Microsoft is laying off 4,800 employees
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The brief
"Microsoft is laying off 4,800 employees" is generating significant coverage in the Business category, with 4 articles from 4 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include WSJ, Bloomberg.com, CNBC and The Verge. PULSE measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
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Coverage (12)
- "Today is a difficult day": So far, Xbox's cuts haven't targeted Blizzard (for now) Windows Central · 89d ago
- Microsoft cuts 4,800 jobs as Xbox studios spin off in gaming reset USA Today · 89d ago
- Microsoft lays off 4,800 in companywide cuts The Seattle Times · 89d ago
- Microsoft cuts 4,800 positions, insists jobs 'not being replaced by AI' Fox Business · 90d ago
- Microsoft joins AI-driven tech layoff wave with 4,800 job cuts Reuters · 90d ago
- Microsoft lays off nearly 5,000 employees across Xbox, commercial sales TechCrunch · 90d ago
- Xbox Hits Reset Button, Laying Off Thousands and Dropping Game Studios The New York Times · 90d ago
- Microsoft Cuts 4,800 Jobs, Including Many at Xbox in a 'Reset' of Its Gaming Division U.S. News & World Report · 90d ago
- Microsoft Begins More Than 3,000 Layoffs in Xbox Division WSJ · 90d ago
- Microsoft’s Xbox to Cut 3,200 Jobs, Divest Five Studios in Major Overhaul Bloomberg.com · 90d ago
- Microsoft cuts 4,800 jobs, as Xbox unit downsizes and plans to spin off four gaming studios CNBC · 90d ago
- Microsoft is laying off 4,800 employees The Verge · 90d ago
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