News Corp and Eidos Slam Buyout Rumour

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.""

Conflict of interest

[Anonymous Coward]

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 [eleventeenth.com] have a rather cosy relationship [eleventeenth.com] with MCV [mcvuk.com], 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 thie

Re:Conflict of interest

[TyrionEagle]

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?

semi-OT:What's the obsession with the word "slam"?

[bersl2]

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.

Re:semi-OT:What's the obsession with the word "sla

[Grinnblade]

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*

Re:semi-OT:What's the obsession with the word "sla

[bersl2]

*Checks to make sure nobody's looking*

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

Re:semi-OT:What's the obsession with the word "sla

[Grinnblade]

Sweeeet.

Setting the record straight

[TyrionEagle]

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.

Re:Setting the record straight

[TyrionEagle]

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.

Re:Setting the record straight

[TyrionEagle]

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.