Celebrate Thomson, While There's Still Time

We're days away from the close of Thomson's merger with Reuters (RTRS), and already somone is trying to profit from the historic occasion, or at least enrich their favorite charity. Being offered on Ebay : a "stunning scuplture" fashioned from "high-grade perspex" and engraved with Thomson Financial's (TOC) legendary mantra, "Performance Matters - Always."

The bidding stands at $28.94, but don't expect that to last. This eliptical corporate monument will only gain in value as the official closing date, April 17, approaches. Once Thomson Reuters Corporation is created, new collectible corporate memorabilia will no doubt be issued, presumably in the form of pink slips.

Denton's Reward To Valleywag Drones: 33% Pay Cut

Earlier this week Valleywag writer Jordan Golson complained, on Valleywag , that his pay rate had been changed, but that his cruel and despotic owner hadn't told him what the new rate was. Now he knows: He's getting a 33% cut.

The backstory: This year Gawker Media boss Nick Denton changed his comp structure, and began paying writers based on the number of page views they generated rather than the number of posts they wrote. Writers are paid a base salary until they hit a certain number of page views; after that they're paid for every thousand page views they make.

Each of Denton's sites has different rate structure: At Valleywag, Golson and his fellow page-view makers had been making $9.75 for every thousand views. But as of this week, that rate's been cut to $6.50. We're told fellow Valleywag scribe Paul Boutin has a clever post running in a few minutes, so we'll link to that when it runs rather than writing more ourselves. That seems easier.

No Satisfaction: Rolling Stones + YouTube = Boring

The Rolling Stones are teaming up with YouTube for a new "channel." Will we get to see live sets from the band, previously unreleased footage, or clips of them recording "Sticky Fingers?" Nope.

It looks like fans can ask the band questions, and they will answer. That's about it.

The good news: There's already plenty of unofficial Stones footage on Google's (GOOG) video site.

Microsoft Blows Clever Leak Plan, Not "Evaluating" Yahoo Offer At All*

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