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huffingtonpost.com - 27 days ago

Microsoft Pulls Out Of 'Family Guy' Holocaust, Incest, Tampon Special

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NEW YORK — Fans of "Family Guy" are chortling about Microsoft's belated discovery that a "Family Guy" special might not jibe with the software giant's corporate image. On Monday, Microsoft said it's pulling out as sponsor of a "Family Guy" variety show, just two weeks after announcing its sole sponsorship of the special, "Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show," scheduled to air Nov. 8. The Fox special apparently follows in the racy tradition of the animated ...

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variety.com - 29 days ago

MacFarlane special loses Microsoft

— variety.com — Company yanks sponsorship of Fox show Microsoft has yanked its sponsorship from Fox's upcoming Seth MacFarlane comedy/variety... special over content concerns. Fox still plans to air "Family Guy Presents: Seth and Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show" on Nov. ... MacFarlane special loses Microsoft

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thrfeed.com - 29 days ago

Microsoft watches 'Family Guy,' pulls out of special

— thrfeed.com — Fox has lost Microsoft as the exclusive sponsor of its upcoming "Family Guy" variety show special after... the... Full story at The Live Feed Microsoft watches 'Family Guy,' pulls out of special

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adage.com - 28 days ago

Microsoft Pulls Out of Seth MacFarlane 'Family Guy' Deal

— adage.com — Hmmm....is it more important for the show to "line up with the brand" ... or to reach... their potential customer to sell software? I gotta believe there was both qualitative and quantitative research done before they entered into this deal showing that ... Microsoft Pulls Out of Seth MacFarlane 'Family Guy' Deal

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http://bit.ly/2TjrIF lol Microsoft, you don't want your product associated with jokes about the holocaust and tampons? I don't get it... 27 days ago

'Microsoft Pulls Out Of 'Family Guy' Holocaust, Incest, Tampon Special.. http://bit.ly/2LgsXG #celeb' 28 days ago

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Just Another Good Reason to Buy a Mac
Evil Beet Gossip — ... I already knew that the people over at Microsoft were idiots.  That fact has been confirmed to me every single time that I’ve powered up my Vista-platform PC.  One day, after Vista/Internet Explorer had me trying to fashion a noose with my power cord, I smartened up and went Mac.  But that isn’t really the point.  The point is that the people at Microsoft are idiots. ...