News Corp buys IGN for $650M

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Posted by ryuzaki0 on Thursday September 8, 2005 @08:33AM from the thats-a-lot-of-psps dept.

Falconrath writes "News Corp has just aquired the gaming network IGN for $650 million Thursday. News Corp leader Rupert Murdoch said that this aquisition was one of many in order to become a "leading and profitable Internet presence." " Also here is a games section story from this morning.

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Pulling a Hat out of a Rabbit. by ackthpt · 2005-09-08 08:36 · Score: 4, Interesting

Well, becoming a megamedia empire didn't work for AOL/Time-Warner, but Ruper Murdoch, against many wagers in the past has made things work, even stealing tired old NFL football from CBS and kicking some life back into it when pundits said it was doomed to failure.
Still, there's always that first big failure. Maybe he has in mind a MMORPG Simpsons game in mind.
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Game Spy? by GweeDo · 2005-09-08 08:41 · Score: 3, Interesting

I wonder how this will affect Gamespy since they are owned by IGN. Gamespy is currently building the WiFi software for the Nintendo DS...

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Re:Young people by Red+Flayer · 2005-09-08 08:43 · Score: 4, Interesting

I know there's some trollishness (and probably some sarcasm) to your post, but I gotta say, the movement is VERY, VERY happy with all the hate directed at Bush.

Bush is a lighning rod on the roof of the house of Neocon.

Once Bush is gone, they can put someone else in place to run for POTUS, and we'll not have solved a darn thing.

/Tinfoil hat securely on.

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wow... by devaldez · 2005-09-08 08:43 · Score: 3, Interesting

Did anyone notice the article's claim that 70 million unique visitors equates to 12 billion page impressions...

That means that, on average, each of those 70 million look at more than 170 pages per month?!

OMG...some people obviously have too much time on their hands...

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1. Re:wow... by game+kid · 2005-09-08 10:21 · Score: 2, Interesting
  
  [AD|AD|AD|AD]
  [company] has released a very cool new game called [title]. [token screenshot of box cover]
  [AD|AD|AD|AD]
  [NEXT] Page: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
  
  I absolutely hate that about IGN.com, too! ...where have you BEEN all my life?!? (prepares for beating from other admirers/(present|future) husband)
  
  The worst part is when IGN merged with Rotten Tomatoes beforehand. Since around that time, I've had to endure click-here-to-continue adpages and a first page with banners big enough to warrant that 1280x1024 flat panel I got...*sob*that doesn't show 1080p correctly like my old CRT*sob**runs away in tears*
  
  ...*walks back*all to see some movie reviews and stuff. Nah, I forgive them.
  
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Re:Fox News of video games by Falconrath · 2005-09-08 09:06 · Score: 4, Interesting

Uhh, dude, IGN would never blame Hot Coffee on gay people... They'd blame it on the abortionists and the premarital sex people!
Re:It's a media conglomerate, folks by Ilgaz · 2005-09-08 23:19 · Score: 2, Interesting

Well, "Fox kids" had to change their name to Jetix overseas because of amazing protest from families knowing what Fox News is. (Europe) Parents simply switched channels when they see Fox there.

Also a huge digital TV platform had to break their agreement canceling their channel because of huge amount of protest from their subscribers. I am not sure how much $$$ they had to pay removing it from package replacing it with non profit Euronews.

Also believe me there is no Michael Moore in this thing or his evil conspiracy. Even if Sep. 11 didn't happen, Fox is a disgusting thing which media should never been. If "liberals" have used a channel like that with secret plots, amazing racism and disgusting fundamentalism, they would be hated too.

They should hire some real academic professors to close their channel for 1 month and teach journalism from START.