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News Corp and Eidos Slam Buyout Rumour

Posted by Zonk on from the big-oops-there dept.

Blue Ray writes "Both News Corp and Eidos have openly rubbished claims the the Murdoch behemoth will soon be absorbing the British publisher, corroborating a snippet in the Guardian's market forces column. In an article on SPOnG.com, News Corp stated "we've never held any kind of talks with Eidos", while an Eidos executive told the website "We read this and were astounded. We had no contact from the journalist who wrote the story and we are still laughing about what we read.""

17 comments

  1. Conflict of interest by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Spong have had it in for GI.biz for ages (this 'report' apparently 'debunks' a GI.biz story, and actively attacks them). I wonder why this is? Perhaps it is because Spong's parent company, Eleventeenth have a rather cosy relationship with MCV, who are in direct competition with GI.biz in news reporting, advertising and job advertising.

    Spong's headlines even appear on the MCV homepage, and they are hosted on the same IP.

    Not that this matters much, Spong have limited credability anyhow. Expect one of thier astroturfing /. accounts to reply to this soon

    1. Re:Conflict of interest by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Wow! You're right! Spong and MCV. Not only that - it looks like this company is also working with SEGA, ELSPA, Konami, Infogrames, THQ and Ubi Soft and..... Eidos! And a bunch of these sites are all hosted in the same IP range!

      OMG! They must all be in cahoots against GI!!!!11!11

    2. Re:Conflict of interest by TyrionEagle · · Score: 1

      Given the fact that GI have now 'debunked' the story themselves, what are you prattling on about?

      So MCV is hosted at the same IP as SPOnG and they have a news feed from SPOnG. What's wrong with that?

      Since MCV is a trade print magazine and GI is a website, how are they competing for news?

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    3. Re:Conflict of interest by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I think the poster was just pointing out that Spong appeared to have an agenda when writing this and advertising it on /.

      Lets remember this isn't an isolated incident - Spong have had it in for GI.biz/Eurogamer for a while (publically, and privately).

  2. semi-OT:What's the obsession with the word "slam"? by bersl2 · · Score: 1

    I see journalists use it in headlines (especially concerning politics and law and business) all the time, and it can mean anything from "insult" and "discredit" to (in this case) "LMAO." Do a Google search for slams -brakes -door -tennis -poetry (adding "slam" returns too many non-relevant results) and you'll see what I mean.

    It's such a sensationalist word and, frankly, I have become quite annoyed at the frequency with which I see it.

  3. Re:semi-OT:What's the obsession with the word "sla by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    linky

  4. Re:semi-OT:What's the obsession with the word "sla by Grinnblade · · Score: 1

    Now THAT is the epitome of laziness. It's called COPY AND PASTE, people! Learn to use it!

    *Checks to make sure nobody's looking*

    *Double-checks*

    *Clicks link*

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  5. Re:semi-OT:What's the obsession with the word "sla by bersl2 · · Score: 1

    *Checks to make sure nobody's looking*

    Don't worry. Nobody else even knows this story exists. Your secret is safe.

  6. Setting the record straight by TyrionEagle · · Score: 2, Informative

    Just for the record, the original, wrong, story appeard on GamesIndustry.biz first and was copied across the Internet by other websites who are impressed by GI's URL. GI has NO association with any gaming industry institutions what so ever. GI is mostly one bloke in his room re-writing press releases.

    I still don't know why /. posts so many of GI's stories in the games section, they'd be better off tracking down the original press release.

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    1. Re:Setting the record straight by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      you are a spong writer and i claim my five pounds. your post history proves it. don't you think you should declare that fact when insulting other people's websites? it's not like you're an unbiased commenter on this, is it?

    2. Re:Setting the record straight by TyrionEagle · · Score: 1

      And you are an AC, why should I have to declare any affiliation to other sites when you get to post without anybody knowing who you are? For all I know you are Rob Fahey and are insulting me to get your own back.

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    3. Re:Setting the record straight by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      where did i insult you?

      i just said that your post history proves that you're from spong, so it's not really cricket to make posts like those you've been making without declaring that bias. if you think it's an insult to be accused of working for spong, well, it's you that's saying it, not i.

      who the hell is rob fahey? someone from gi.biz? fucking nora, paranoid much?

    4. Re:Setting the record straight by TyrionEagle · · Score: 1

      You implied that I was using my anonymity to snipe at other websites without revealing that I was associated with SPOnG. I took that as an implied insult, if you didn't mean it as such, I apologise.

      My post history shows that I read SPOnG and find their articles interesting enough to submit and defend. If that automatically makes me a writer for SPOnG then Zonk must work for GI, no?

      And yes, Mr. Fahey is the editor of GI. You can find that out by going to his website and looking in the left hand column. You had enough drive to check my posting record to back up your assertions, why not enough curiosity to answer your own questions?

      As to being paranoid, I'm not the one posting AC, are you worried that I'll be able to track down your posting record if you use a /. account?

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  7. Re:semi-OT:What's the obsession with the word "sla by Grinnblade · · Score: 1

    Sweeeet.

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  8. Re:semi-OT:What's the obsession with the word "sla by zonker · · Score: 0

    it makes headlines and it is a cheap way to add veracity to rumors. same old crap...

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  9. Bersl slams "slam"; "Slam" slams bersl by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I'm not nuts about it either, but it's better than the verb "eyes."

    "President eyes embargo," for example, could mean the President is considering an embargo, that his eyes are embargoing, or that there's an embargo on President eyes. The noun nature of the word is so close to the surface and the headlines so terse, some truly ridiculous situations pop up.

    Why write in the newspaper headline style anyway? You're not fighting for column inches online.... do we really need to drop articles and conjunctions from every headline?

  10. Re:semi-OT:What's the obsession with the word "sla by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Frankly, I'm frankly fed up with the the frankly frequency I see the word frankly.