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muriel_volestrangler

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7. It's amazing that it's made it into the news, and then stayed there
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 09:10 AM
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This is a company that didn't have a Wikipedia entry until 2 days ago (and is now being discussed for deletion, on the grounds that "CEO had an affair with head of HR" is not a true indication of importance). It has around 350 employees. So that might be notable in a small town, but it's not like this is something important like, say, a hospital. I'm not sure a CEO of a 350-employee company is actually a "billionaire". And "we saw our work colleagues conducting their affair" isn't that amazing in a 350-member workplace.

People say "but it happened at a Coldplay concert". Yeah, but they're a bit of a "legacy" act these days. "Mylo Xyloto" is their last album of which I've definitely heard, and that came out in 2011 (maybe 2015's "A Head Full of Dreams??).

I think this shows that people are desperate for a bit of old-fashioned gossip, below the level where PR teams can fashion it, and where there are no consequences for the readers.

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