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Waggener Edstrom (or W-E) is Microsoft's main PR agency and also PR department. Steve Ballmer's wife comes from there and the company's early endeavours, as shown in [[Comes vs Microsoft]] court exhibits, were tied to W-E. Waggener Edstrom is based near to Microsoft (Washington State) and its questionable PR practices are something we elaborated on before. Below are some posts of relevance. A lot may have changed since (firms), except the underlying methods.

== References ==

=== 2008 ===

*[http://boycottnovell.com/2008/11/19/waggener-edstrom-bribe/ Waggener-Edstrom Behind the 2008 Laptop Bribes, Edelman Behind 2006’s]
*[http://boycottnovell.com/2009/06/24/edelman-waggener-edstrom-abuse/ Edelman and Waggener Edstrom Reported to the FTC]
*[http://boycottnovell.com/2008/12/05/waggener-edstrom-wikipedia/ Microsoft Agents from Waggener Edstrom Airbrush Wikipedia, Glorify Paymaster]
*[http://boycottnovell.com/2008/08/03/microsoft-press-shills/ Waggener Edstrom, Maureen O’Gara and Other Microsoft Shills]
*[http://boycottnovell.com/2008/03/17/manufacturing-abuse/ Is Microsoft Manufacturing a Case Against Open Source Advocates?]
*[http://boycottnovell.com/2008/06/26/botnet-king-microsoft/ Reader’s Take: “Botnet King Steps Down”]
*[http://boycottnovell.com/2008/08/12/fullsix-and-mr-youth-llc/ FullSIX and Mr. Youth LLC May Be Ruining the Web (AstroTurfing) on Microsoft’s Behalf]
*[http://boycottnovell.com/2008/12/05/waggener-edstrom-muscles-journos/ Microsoft Unleashes Proxies at Journalists to Defend Vulnerable Vista]
*[http://boycottnovell.com/2008/05/04/shill-watch-thoughts/ Shill Watch: A Quick Ramble]
*[http://boycottnovell.com/2008/12/10/bloomberg-dina-bass-and-vista/ Microsoft ‘Manages’ Journalists and Newspapers Ahead of Windows Vista Release]

=== 2009 ===

*[http://boycottnovell.com/2009/05/02/waggener-edstrom-bad-patent/ Microsoft’s PR Department (Waggener Edstrom) Patents AstroTurfing-related Methods]
*[http://boycottnovell.com/2009/05/02/perception-management-at-microsoft/ Video from Waggener Edstrom Explains Perception Management at Microsoft]
*[http://boycottnovell.com/2009/03/12/microsoft-astroturf-roundup/ Microsoft’s AstroTurfing, Twitter, Waggener Edstrom, and Jonathan Zuck]
*[http://boycottnovell.com/2009/04/25/microsoft-censorship-on-the-surface/ Negative Review of MS Surface Published, Microsoft Contacts Blogger and Has It Removed]
*[http://boycottnovell.com/2009/02/08/microsoft-evilness-galore/ 66 Pages of Microsoft Evilness]
*[http://boycottnovell.com/2009/05/03/glorify-microsoft-windows-for-prizes/ Microsoft is ‘Buying’ Blog Posts That Glorify Microsoft Windows]
*[http://boycottnovell.com/2009/10/11/waggener-edstrom-relay-tactic/ Microsoft’s PR Department Waggener Edstrom Dishonestly Handles Damage Control]

=== 2010 ===

*[http://techrights.org/2010/04/19/government-crony-and-waggener-edstrom/ Waggener Edstrom and Microsoft’s Government Insider Defend the Company’s Reluctance to Pay Tax]
*[http://techrights.org/2010/05/24/edelman-and-waggener-gates-pr/ Firms Behind Microsoft Bribes Involved in Gates Foundation PR, Prodding and Misinforming the Press]
*[http://techrights.org/2010/08/12/pam-edstrom-tactics/ In the Words of the Daughter of Microsoft’s PR Spammer Pam Edstrom]

Also see [[Edelman]].