Skype founders quit as executives
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Skype was bought by eBay in September 2005
The founders of Skype, Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, have resigned as executives of the web-based phone firm.

Skype创始人Niklas Zennstrom与Janus Friis辞去总裁职务

EBay has announced that it will cut up to $1.2bn (£590m) off the potential price it agreed to pay for Skype.
Ebay宣布将较原先同意的金额要少支付12亿美元。

In September 2005 eBay agreed to pay $2.6bn for Skype and make further payments of up to $1.7bn based on Skype meeting various targets.
2005年9月eBay同意支付Skype26亿美金，并根据Skype业绩可多付高达17亿美金。

EBay will reduce the value of Skype on its books by $900m, a tacit recognition that it overpaid for the company.

"I think this is a testament that the Skype franchise is not worth as much as eBay originally thought," said Youssef Squali of the brokerage Jeffries & Co.

Skype generated only $90m in revenue in the three months to the end of June.

Skype在六月底前的三个月收入只有九千万。

Other projects

Ebay said it might pay Skype shareholders another $195m, but only if it sells 50% or more of Skype before then end of March 2008.

Mr Zennstrom, who was chief executive of Skype, will become non-executive chairman and is expected to spend more time on other projects.

After the Skype sale, he and Mr Friis founded an online video company called Joost.com.
Ebay收购Skype之后，Zennstrom先生和Friis先生成立了新的在线视频公司Joost.com


Joost, which had previously only been available by invitation, made its software freely available on Monday.

Niklas Zennström

Niklas Zennström, born 1966, is a Swedish entrepreneur. He first gained fame as the co-founder of the KaZaA peer-to-peer file sharing network infamous for both the bundled malware and the number of computer viruses, trojans and other malware it helped to propagate, while also being successfully sued by the recording industry (though they also won a number of important legal victories). After selling KaZaA he and his KaZaA-founding partner Janus Friis created Skype peer-to-peer internet telephony network. He is currently working on Joost - an interactive software for distributing TV shows and other forms of video over the Web.

He has dual degrees in Business Administration and Engineering Physics (MSc, computer science) from Uppsala University in Sweden. He spent his final year at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.

Skype创始人Niklas Zeenstrom出生于1966年。他拥有瑞典Uppsala大学工商管理与工程物理双学位，计算机科学硕士学位。他大学最后一年在美国的Michigan大学完成。

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www.Joost.com