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Gizmodo: Microsoft Laying Off 5,000, Rumored Mostly From Xbox and Zune Division [Microsoft]
The Seattle Times: Microsoft Pri0: Speculation now turns to where, specifically, Microsoft will cut
TidBITS: Mac News for the Rest of Us: Microsoft Plans Shift in Business, Thousands of Layoffs
Microsoft Laying Off 5,000, Rumored Mostly From Xbox and Zune Division [Microsoft]
Gizmodo —
Microsoft, the industry's unassailable juggernaut, apparently can bleed. It's laying off 5,000 workers of its 94,000-employee workforce. Rumor is, mostly from the amazing Entertainment and Devices teams. If the rumor is true, that pisses me off. The E&D; team, home to Xbox and Zune and Media Center, might not be wildly profitable, but it's the division at Microsoft that makes the best stuff. They had sales growth of 3.5 percent this quarter, so they're definitely not losing money. Steve Ballmer said on the earnings call given other roles ...
Microsoft Laying Off 5,000, Rumored Mostly From Entertainment and Devices [Microsoft]
Gizmodo —
Microsoft, the industry's unassailable juggernaut, apparently can bleed. It's laying off 5,000 workers of its 94,000-employee workforce. Rumor is, mostly from the amazing Entertainment and Devices teams. If the rumor is true, that pisses me off. The E&D; team, home to Xbox and Zune and Media Center might not be wildly profitable, but its the division at Microsoft that makes the best stuff. Steve Ballmer said on the earnings call given other roles they'll be filling the net loss will be lower than that 5000 cut, however. On the other hand, that number ...
Speculation now turns to where, specifically, Microsoft will cut
The Seattle Times: Microsoft Pri0 —
... Mary Jo Foley reports that her sources are saying "the Entertainment and Devices (E&D;) unit -- the group that is responsible for Xbox, Zune and Windows Mobile -- is being hit with the bulk of the immediate 1,400-person cuts." ...
Microsoft Plans Shift in Business, Thousands of Layoffs
TidBITS: Mac News for the Rest of Us —
... Even more specifically, insiders are claiming that the majority of the first cuts are in the Xbox, Zune, and Windows Mobile divisions of the company, according to veteran Microsoft reporter Mary-Jo Foley. ...
Tech earnings: the weak in review
GMSV —
... , and members of the Entertainment and Devices unit are among those rumored to be particularly nervous . Some of the layoffs will be offset, however, as the company continues to hire in certain areas such as search. A ...
Tally: 872 Microsoft jobs cut in Puget Sound
The Microsoft Blog —
Microsoft said this afternoon that the company had laid off 872 employees in Puget Sound. Previously, the company had only said that the majority of the 1,400 job cuts announced today were at its Redmond headquarters. The cuts will reduce Microsoft's local work force by about 2 percent to 40,608, down from 41,480. Jobs were cut in various business groups, but most reports from employees seem to suggest that the company's Entertainment and Devices Division, which is responsible for the Xbox, Windows Mobile, and the Zune, has been hit hardest.
Should Microsoft Reconsider Its Search Efforts? [GigaOM]
GigaOM Network —
... has dominated the news today. Experts have already weighed in on the reasons and the ramifications (Mary-Jo Foley, for example, has information about which divisions might see job cuts). As the company tries to get its act together, one question comes to mind: Should it give up on its search and online advertising efforts? The division brought in $866 million in revenues but lost $471 million. ...
"Bulk Of" Microsoft's 1400 Job Cuts To Strike Entertainment Division [Rumor]
Kotaku —
... . If Foley's sources are to be believed, though, a blog and the Flight Sim guys might only be the start . We'll no doubt here more in the coming days. Where are the Microsoft cuts falling? [ZDNet] [Image: ...
Xbox, Zune & WM teams bearing brunt of initial Microsoft layoffs?
SlashGear —
... as part of its financial control measures, speculation has begun about which departments will be hardest hit. The earliest identified target appears to be the Entertainment and Devices (E&D) unit, responsible for Xbox, Zune and Windows Mobile development, who according to some sources will be bearing the brunt of the initial 1,400 redundancies. ...
Microsoft makes cuts to gaming: ACES studio closed, 30% of testers laid off
Joystiq —
... plans to axe 5,000 jobs. ZDnet's Mary Jo Foley has heard the E&D division will represent "the bulk" of Microsoft's immediate cuts. ...
Rumor: Xbox division faces brunt of Microsoft's first round of layoffs
Joystiq [Xbox] —
... According to Mary-Jo Foley, Microsoft columnist for ZDNet, the majority of the company's recently announced 1,400 layoffs will be aimed at the Entertainment & Devices division, which is responsible for the Xbox, Zune and Windows Mobile. Given the ...
