Fat Tire
06-07-2012, 08:39 PM
Vivendi executives reportedly considering offloading games business in reorganization; market value projected at $13.4 billion.
-The industry's largest third-party publisher might be for sale. According to a Bloomberg report (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-07/vivendi-said-to-discuss-activision-unit-sale-on-june-22.html?cmpid=yhoo), senior executives of Activision Blizzard parent Vivendi are meeting later this month to determine whether they want to sell the telecom giant's majority stake in the game developer. (http://www.gamespot.com/pages/image_viewer/index.php?single=1&path=2009%2F257%2Factivision_71460_screen.jpg&caption=Big%2Bchanges%2Bcould%2Bbe%2Bin%2Bstore%2B for%2BActivision%2BBlizzard.&blog=1&cvr=RY81)
Citing "people with knowledge of the matter," Bloomberg reports that the Vivendi executive meeting is scheduled for June 22, with the possibility of an Activision Blizzard sale being the main point of discussion.
http://e3.gamespot.com/story/6381404/activision-blizzard-for-sale
-The industry's largest third-party publisher might be for sale. According to a Bloomberg report (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-07/vivendi-said-to-discuss-activision-unit-sale-on-june-22.html?cmpid=yhoo), senior executives of Activision Blizzard parent Vivendi are meeting later this month to determine whether they want to sell the telecom giant's majority stake in the game developer. (http://www.gamespot.com/pages/image_viewer/index.php?single=1&path=2009%2F257%2Factivision_71460_screen.jpg&caption=Big%2Bchanges%2Bcould%2Bbe%2Bin%2Bstore%2B for%2BActivision%2BBlizzard.&blog=1&cvr=RY81)
Citing "people with knowledge of the matter," Bloomberg reports that the Vivendi executive meeting is scheduled for June 22, with the possibility of an Activision Blizzard sale being the main point of discussion.
http://e3.gamespot.com/story/6381404/activision-blizzard-for-sale