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BitTorrent axes CEO, 18 employees

By Owen Thomas, 7:20 PM on Mon Nov 10 2008, 803 views (Edit, to draft, Top, Slurp)

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BitTorrent, the troubled file-sharing technology startup, has laid off another 18 employees — roughly half of its remaining staff — and fired CEO Doug Walker, replacing him with CTO Eric Klinker. [Bits]

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