Microsoft issues apology over ‘insensitive’ Amy Winehouse tweet
The company’s @tweetxbox360 twitter handle tweeted “remember Amy Winehouse by downloading the ground-breaking ‘Back to Black’ over at zune,” earlier on Monday. The tweet generated widespread anger and disbelief that Microsoft would use the death of 27 year-old Winehouse to promote content at Zune. Mashable reports that a number of users labelled the tweet a “fail at social media”.
Microsoft issued an apology shortly afterwards. “Apologies to everyone if our earlier Amy Winehouse ‘download’ tweet seemed purely commercially motivated,” it said. “Far from the case, we assure you.”
Amy Winehouse died at the age of 27 on July 23 at her London home in Camden. Her death is “as yet unexplained” by police and initial autopsy reports failed to find a cause of death. Sales of Winehouse’s records have soared since the premature death of the singer.
http://www.winrumors.com/microsoft-issues-apology-over-insensitive-amy-winehouse-tweet/
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OasisPosted:
It annoys me when people get angry over stupid things like tweets. If you get offended by anything I ever produce, oh well! Life goes on!
aBoxOfMintsPosted:
Wow way to say sorry MS! Pay us for a song sung by a woman who recently died that we're attempting to show remorse! This just dropped your level of respect!
PantiesPosted:
Who cares? She overdosed, she's a druggie, in my opinion, one lest retard in the universe.
XBL-ABPosted:
iPure And yet again, Microsoft shows us how great of a company they are.
exactly, despite, they charged me twice for one thing i bought with a credit card, i called them, cussing my brains out.
M14Posted:
It's a bit disrespect full it's like she died now buy all the music from us very unprofessional
CaptainMorganPosted:
It is wrong and right at the same time. I don't think they intended for it to be meant like that.
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