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Microsoft Zune

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Zune was a Microsoft brand of portable media players and related digital media software/services, including a digital media store. It was discontinued.

We dig behind Microsoft Zune's stated narrative to unravel the real strategy — the calls that actually shaped it, and why they played out the way they did.

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Company profile

Industry
Consumer electronics / digital media
Founded
2006
Headquarters
Redmond, United States
Ownership
Discontinued brand of Microsoft

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The Fall · Decision Forks
The Zune Didn't Lose to the iPod. Microsoft Beat It First.
The Zune peaked near 10% of the hard-drive MP3 market, then watched revenue fall 54% in a single holiday season. The real killer wasn't Apple. It was Microsoft abandoning its own ecosystem to launch a brown box nobody asked for.
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