{
  "id": 11172836,
  "title": "\"Xbox is not for sale\" despite all of the layoffs and neat repackaging of studios within Microsoft's corporate structure, CEO Asha Sharma says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/xbox-is-not-for-sale-despite-all-of-the-layoffs-and-neat-repackaging",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-01T10:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Rock Paper Shotgun",
    "slug": "rock-paper-shotgun",
    "url": "https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/xbox-is-not-for-sale-despite-all-of-the-layoffs-and-neat-repackaging-of-studios-within-microsofts-corporate-structure-ceo-asha-sharma-says"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Despite recently having overseen the laying off of 268 staff in the second of multiple rounds of cuts planned for this financial year, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has denied that their are plans to sell Microsoft's gaming division. The bloodletting at Xbox in recent months has not only seen workers let go, but the place of studios within the company's structure being altered. Rather than lots of studios…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Verge",
        "title": "‘Xbox is not for sale’ says Microsoft’s gaming chief",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/xbox-is-not-for-sale-says-microsofts-gaming-chief",
        "published": "2026-09-30T16:24:30.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "A profile of Xbox CEO Asha Sharma, who insists that \"Xbox is not for sale\" despite mass layoffs and divested studios since inheriting the flailing division (Zachary Small/New York Times)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/a-profile-of-xbox-ceo-asha-sharma-who-insists-that-xbox-is-not-for",
        "published": "2026-10-01T06:35:21.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}