Longtime Eidos executive Ian Livingstone has been promoted to life president of ... wait, he's the what? Livingstone now holds the title of "life president," following Square Enix's takeover of the troubled British publisher. The executive will continue working in the creative process and "act as a spokesperson for the Eidos group," reports GI.biz.
Livingstone will also continue working with the British government to push forward tax credits and the "skills agenda."
We Googled "life president" because we figured this was some business term we'd just never heard of. Nope, it appears totally made up. The closest thing we could find was the term "President for Life," a title used by dictators -- which is not what's going on with Livingstone ... we think.
Just to make sure Wikipedia and Google hadn't missed anything in their combined infinite wisdom, we decided to contact several major academic business institutions. Harvard and Wharton have yet to return our phone calls; however, Stanford's media relations offered, "I can't think of any academic with serious scholarship wanting to weigh in on this."
Livingstone becomes 'life president' of Eidos
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Posted: Apr 29th 2009 5:08PM The Wicker Man said
I would assume he is their version of Stan Lee. The way stan is an honorary ed in chief.
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Posted: Apr 29th 2009 5:12PM Clinton O said
did he replace the previous president or did edios just not have one
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Posted: Apr 29th 2009 5:16PM cuteSAVAGE said
"G.R.O.S.S. Dictator-For-Life, Calvin presiding."
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Posted: Apr 29th 2009 5:18PM Koopaconn said
I would make people salute me if I was him
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Posted: Apr 29th 2009 5:30PM LaughingTarget said
I think it bridges off life partner. It is an alternative lifestyle corporate relationship.
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Posted: Apr 29th 2009 5:53PM Misframed said
Dr. Livingstone, I presume?
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Posted: Apr 29th 2009 6:02PM leemahi said
when i was a little kid i loved collecting rocks, and it all started when i picked up a rock and dreamed it was from mars or something like that. well my dad told me to call up harvard and Princeton for an answer. i must have someone laugh at the other end.
that is all.
that is all.
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