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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.""

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  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