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Monday, February 17
Only after two months on the job, the head of PR for Groupon has left the company, reportedly due to a clash over a leaked internal memo that Yoga-loving CEO Andrew Mason wrote that responded to critics of the company and claims that Groupon had far less money than believed. The company's sales chief was replaced last week; their former COO quit in March.