EA employees and the Communications Workers of America union have issued a statement against the proposed private acquisition of the company, claiming they were not represented in the… Continue reading
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On today’s episode of “Daily Variety” podcast, Variety‘s Jennifer Maas explains the $55 billion buyout deal that will see Electronic Arts be taken over by three private equity… Continue reading
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EA private acquisition deal expected to go smoothly, says report, as “what regulator is going to say no to the president’s son-in-law?”
The $55bn private acquisition of EA is expected to run smoothly, the Financial Times has reported, due to the influence of Jared Kushner and Saudi Arabia on The… Continue reading
The Saudi Arabia PIF also has significant investments in gaming giants such as Nintendo, Take Two, Activision Blizzard, Capcom, Nexon, and Koei Tecmo managed through the Savvy Games… Continue reading
However, Futter thinks the move from public to private ownership will shift the source of the ever-present demands for consistently rising profits. “All public AAA companies have overemphasized… Continue reading
Video game giant Electronic Arts is set to go private in a $55 billion deal. Confirming earlier reports, the deal — which ranks as the biggest ever leveraged buyout — involves… Continue reading
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EA Goes Private After $55 Billion Acquisition By Saudi Arabia’s PIF, Silver Lake & Affinity Partners
Image: EA Electronic Arts has announced that it has entered an agreement to be purchased by the PIF (Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund), Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners… Continue reading
Publicly traded video game giant Electronic Arts is closing in on a nearly $50 billion deal to become a privately held company, Variety has confirmed. As first reported… Continue reading
Video game mega-publisher Electronic Arts is planning to take the company private in a deal that could be worth as much as $50 billion, according to reports from… Continue reading
Electronic Arts is reportedly near a deal that would take the company off the stock market and into the land of private companies. Reported by the Wall Street… Continue reading
