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Microsoft layoff details emerge
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| More details are emerging today about the Microsoft groups affected, and
| spared, in the company's latest round of job cuts. The company isn't going
| into detail, but blogs and forums are providing plenty of evidence. Layoffs
| are reported to have taken place in groups including MSN Direct, the Massive
| in-game advertising unit, and MSDN Magazine, among others.
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http://www.techflash.com/microsoft/Microsoft_layoff_details_emerge_44481927.html
Microsoft crimps products after second wave of job cuts
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| Microsoft is reining in several of its products following the company's
| second round of lay-offs that kicked off on Tuesday.
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| Similarly, MSN Direct - which provides weather, traffic and other services to
| devices such as in-car map systems - is also under review.
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http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2009/05/07/microsoft_products_scaled_back/
Bill Hill, eBook champion, leaves Microsoft
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| I keep thinking Microsoft must be going to jump into the eBook/reader market
| in some way, but so far haven’t heard anything that would back my intuition.
| As an avid Kindle user, I have to say I’ll be surprised if the Softies steer
| clear of this space….
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=2704
Recent:
Report: Microsoft Guts In-Game Advertising Unit In Layoffs
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| Roughly seventy-five percent of the staff at Microsoft’s Massive in-game
| advertising unit was laid off in Tuesday’s round of job cuts, according to
| VentureBeat.
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http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-report-microsoft-guts-in-game-advertising-unit-in-layoffs/
Microsoft’s Massive in-game ad business takes hits among 3,000 overall layoffs
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| Microsoft announced a new round of layoffs today as it struggles to right
| itself after reporting tepid results last month. We’ve learned that Massive,
| the company’s in-game advertising business, suffered something like 75
| percent layoffs.
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http://venturebeat.com/2009/05/05/microsofts-massive-in-game-ad-business-takes-hits-in-layoffs/
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