Microsoft Did Not Pay Video Bloggers | Paul Thurrotts WinInfo content from Windows IT Pro

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""This partnership between Machinima and Microsoft was a typical marketing partnership to promote Xbox One in December," a joint statement from the two firms note. "The Xbox team does not review any specific content or provide feedback on content. Any confidentiality provisions, terms, or other guidelines are standard documents provided by Machinima. For clarity, confidentiality relates to the agreements themselves, not the existence of the promotion." 

In other words, Microsoft had nothing to do with how Machinima chose to market the Xbox One, and wasn't involved in—and didn't know about—the paying of video bloggers. "

Microsoft Did Not Pay Video Bloggers | Paul Thurrotts WinInfo content from Windows IT Pro