sky is falling
The sky is falling
The sky is falling
The sky is falling

Re: Lycos Europe to Shut Down; Is Recession Taking a Toll on Old Giants?

Robert Andrews — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 11:34:20 -0000

Nothing to do with the recession. LE had been flailing for some time.

Re: Lycos Europe to Shut Down; Is Recession Taking a Toll on Old Giants?

pottluck — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 11:17:34 -0000

Oh Guys,

didnt know you even notice a GÃ¼tersloh based Web company shutting down.
It was my only chance to join Internet wagon in this area, also worked for them parttime for the IQ project.
If somebody has an interesting job offer dont hesitate to contact me.

Greetings from Germany (GÃ¼tersloh)

Re: Lycos Europe to Shut Down; Is Recession Taking a Toll on Old Giants?

ITSamurai — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 11:11:57 -0000

Lycos-Europes biggest operations is located in Armenia,Yerevan they have about 250 employees and this is a real damage for our small country's IT industry.