<![CDATA[Gawker: adam sohn]]> http://tags.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gawker.com.png <![CDATA[Gawker: adam sohn]]> http://gawker.com/tag/adamsohn http://gawker.com/tag/adamsohn <![CDATA[Microsoft says Zune won't filter your home videos, promise]]> zune_blue_screen_of_death.jpgAfter news that NBC had asked Microsoft to develop content filtering technology to keep infringing files off the Zune spread like wildfire, Cesar Menendez, a Microsoft employee working on the Zune, said there was no agreement between the television network and the technology company to implement any such plan.
We think some folks in the industry were expressing hopes for how the entire industry, not just Microsoft, would come to look at content distribution, and some speculation has ensued.
In other words, a bit of wishful thinking on NBC's part.

Microsoft spokesman Adam Sohn did tell Saul Hansell, who wrote the original New York Times article, that the companies had agreed to research filtering technology. Meanwhile, while Zune users will have to pay for downloads of 30 Rock and The Office, iPhone users can watch those shows for free. In other words, still no good reason to buy a Zune. (Illustration by Guy K)

]]> http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=388500&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Facebook and Microsoft flacks make friends before deal announcement]]> Oh, Facebook has a deal to announce? Really? Don't rely on rumors. For confirmation of Facebook's as-yet unannounced deal with Microsoft, look no further than ... Facebook. Brandee Barker, the charmingly indiscreet head of Facebook PR, has just added Adam Sohn, who heads up global sales and marketing PR at Microsoft, as a friend. Just buddies? I think not. But I'm sure writing up the press release announcing Microsoft's investment and ad deal will make them fast friends, indeed.

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