Sources: in recent weeks, CEO Bobby Kotick suggested Activision Blizzard make an acquisition, including of trade publications like Kotaku and PC Gamer

After a lawsuit and a Journal report, the company's stock was falling, board members were getting anxious—and the tech giant was ready to take a gamble

Wall Street Journal 2022-01-19

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@kellen_browning Kellen Browning on x
I'm sorry, is this saying Bobby Kotick thought he could shift the narrative around Activision by...buying Kotaku? https://www.wsj.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@wario64 @wario64 on x
“Mr. Kotick has been eager to change the public narrative about the company, and in recent weeks has suggested Activision Blizzard make some kind of acquisition, including of gaming-trade publications like Kotaku and PC Gamer” https://www.wsj.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@dkdynamite1 @dkdynamite1 on x
There's actually no way this is real.. right? what in the actual.. https://twitter.com/...
@joshgamnchannel @joshgamnchannel on x
What a scumbag! “Let's buy a gaming news publication so we can print lies about ourselves and pretend everything is fine and that we don't sexually harass our employees!” https://twitter.com/...
@triforcemeg Meg Bethany Koepp on x
Instead of trying to buy out publications to stop them reporting on all the insidious goings on at your shitty company, how about you put as much effort into stopping harassment in the workplace and treating your employees like human beings https://twitter.com/...
@six6jiang Sisi Jiang on x
*looks directly into the camera like i'm on the office* damn trust exec types to not know about editorial independence https://twitter.com/...
@tomwarren Tom Warren on x
imagine if Activision owned Kotaku❗❗❗ https://twitter.com/...

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Sources: in recent weeks, CEO Bobby Kotick suggested Activision Blizzard make an acquisition, including of trade publications like Kotaku and PC Gamer

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