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Apple keeps pummeling Microsoft in its ads, and yadda yadda yadda, the world's largest software maker plans to hire comedian Jerry Seinfeld for its new marketing campaign, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.
Continually painted by Apple and other rivals as uncool and unsafe, Microsoft plans to spend $300 million on a new series of advertisements designed around its "Windows Not Walls" slogan that will feature Seinfeld and Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates.
Seinfeld will take home $10 million for his role in the spots, the report said, citing people familiar with the situation.
Microsoft is not only trying to turn around a stodgy corporate image, but also wants to reverse recent product misfires, including the Windows Vista operating system and the Zune digital music player.
Apple has rubbed in Microsoft's lack of success and highlighted its own winning streak in a series of "Mac vs. PC" ads.
The campaign is due to debut Sept. 4, and is being produced by advertising agency TBWA/Chiat/Day.
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Comments (16)
BrilliantBy Anonymous on September 5, 2008, 4:59 pmThis is great marketing!
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Vista, what a joke!By TalonFlyer on September 2, 2008, 5:30 pmI am switching all my people to Mac because of Vista. Trying to "market" around a bad, correction horrible, product is ridiculous. They should roll back to XP,...
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Does that mean those old Macs in Jerry's apartment will have to By Anonymous on August 25, 2008, 4:24 pmDoes that mean those old Macs in Jerry's apartment will have to be removed from the Seinfeld reruns?
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apple is priced insaneBy Sonicadvantage -ebay on August 25, 2008, 10:19 amAs I type here on my iPhone, which is struggling to keep up with my fingers and will probably crash prior to me finishing my thoughts, I can't help but wonder if...
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That's so nineties.By Anonymous on August 23, 2008, 6:07 pmWhat? Seinfeld?? He's so nineties... kind of like Windows. They are playing into their critics' hands. I'm really surprised at the choice. Seinfeld may be funny,...
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