Xbox Vice President of Multimedia leaves Microsoft

TECHi's Author Brian Molidor
Opposing Author Variety Read Source Article
Last Updated
TECHi's Take
Brian Molidor
Brian Molidor
  • Words 53
  • Estimated Read 1 min

Xbox Vice President of Multimedia Blair Westlake announced this week that he is resigning from his position at Microsoft. Westlake was in charge of, according to Microsoft News, the group “that licensed movies and television shows for Microsoft products” as well as deciding policy issues surrounding intellectual property and content protection technology”.

 

Variety

Variety

  • Words 92
  • Estimated Read 1 min
Read Article

Blair Westlake has abruptly resigned from MicrosoftVariety has confirmed. The former Universal television chairman joined Microsoft in 2004, to head media partnerships and oversaw the licensing of TV shows and movies for the company’s Xbox platforms. He was corporate VP of Microsoft’s Media and Entertainment Group. “It has become clear to me that the organization is moving in a direction that does not fit either my expertise or my skill sets,” Westlake said in a statement on Wednesday, just days after he attended the Consumer Electronics Show, in Las Vegas.

Source

NOTE: TECHi Two-Takes are the stories we have chosen from the web along with a little bit of our opinion in a paragraph. Please check the original story in the Source Button below.

Balanced Perspective

TECHi weighs both sides before reaching a conclusion.

TECHi’s editorial take above outlines the reasoning that supports this position.

More Two Takes from Variety

Harrison Ford will be returning for Blade Runner 2
Harrison Ford will be returning for Blade Runner 2

Great news for cyberpunk fans everywhere, Harrison Ford is currently in negotiations to return to his role as Rick Deckard in…

Even Nickelodeon is going to offer a standalone streaming service
Even Nickelodeon is going to offer a standalone streaming service

More and more television networks are making it easier for their viewers to cut the cord by releasing standalone streaming…

Netflix promises to release around 20 original series every year
Netflix promises to release around 20 original series every year

I know I talk about it too much, but I really can't express how much I love the original content…

Dish explains why the Comcast-Time Warner Cable deal is a bad idea
Dish explains why the Comcast-Time Warner Cable deal is a bad idea

The Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger is that rare proposal that’s such a bad idea that it actually brings people of…