joining me to discuss, spencer soper, who covers the company. cer, how much of this is stepping down is due to the financials of the company? partly performance and also holding the company together, not selling pieces that activist investors want sold. this is bringing ebay a step closer to the scrapheap. like ebay feels breakup part two. there was a similar situation ebay faced when carl icahn was pressuring steve donahoe to break up ebay and paypal. now we have further pressure, but this time we don't have a promising up and coming company that they want to spin off like they did with paypal. it was just to break up what leftover. taylor: what are the activists pushing for in terms of breaking up the company? how did they think they can unlock value? spencer: there has been pressure to sell stubhub and the classifieds business, like a local marketplace similar to craigslist. they want to further break up the pieces. winick has been resisted to that. stubhub is thinking, well, we sell sports memorabilia and band memorabilia. if somebody is sell

i spoke with spencer soper about the move. : parts of performance and holding the company together, not selling pieces that activist investors want sold, this is bringing ebay closer to the scrap heap. it kinda feels like ebay breakup part two. it's a similar situation that -- it's a similar situation that ebay faced about five years ago when carl icahn was pressuring the then ceo to break up paypal. now, we don't have a promising up-and-coming company that they want to spin off like they did with paypal. it's more just to break up what's left over. taylor: what are the activists pushing for in terms of breaking up the company? how do they think they can unlock value? spencer: there's been pressure to sell their ticket market, a local marketplace similar to a craigslist type thing or the start up, offer up. they are there could be synergies. they are resistant to that arguing there could be synergies. stubhub, for example, they say we sell sports memorabilia and band memorabilia, and if someone is getting a concert ticket or a