Summary: Professional who manipulates the news becomes a Microsoft Vice President

AS we have shown before, Waggener Edstrom is Microsoft's external PR department. Microsoft is moving unethical behaviour outside the company because if anything goes badly, then Microsoft can blame some "naughty company" and pretend that Microsoft is innocent.

Steve Ballmer's wife, for instance, came from Waggener Edstrom and we feel obliged to pass on this report about Waggener Edstrom's Microsoft head moving right into Microsoft where he shall replace Mr. "talking points" Cohen.

Microsoft’s newest Corporate Vice President, who picks up his blue employee badge at the end of August, will be someone very familiar with the inner workings of the company.

Frank Shaw, who currently heads the Microsoft account at PR agency Waggener Edstrom, will become the company’s new Corporate Vice President of Corporate Communications.

For those who do not remember, Waggener Edstrom is oriented around brainwash, bribery of bloggers, and stalking/harassment of journalists [1, 2]. Maureen O'Gara, whom we mentioned in the previous post, is also connected to them [1, 2]. ⬆

"I'm a huge fan of guerrilla marketing."

--Joe Wilcox, Microsoft Watch

Update (29/07/09): It turns out that Simon Sproule left after just 5 months in this role.