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Microsoft: The Zune is here to stay
neowin.net - 1/28/2009
Microsoft: The Zune is here to stay
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After a very dismal week at Microsoft , the company posted its Q-10 earnings late Friday afternoon . The Zune platform posted a revenue decrease of nearly $100 million, or 54%. Over the weekend critics all around the blogosphere have been calling for Microsoft to give up on the Zune . ...

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CrunchGear:  Microsoft has no plans to kill off Zune

Obsessable News Feed:  Microsoft Zune support strong despite sales dip, new hardware and software in store

Report: Microsoft Makes Big Cuts At Flight Sim Studio
gamasutra.com - 1/23/2009
Report: Microsoft Makes Big Cuts At Flight Sim Studio
— gamasutra.com — divider January 23, 2009 Report: Microsoft Makes Big Cuts At Flight Sim Studio Report: Microsoft Makes Big Cuts At Flight Sim Studio Redmond, Washington-based ACES Studio, the Microsoft-owned internal group behind the venerable Microsoft Flight ... (more) Report: Microsoft Makes Big Cuts At Flight Sim Studio

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blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com - 1/27/2009
Microsoft explains why Zune sales dropped 54 percent
— blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com — Bloggers jumped over the week-end on news that Zune sales tumbled 54 percent last quarter. Microsoft, though, says the drop was expected. (more) Microsoft explains why Zune sales dropped 54 percent

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Microsoft's Zune: $100 Million Sales Drop Plus Layoffs Equals Questions
paidcontent.org - 1/26/2009
Microsoft's Zune: $100 Million Sales Drop Plus Layoffs Equals Questions
— paidcontent.org — Microsoft's Entertainment and Devices division, particularly the Zune group, reportedly was hit hard in Thursday's unprecedented layoff of 1,400 employees. (Microsoft ( NSDQ: MSFT ) isn't breaking down the layoffs by numbers and departments.) Late ... (more) Microsoft's Zune: $100 Million Sales Drop Plus Layoffs ...

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Microsoft has no plans to kill off Zune
CrunchGear — ... past holiday season. “Truthfully that category, Apple and us, didn’t grow like it did last year. But Zune did fine. Right about our expectations and we feel pretty good about the direction that’s going.” So there you have it. The sky is definitely not falling on the Zune and Microsoft will continue to develop both the hardware and the software. Microsoft explains why Zune sales dropped 54 percent [Seattle PI via Neowin.net] Thanks for sending this in, Christian.

Microsoft Zune support strong despite sales dip, new hardware and software in store
Obsessable News Feed — ... [TechRadar: All Latest Feeds] Microsoft: The Zune is here to stay [Neowin.net / Main] ...

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Microsoft Zune Sales Fall 54% in December Quarter — iPodObserver
Sales of Microsoft's Zune MP3 player dropped during the December quarter, according to an SEC filing. Microsoft's 10-Q form reported that, "Zune platform revenue decreased $100 million or 54% reflecting a decrease in device sales."
Roundup: Zune prunes, tech gets part of the stimulus, Sprint cuts a lot of jobs and more — VentureBeat
Here’s the latest action: Zune prunes — Microsoft’s Zune portable media player saw its revenue decrease by over $100 million, or 54 percent, in the fourth quarter of 2008. Microsoft blames price cuts on the 30 gig model (you know, the one that had the massive failure ) as ...