Posted AT 9:16 PM EST on 21/08/08
Seinfeld to help Microsoft lighten up
SIMON AVERY
From Friday's Globe and Mail
Microsoft Corp. will try to transform its dry and humourless public image by employing the popularity and charisma of Jerry Seinfeld.
The world's biggest software company has signed the comedian to spearhead a major $300-million (U.S.) branding campaign that will be launched next month.
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