Waggener Edstrom

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.

2008

 * Waggener-Edstrom Behind the 2008 Laptop Bribes, Edelman Behind 2006’s
 * Edelman and Waggener Edstrom Reported to the FTC
 * Microsoft Agents from Waggener Edstrom Airbrush Wikipedia, Glorify Paymaster
 * Waggener Edstrom, Maureen O’Gara and Other Microsoft Shills
 * Is Microsoft Manufacturing a Case Against Open Source Advocates?
 * Reader’s Take: “Botnet King Steps Down”
 * FullSIX and Mr. Youth LLC May Be Ruining the Web (AstroTurfing) on Microsoft’s Behalf
 * Microsoft Unleashes Proxies at Journalists to Defend Vulnerable Vista
 * Shill Watch: A Quick Ramble
 * Microsoft ‘Manages’ Journalists and Newspapers Ahead of Windows Vista Release

2009

 * Microsoft’s PR Department (Waggener Edstrom) Patents AstroTurfing-related Methods
 * Video from Waggener Edstrom Explains Perception Management at Microsoft
 * Microsoft’s AstroTurfing, Twitter, Waggener Edstrom, and Jonathan Zuck
 * Negative Review of MS Surface Published, Microsoft Contacts Blogger and Has It Removed
 * 66 Pages of Microsoft Evilness
 * Microsoft is ‘Buying’ Blog Posts That Glorify Microsoft Windows
 * Microsoft’s PR Department Waggener Edstrom Dishonestly Handles Damage Control

2010

 * Waggener Edstrom and Microsoft’s Government Insider Defend the Company’s Reluctance to Pay Tax
 * Firms Behind Microsoft Bribes Involved in Gates Foundation PR, Prodding and Misinforming the Press
 * In the Words of the Daughter of Microsoft’s PR Spammer Pam Edstrom

Also see Edelman.