mediamemo.allthingsd.com - 10/27/2009
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barfyFamilyGuy Remember Microsoft’s plan to use “Family Guy,” Fox’s ribald, off-color cartoon sitcom, to promote Windows 7? No more, says Microsoft, which is pulling out of plans to sponsor a special episode of the show scheduled to run Nov. 8. What happened? Apparently, Microsoft (MSFT) ...
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Microsoft has not halted Apple's momentum, according to
Net Applications' October report Source: Net Applications If Microsoft...
( MSFT ) was hoping that the launch of Windows 7 would halt the erosion of its operating system market ...
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Mac share grew after Windows 7 debut
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... Microsoft Drops Family Guy Sponsorship; Window 7 will no longer be sponsoring an episode of the cartoon after the company realized the show is pretty… off-color. (MediaMemo) ...
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... Peter Kafka lives at the crossroads of media and tech, and that’s exactly where he was almost run down by the Windows 7-Family Guy episode. Microsoft apparently bailed out of the deal when they took a closer look at what was actually inside. From the “not-so-fast” files, Peter covered ...
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