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From: manes@vger.nsu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Copperman out, blood on the carpet
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Date: 9 Jan 91 12:42:02 GMT
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In article <1991Jan8.214036.14398@usenet.ins.cwru.edu>, pab@po.CWRU.Edu (Pete Babic) writes:
> In a previous article, mjsagar@sandia.gov (9123 SAGARTZ, MATHIAS J.) says:
> 
>>
>>	The Jan. 8 Wall Street Journal reports that Commodore has
>>announced the replacement of Harold Copperman as the president of
>>the U.S. subsidiary by James Dionne, who had been the head
>>of the company's Canadian Unit.  Copperman will remain with Commodore
>>as a vice president and will be responsible for formulating
>>"multimedia strategies."  Also announced was a 10% to 15% reduction in
> 
> Is Copperman's switch a demotion or promotion? I was under the impression
> that Mr. Copperman took a position of Vice President for Commodore 
> International which would give him more influence over the entire Commodore
> operation wouldn't it? It would seem to me that its a nice promotion for
> Mr. Copperman and shouldn't cause the return of gloom and doom some people
> have been saying.

This move seems more like a "contractual obligation" to me.  Just what does
a "VP of multimedia" do?

I have heard from various sources that if Commodore let Copperman go before
May 1st they would have to pay him around $300,000.


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