Comments on: Rumors Of Major Cutbacks Swirl Around Motricity — What’s The Deal?

By: Here it comes....

Here it comes.... — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 05:23:31 +0000

Tuesday morning at 9:00 am….the axe is falling….

By: stop bitching and get back to

stop bitching and get back to — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:07:26 +0000

re: "Wuerchless"…. why keep dead weight…that's why they're probably getting rid of unprofitable storefronts and boneheads like you.

By: Wuerchless

Wuerchless — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 06:48:43 +0000

Monday's the day!!! Pink slips should flow as effortlessly as the river once did at the American Tobacco complex. From what I hear they are shutting down storefronts, games and looking for a buyer for D2C. What's next a fire sale on all the comfy couches in the office?

By: Observant

Observant — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 04:43:33 +0000

Gag Order,

If you read the Editors Note, Moco shut the other thread down because it devolved into name calling.

Besides, no one was saying anything new, just reiterating the same back and forth.

By: Your dog's ugly

Your dog's ugly — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:03:36 +0000

Why have all the posts from insiders stopped? Threats? Litigation? Speaking of litigation, speaking of the dedication to Durham and North Carolina apparently espoused by The Fearless Leader, why is the Mo using a Tennessee law firm to help wriggle out of the obligations to Symphony? What's the real low down on all that, anyway? Probably, as in most things, both parties are equally guilty.

By: JR

JR — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:07:15 +0000

Take two companies that have similar revenues and similar operating losses and put them together and you don't get a bigger company that is profitable. These guys have to cut around $20 Million of annual expenses to get to break even, and that won't make a chink in the debt that Motricity brought to the table. The layoffs will help, but they will still have to execute.

By: mocorocker

mocorocker — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:47:08 +0000

The problem with the whole thing (Motricity-Infospace) is that pure platform is a DOG business, period. These companies (and specially their investors) should have realized that, sooner or later, carriers will move to paying a flat fee as opposed to a revenue share per transaction on these services.

Why should carriers spend tens of millions of dollars in services that they can get somewhere else for a few hundred grand or $1 or $2M tops? Yes, carriers are not the most dynamic of organizations but they are not stupid. Someone somewhere has a P&L;and suddenly realizes they are paying too much. History has shown that if you can count on something from a carrier is their squeezing your margin and not looking back.

Additionally, and whether people like it or not, 600 employees for that company is extreme bureaucracy. They have competitors that do not have more than 50 and offer comparable, if not better, solutions.

I actually posted a comment here about A YEAR AGO about Motricity and their flawed model (and platform).

http://www.moconews.net/entry/419-sell-stock-be-sold-motricity-may-pick

And BTW, a Moconews collaborator later came out saying 'I love Motricity and all about them' in another thread :)

Frankly, you didn't need to be a genius to see this one coming.