Nobuyuki Idei, now president and chief executive, will become corporate chairman and remain as chief executive, while the current executive deputy president and chief operating officer, Kunitake Ando, above, will become president and remain chief operating officer.
In a conference call with investors, Burton M. Tansky, the chief executive, said the current business climate was "unprecedented".
At Citigroup's annual shareholder meeting last week, Vikram S. Pandit, the chief executive, said the current dividend was in line with the company's long-term earnings potential.
Michael Thamm, the company's chief executive, said the current estimate of more than €600m would rise significantly before the ship is finally towed away next year.
EBay remains a "compelling place to do business," said Margaret C. Whitman, the president and chief executive, "despite the current climate, or because of it".
Network executives say the current system, though widely considered the only viable one available, is flawed.
Studio marketing and distribution executives credit the current streak to a variety of factors.
Last week, the company sued 19 current and former executives, including the current president, Shuichi Takayama, over their roles in concealing the losses.
The current insider trading forms would still have to be filed by executives on the current schedule, weeks or months after the trades are disclosed by the company.
Company executives said the current decision was not a reaction to the ad recession but a long-term strategy to develop new revenue.
