Microsoft to cut 18k jobs in 2015

[Kraven]

http://www.montrealgazette.com/busi...00+workers+over+next+year/10037913/story.html

Thats a lot of people!

 

[mike123abc]

It is in the Nokia area that they are cutting.

 

[John Kotches]

About 2/3 of the jobs being cut are in the Nokia area, that leaves about 1/3 in other areas.

 

[mike123abc]

Xbox TV was cut: http://www.dailytech.com/Microsoft+...elve+Flagship+Lumia+McLaren+/article36245.htm

Another announcement made this week was the death of Xbox Entertainment Studios. The closure will result in the layoff of most of the roughly 200 employees in the unit.

Launched in 2012, Xbox Entertainment Studios was an experimental effort. While it produced some content for Xbox Live subscribers, the overall campaign seemed relatively random and scattered, with staff putting together a seemingly disparate, ever-growing collection of documentaries, mini-series, sports broadcasts, and other content.