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Microsoft to layoff 4,800 jobs

Headline from KYMA Yuma

A majority of the cuts are in the company's XBOX division, which is slashing more than 3,000 jobs. Four gaming studios will become independent as part of the XBOX layoffs.

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  1. Geek Wire

    Xbox at a crossroads: 25 years later, Microsoft is done playing around (opens Geek Wire)

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    Microsoft is pressing its Xbox business for growth and stronger profits after 25 years of losses and thin margins. Here's the math and the strategy behind the reset, with Xbox layoffs expected as soon as next week.

  2. Geek Wire

    Microsoft cuts 4,800 jobs, about 2% globally, revamps salesforce and launches massive Xbox overhaul (opens Geek Wire)

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    Microsoft is cutting 4,800 jobs and overhauling its Xbox gaming business in what its new gaming CEO calls the biggest restructuring in Xbox history, while reshaping its sales and consulting division amid record AI spending and a 30% stock slide.

  3. Geek Wire

    A ‘painful’ reset for Xbox: 3,200 job cuts, studio spinoffs, and a vow to return to growth in 2027 (opens Geek Wire)

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    Xbox CEO Asha Sharma calls it the most significant restructuring in Xbox history: 3,200 job cuts, four studio spinoffs, a new COO, and a flattened management structure — all aimed at turning around a division she says has been losing 64 cents on every dollar invested in its studios.

  4. Tech Startups

    Microsoft lays off 4,800 employees as AI reshapes the company, Xbox loses 20% of its workforce (opens Tech Startups)

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    Microsoft is cutting 4,800 jobs in its latest round of layoffs, and the Xbox division is taking one of the biggest hits. Roughly one in five Xbox employees will leave over the next year, marking one of the largest restructurings […] The post Microsoft lays off 4,800 employees as AI reshapes the comp…

  5. Cheddar

    Microsoft Swings The Axe As Xbox Resets Its Future (opens Cheddar)

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    Microsoft is cutting roughly 2.1% of its global workforce, affecting thousands of employees across several divisions, with its Xbox business facing some of the

  6. KRON4

    Microsoft cutting thousands of jobs, mostly at Xbox (opens KRON4)

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    (KRON) -- Microsoft is cutting thousands of jobs with the majority of layoffs hitting the company's video game division, Xbox. The tech giant is set to cut 4,800 jobs -- about 2.1% of its global workforce. Many of those cuts will hit Xbox.

  7. Blaze Media

    A massive Microsoft jobs purge is under way — and it's only the beginning (opens Blaze Media)

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    With just a few months under new leadership in the gaming division, Microsoft is set to perform a significant overhaul of Xbox, including a number of job cuts in the process. Microsoft's Xbox is planning some major changes to the company — with some staff reductions starting as soon as Monday — unde…

  8. Q13fox

    Microsoft to lay off 605 employees at Redmond, WA location in major Xbox overhaul (opens Q13fox)

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    Microsoft is laying off 605 employees at its Redmond location as part of a sweeping restructure of its Xbox gaming division.

  9. Conservative Daily News

    Microsoft Axes Thousands Of Jobs As Reality Of AI Era Sets In (opens Conservative Daily News)

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    by Arianna Hooker at CDN - Microsoft announced Monday that it is cutting 4,800 Xbox jobs amid an era in which the rise of artificial intelligence is transforming the tech industry. The technology giant, which Bill Gates co-founded a half century ago, is cutting 2.

  10. Morning Brew

    Xbox starts major layoffs to save its lagging business (opens Morning Brew)

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    The company will cut 1,600 jobs this week and another 1,250 over the next year.

  11. West Hawaii Today

    Xbox hits reset button, laying off thousands and dropping game studios (opens West Hawaii Today)

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    SEATTLE — Microsoft said Monday that it was making major changes to its Xbox video game business, dropping several game studios and cutting its Xbox workforce by 20%. The company said it would lay off 1,600 Xbox employees now and cut another 1,250 roles over the next year.

  12. Toledo Blade

    Microsoft cuts 4,800 jobs, including many at Xbox in a 'reset' of its gaming division (opens Toledo Blade)

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    REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft is cutting 4,800 jobs, about 2.1% of its global workforce, including a large number of workers at its Xbox video game business.

  13. End Time Headlines

    Microsoft laying off 4,800 workers as AI claims employment of more victims (opens End Time Headlines)

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    Microsoft is cutting approximately 4,800 positions across its global workforce, representing about 2.1% of its total employees. The company disclosed the reductions on Monday, with a significant portion targeting its Xbox gaming division amid broader industry shifts driven by advancing technology.

  14. Breitbart News

    Game Over: Microsoft Slashes 4,800 Jobs in Xbox Gaming Division (opens Breitbart News)

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    Microsoft will cut about 4,800 jobs from its Xbox gaming division as it restructures the struggling business. The software giant recently put a young Indian executive in charge of Xbox who has no experience with the video game industry.

  15. KYMA Yuma

    Microsoft to layoff 4,800 jobs (opens KYMA Yuma)

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    A majority of the cuts are in the company's XBOX division, which is slashing more than 3,000 jobs. Four gaming studios will become independent as part of the XBOX layoffs.

  16. Entrepreneur

    Microsoft Is Eliminating 4,800 Jobs — Including 20% of Its Xbox Staff: ‘We Will Return to Growth in 2027.’ (opens Entrepreneur)

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    Four gaming studios — including Double Fine Productions and Ninja Theory — are going independent as part of the restructuring.

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