Microsoft announcement tomorrow: No more Seinfeld ads!

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valleywag.com - 9/18/2008

Microsoft announcement tomorrow: No more Seinfeld ads!

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Remember those awful Microsoft ads with Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates ? Well, now you can forget them. Microsoft flacks are desperately dialing reporters to spin them about "phase two" of the ad campaign a phase, due to be announced tomorrow, which will drop the aging comic altogether. ...

New Family - Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates (Long Version) (video)

youtube.com - 9/12/2008

New Family - Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates (Long Version) (video)

— youtube.com — Jerry Seinfeld convinces Bill Gates to try and connect with everyday people the old fashioned way.http://www.microsoft.com/windows (more) New Family - Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates (Long ...

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roughlydrafted.com - 9/19/2008

Microsoft’s ‘I’m a PC’ Ads Created On Macs

— roughlydrafted.com — Daniel Eran Dilger After dumping its $10 million contract with Jerry Seinfeld after just three ads (only two of which even aired) Microsoft has created new ad copy where regular people and a few celebrities say, “I’m a PC!” One problem with the ... (more) Microsoft’s ‘I’m a PC’ Ads Created On Macs

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youtube.com - 9/19/2008

Microsoft Windows - "I'm a PC" (video)

— youtube.com — Vera Wang, Kevin Spacey, Bill Gates, Tony Parker, Eva Longoria... (more) Microsoft Windows - "I'm a PC" (video)

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MacDailyNews: Report: Microsoft to cancel Gates+Seinfeld ads

The Macalope: ???

Digital Daily: Seriously, Windows is Just Another Way of Saying We Have Each Other?

Macworld: Seinfeld ads end as MS to reclaim ‘I’m a PC’ slur from Apple

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Awe, im gonna miss Bill Gates in the next episode doing the Macrena, oh well.

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Report: Microsoft to cancel Gates+Seinfeld ads
MacDailyNews — ... Bill Gates? Well, now you can forget them," Owen Thomas reports for Valleywag. "Microsoft flacks are desperately dialing reporters to spin them about 'phase two' of the ad campaign — a phase, due to be announced tomorrow, which will drop the aging comic altogether," Thomas reports. "Microsoft's version of the story: Redmond had always planned to drop Seinfeld. The awkward reality: The ads only reminded us how out of touch with consumers Microsoft is," Thomas reports. Full article here . [Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers too numerous to mention for the heads up.] MacDailyNews ...

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The Macalope — Microsoft to cancel Jerry Seinfeld ads (tip o’ the antlers to Daring Fireball). No, seriously. ??? Can anyone explain ??? OK, the Macalope didn’t really get the ads. He chuckled a little bit at them and admired Gates’ willingness to make an ass out of himself. But as the horny one said in an upcoming interview, these were image ads and was image really Microsoft’s problem? Most of Vista’s problem has been the difficult upgrade choices it forces users to make. And the brown and furry one doesn’t ...

Seriously, Windows is Just Another Way of Saying We Have Each Other?
Digital Daily — ... Microsoft’s new ad campaign isn’t even a month old and already the company is defeaturing it. It’s dropping Jerry Seinfeld. ...

Seinfeld ads end as MS to reclaim ‘I’m a PC’ slur from Apple
Macworld — ... cut down and aired in two parts on CBS on Thursday and Friday nights, depicted Seinfeld and Gates intruding upon an average suburban American family’s home life. Silicon Valley gossip blog Valleywag was the first to report on Wednesday that Seinfeld would not appear in the new ads. It, along with many other blogs, saw the disappearance of Seinfeld—who was reportedly paid $10 million—as the ...