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Former aQuantive execs bolt from Microsoft 2 years after deal
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| The aQuantive exodus from Microsoft continues. Just yesterday, we reported
| that Karl Siebrecht -- the former president of aQuantive's Atlas unit --
| planned to leave Microsoft to join Seattle online advertising startup AdReady.
| Now, we've received word that three other former aQuantive execs who held
| general manager titles at the software giant -- Aaron Easterly, Brian Handly
| and Brent Turner -- also gave notice last week. And one of those execs has
| already landed a new job at a Seattle online advertising company
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| [...]
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| Microsoft has lost some other key employees who came over in the aQuantive
| deal, most notably former aQuantive CEO Brian McAndrews who announced his
| plans to join Seattle's Madrona Venture Group on August 13th. (That was
| exactly two years after the aQuantive deal closed).
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http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2009/09/former_aquantive_executives_leave_microsoft_after_two_years.html?ana=from_rss
Recent:
Publicis to Buy Microsoft's Razorfish
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| French advertising company Publicis Groupe SA has agreed to acquire Microsoft
| Corp.'s digital ad firm, Razorfish, in an effort to grab more of the ad
| dollars that are flowing to the Web.
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124982318328817501.html
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/
Report: Microsoft Guts In-Game Advertising Unit In Layoffs
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| Roughly seventy-five percent of the staff at Microsoftâs Massive in-game
| advertising unit was laid off in Tuesdayâs 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/
Microsoftâs 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. Weâve learned that Massive,
| the companyâs 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/
Microsoft rumours confirmed
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| Industry rumours were set to rest when Microsoft confirmed a number of
| changes to its staffing.
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| According to Microsoft the restructure will affect a small, but unspecified,
| number of jobs and is part of the efficiency drive announced by Chief
| Executive, Steve Ballmer earlier this year. It follows job cuts that occurred
| earlier this month.
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| A Microsoft spokesperson said: âAs part of this effort, we are making some
| changes in New Zealand.â
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http://www.thechannel.co.nz/20090527918/microsoft-rumours-confirmed.php
Microsoft Loses NZ Government Windows Deal
http://news.digitaltrends.com/news-article/20034/microsoft-loses-nz-government-windows-deal
New Zealand cancels Microsoft talks
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/itmanagement/0,1000000308,39656668,00.htm
Kiwis turn down Microsoft.
http://www.gaj-it.com/10047/kiwis-turn-down-microsoft/
Kiwis give Microsoft the finger
http://www.itwire.com/content/view/25274/1090/
Are there more layoffs in Microsoft's future?
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| That inaudible clause, according to my notes, was âI donât see any potential
| for us to lower our expenses for the rest of this year.â
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| So does all that mumbo-jumbo translate to no more layoffs? Probably â at
| least for the rest of this calendar year. But not definitivelyâ.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=3491
Microsoft profits down by a third
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8166262.stm
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