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Sep 17 2008 6:51pm EDT

Microsoft Copping to $10 Million Mistake?

Oh, this is embarrassing. Valleywag is reporting that Microsoft is set to pull the plug on its $10 million ad campaign starring Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates. Or, rather, to announce that the campaign is entering a "new phase" -- one that presumably won't draw get written off as a "misfire" and the "worst TV ad ever."

Earlier: Why Seinfeld Is Perfectly Wrong for Microsoft

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