Monday, July 19, 2004

Microsoft consolidates media & entertainment groups

Looks like Microsoft has decided to consolidate all their media & entertainment groups into one unit. While I don't have the details of the consolidation, I know in the past that almost every business unit at Microsoft had some type of media / entertainment group in it, and that these groups didn't always play nice together. For example, X-Box was in one unit of the company while Windows Media Center was in another, forcing many to wonder which would be the center of Microsoft's attack into the home. Also of interest is that it appears Bill was able to recruit a big name exec, Blair Westlake, the former chairmen of Universal Television & Networks Group to run the unit.

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