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appscout.com - 1/26/2009
Microsoft Cutting 5,000 Jobs After Weak Earnings
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The economic downturn hit close to home for Microsoft today, when the company announced that, due to far worse than expected earnings for the final quarter of last year, the company will be making major jobs cuts in the coming months. The company told CNET that it plans to cut 1,400 ...
Microsoft’s game studios take a beating in layoffs
venturebeat.com - 1/23/2009
Microsoft’s game studios take a beating in layoffs
— venturebeat.com — Amid the news that Microsoft is laying off 5,000 people over the next 18 months, sources report... that the game division has taken its share of the beating. Gamasutra reports that the Flight Simulator studio , dubbed ACES, suffered big layoffs ... (more) Microsoft’s game studios take a beating in layoffs

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Microsoft’s Chris Early, head of Games for Windows Live, among the layoffs
venturebeat.com - 1/25/2009
Microsoft’s Chris Early, head of Games for Windows Live, among the layoffs
— venturebeat.com — We’ll see what kind of fallout results among the management team in the wake of the layoffs... announced by Microsoft on Thursday. Among the casualties is Chris Early, general manager of Games for Windows Live, the online gaming service for ... (more) Microsoft’s Chris Early, head of Games for Windows Live, ...

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Microsoft: More Zunes coming in 2009
news.cnet.com - 1/30/2009
Microsoft: More Zunes coming in 2009
— news.cnet.com — Remember that teenage trick of sticking your fingers in your ears and saying, "I can't hear you"?... That's how I felt on Thursday morning when I talked to Adam Sohn, the marketing director for Zune. No retreat, baby, no surrender. I don't ... (more) Microsoft: More Zunes coming in 2009

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Gearlog:  Microsoft Zune Takes a Big Recession Hit

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Microsoft Zune Takes a Big Recession Hit
Gearlog — ... Microsoft's recently released earnings report outlined a company hard hit by the economic downturn. Soon after the the report came out, CEO Steve Ballmer announced that the company would be laying off some 5,000 employees. Among the most affected is the company's Entertainment and Devices division, which manufactures the Zune. ...

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