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From: Steven Sinofsky •‘ > Sent: Sunday, June 9, 2013 6:00 PM To: Jeffrey Epstein Subject: Re: next ok Sent from Windows Mail on Surface RT http://blog.learningbyshipping.com From: Jeffrey Epstein Sent: Sunday, June 9, 2013 10:59 AM To: Steven Sinofsky the board meeting on cues will be very difficult for steve. you are in a good position, relax. On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 7:41 PM, Steven Sinofsky > wrote: So what should I do about PR stuff once we sign. While one school of thought says they won't do anything that is highly unlikely since they will get calls and have to say something. They will officially no comment but then while on the phone set a tone for the story as best they can. Two things occur to me: • Steve is a guy that thinks he can use the press but gets confused. He is currently driving a big reorg and doing most of that through the press first--many senior people know less than they are telling the NY Times and Bloomberg (a good indication of talking to the press is that these stories were almost the same) http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-03/microsoft-s-ballmer-said-to-plan-broad-restructuring.html and http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/03/microsoft-weighs-restructuring/ * Brad can be influenced to at least speak to PR and tell them how to handle. Right now for example, this whole NSA PRISM thing makes me want to go be a whistleblower since everyone is being less than forthright. It seems like Jay could talk to brad and polite