Snook exits Monstermob

HANS SNOOK - the man previously responsible for building up Orange UK's brand image - has left his current position as chairman of British mobile content provider, Monstermob.

That's after LaNetro Zed completed a £34 million takeover of the company at a shareholder's meeting. It's also despite the promise of a higher, rival offer from Chinese company, Linktone.

Snook was pursued in his rapid exit out of the door by CEO and founder Niccolo De Masi, and finance director, David Marks.

Zed's Javier Perez Dolset has said he will act as interim chief executive in the meantime. The INQ reported back in December that Spain's LaNetro Zed had injected money into the business. It's main troubles stemmed from its activities in China.

So, you would have thought a tie up with Linktone would have made sense. Well, never mind because LaNetro Zed has operations in China too. µ