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microsoft Office 2010 Activation, according to Mike Maser, Digg chief revenue and strategy officer. He said the business;s internal sales efforts will focus on custom, non-IAB inventory combined with standardized banner ads.”I asked Microsoft for its get about the end of the year-and-a-half extended Digg ad relationship. No word back however. A spokesperson provided this statement:“Starting July 1, Microsoft will sell network inventory for Digg via the Microsoft Media Network,
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