Microsoft Is Said to Stop Releasing New Models of the Zune

Release Date 15 Mar, 2011 in Bloomberg

Further reading: Zune RIP and Facebook plans discount deals Financial Times (blog) - Phill Tutt - 15 Mar, 2011 Microsoft is not planning to release any more of its Zune devices, Mashable reports. The music and media player was launched in November 2006 to take on Apple's iPod, however sales never came close to beating its rival device. ...
The Technology newsbucket: Zune dies, IE arrives, NFC nixed and more The Guardian (blog) - 15 Mar, 2011 "Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) will cease introducing new versions of the Zune music and video player because of tepid demand, letting the company shift its focus to other devices, according to a person familiar with the decision." Requires Silverlight. ...
Microsoft Axes Zune, Says Bloomberg Barron's (blog) - Tiernan Ray - 15 Mar, 2011 My former colleague at Bloomberg, Dina Bass, the long-time Microsoft (MSFT) correspondent, who has always been exceptionally well-sourced on the company, writes this evening that Microsoft will not make any new versions of its Zune line ...
What The Zune Taught Microsoft (MSFT) San Francisco Chronicle - Matt Rosoff - 15 Mar, 2011 After five years of low sales, missteps, and humiliation, the Zune player is officially dead. But Microsoft learns from its mistakes, and as the successful launch of Kinect shows, it's already taken some of the Zune lessons to heart. Launch strong. ...
Zune Hardware's Dead: That's the Least of Microsoft's Problems PC Magazine - Lance Ulanoff - 15 Mar, 2011 The end of Zune is sad, but expected. So why didn't Microsoft make the formal announcement? By Lance Ulanoff Dear Microsoft: Manage your message or someone will do it for you. Case in point: the recent, none-too-surprising news that the lovely Zune HD ...
Report claims that Zune is dead ... and I'm not surprised ZDNet (blog) - Adrian Kingsley-Hughes - 15 Mar, 2011 Microsoft is pulling the plug on Zune hardware following what is described as “tepid sales,” according to a report by Bloomberg. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes is an internationally published technology ...
Microsoft looks like it's zeroing out the Zune Washington Post (blog) - Rob Pegoraro - 15 Mar, 2011 If Microsoft's Zune went on a farewell tour, would anybody show up? We may be finding out. An article by Bloomberg's Dina Bass cites “a person familiar with the decision” to report that the company won't introduce any new versions of ...
Microsoft to phase out unsuccessful Zune player Reuters Canada - Bill Rigby, Gary Hill - 15 Mar, 2011 SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp is not planning any more versions of its unpopular Zune digital media player, but is to continue offering music and video using the same software online, through its Xbox game console and on its Windows phones. ...
Report: Microsoft kills Zune player Seattle Times (blog) - Brier Dudley - 15 Mar, 2011 Microsoft is going to stop making Zune media players, ending a five-year effort to catch up to Apple's iPod, according to a Bloomberg report. The company will continue developing the Zune software that's used as a media player on the Xbox and in ...
Microsoft Will Reportedly Stop Making Zune Devices Huffington Post - 15 Mar, 2011 According to Bloomberg, Microsoft will no longer release new versions of the Zune player, due to poor demand. As recently as February 2011, Microsoft insisted that Zune wasn't going anywhere. In some sense, this is true. The software, at least, ...
	Report: The Zune is dead (Bloomberg) Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) - 15 Mar, 2011 Microsoft will stop making new versions of its Zune music player, Bloomberg News reports, though the company's music and video services will live on in Windows Phone 7, Xbox 360 and on PCs. No big surprise, considering the Zune �" and all the other ...
Report: the Zune is (Officially) Dead PC Magazine - Chloe Albanesius - 15 Mar, 2011 Microsoft will continue to sell the existing Zune players, but has no plans to introduce new ones, the report said. This is not particularly shocking. Back in October, when Microsoft launched its Windows Phone 7 OS, ...
The Zune Is Finally Dead (AAPL, MSFT) San Francisco Chronicle - Dan Frommer - 15 Mar, 2011 After years of mediocrity and weak sales, Microsoft is finally killing off its Zune media player, Bloomberg reports. This is the right move. Microsoft should be focusing all of its portable-gadget efforts on Windows Phone 7, to try and compete with ...
	Microsoft halts development of standalone Zune, concentrates on WP7 integration Digit - 15 Mar, 2011 Microsoft has announced that it will stop development on the Zune HD Player, with no future models envisioned �" though existing models will continue to be sold. The reason it has given for the move is that the Zune HD Player had insufficient demand. ...
	Microsoft to Stop Developing New Zune Music Players. X-bit Labs - Anton Shilov - 15 Mar, 2011 Microsoft Corp. will reportedly cease development of new Zune personal digital media players (PDMP) models. While the company will continue to sell existing models, new versions of the players are not incoming. ...
	Microsoft has no plans for further Zune players UNLIMITED CMU - 15 Mar, 2011 Microsoft is canning its Zune digital music player range, according to Bloomberg, bringing to an end the IT firm's never especially grand efforts to take on Apple's iPod. The Zune brand, software and marketplace will live on, though, Microsoft having ...
Microsoft calls time on Zune devices? musicweek.com - Eamonn Forde - 15 Mar, 2011 Microsoft is reported to be phasing out its Zune digital music player but the Zune Marketplace service and software will continue for now. The hardware side of the business will be slowly wound down this year according to reports but ...
	Zune Hardware to End, But Software May Continue Hot Hardware - Michael Santo - 15 Mar, 2011 She's dead, Jim. According to a report in SAI, Microsoft has decided to kill off the Zune music player. To be clear, the company will continue to sell existing models. It will not, however, be developing new ones. The original source of the information ...
Microsoft may discontinue Zune? Fudzilla - David Stellmack - 15 Mar, 2011 It will likely not come as much of a surprise to some that Microsoft is rumored to be poised to discontinue its Zune music players at some point this year. While the Zune has gone through multiple evolutions, including the latest Zune HD which received ...
	Zune looks set for the scrapheap as Microsoft shifts focus The Tech Herald - Steven Mostyn - 15 Mar, 2011 We began this week's batch of news with a story regarding the 'sold out' iPad 2 and Apple's seemingly untouchable brand appeal. Building on that, it would appear market rival Microsoft has finally admitted defeat ...
	Microsoft To Kill Off The Zune Geeky gadgets - Roland Hutchinson - 15 Mar, 2011 Microsoft launch its first Zune player about five years ago, in an attempt to take on Apple and the iPod, unfortunately the Zune wasn't anywhere near as popular as Microsoft had hoped and they failed to make a dent in Apple's dominance of the portable ...
Microsoft Axing Zune Player Newser - Rob Quinn - 15 Mar, 2011 (Newser) �" The music is over for Microsoft's Zune music and video player, a well-placed source tells Bloomberg. The company is going to stop producing new models of the player because of tepid demand and will instead focus on ...
	Microsoft Planning On Killing Off The Zune TrustedReviews - 15 Mar, 2011 Reports from Bloomberg today suggest that Microsoft will no longer release new versions of its portable music player. With Microsoft's Zune having failed to capture the hearts and minds of music lovers around the world, reports today suggesting the ...
Microsoft kills off the Zune TechEye - Nick Farrell - 15 Mar, 2011 Mr. Praline: I'm sorry, I have a cold. I wish to make a complaint! Mr. Praline: Never mind that, my lad. I wish to complain about this MP3 player what I purchased not half an hour ago from this very boutique. Owner: Oh yes, the, uh, Microsoft Zune. ...
	Time called on Zune hardware MCV - Ben Parfitt - 15 Mar, 2011 Having never succeeded in standing toe-to-toe with Apple's mighty iPad series, reports are claiming that Microsoft is ready to call an end to its Zune hardware business. However, it doesn't mean the end of the ...
	Zune Is Not Dead: Dave McLauchlan's Statement Anything But iPod - William Devereux - 15 Mar, 2011 We don't usually post block quotes, but we feel this needs to be heard directly from the source. Dave McLauchlan, Senior Business Development Manager for Zune, stopped by our forums to give an official statement on the “Zune is dead” rumor that took ...
Microsoft kills Zune hardware, will focus on software instead Siliconrepublic.com - 15 Mar, 2011 Microsoft's Zune debuted four years after the iPod and the company spent too long focusing on North America to allow the device any chance of international success. Microsoft did not make the same mistakes with the Xbox 360 or Kinect Microsoft is to ...
	Ding-dong the Zune is dead TECH.BLORGE.com - Ronald O Carlson - 15 Mar, 2011 What was brown and had all the market appeal of bull shitake? Less than five years after they pushed out the first model Microsoft has killed the Zune, recalling back day in the claims by CEO Steve Ballmer et al that Redmond would ...
Microsoft pulls the Zune player off store shelves, will keep "Zune" name Radio-Info.com - 15 Mar, 2011 From today's TRI Newsletter: Microsoft's business decision is not a positive development for iBiquity's HD Radio, which had found a home on the Zune mobile device and gotten publicity out of that. Now Wired says “weak demand” is causing Microsoft to ...
New “Zune is dead” rumors, more faint praise from Microsoft, and some rampant ... LiveSide - Kip Kniskern - 15 Mar, 2011 Microsoft will concentrate on putting Zune software onto mobile phones, such as those running its Windows operating system, said the person, who declined to be identified because the decision hasn't been ...