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Vivendi Said to Plan Sale of Stake in Activision Blizzard
By Cliff Edwards and Marie Mawad - 2012-06-29T21:29:25Z

Vivendi SA (VIV), the media and telecommunications company that ousted its chief executive this week, has decided to seek a buyer for its $8.1 billion stake in Activision Blizzard Inc. (ATVI), a person with knowledge of the situation said.

Should no buyer emerge for the 61 percent holding in the Santa Monica, California-based video-game publisher, Paris-based Vivendi plans to sell a partial holding on the open market, said the person, who declined to be named because the plans are private.

Vivendi Chairman Jean-Rene Fourtou is under pressure from investors to restructure his company and boost the stock price from a near nine-year low. The board had discussed a sale of part or all of its stake in publicly held Activision, maker of the “World of Warcraft” and “Call of Duty” titles, people with knowledge off the talks said earlier this month.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-29/vivendi-said-to-plan-sale-of-stake-in-activision-blizzard.html

I should totally buy them

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I left my 8.1 billion in my other pants

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I just spent the 8.1 billion I had laying around a couple days ago. Damn.

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Let's pool our money and buy Blizzard so they can make a B8-themed WoW expansion. I've got thirty bucks I can devote to this, who's in?

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Damn, I just went to the local Coinstar too. Maybe they'll take Amazon-credit.

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If we could al chip in 10,000 it would only take 810,000 of us!

i'm actually surprised vivendi is still in business

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time for pokemon to invade WoW.

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time for pokemon to invade WoW.

That's already coming later this year :P

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lol what

selling BLIZZARD


that company prints money, what the hell

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....man.
then it'd be perfect!

in that case let's have Starcraft 2: Samus Edition.
or Link in Diablo 3's expansion. Kid Icarus would work too i guess.

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man now i really wish i hadnt blown 8.1 billion on nuts and gum

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Let's pool our money and buy Blizzard so they can make a B8-themed WoW expansion. I've got thirty bucks I can devote to this, who's in?

I've made 40 bucks from playing DIablo 3. count me in.

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Seriously though, could you imagine if one of the console manufacturers bought them? Call of Duty as a first-party exclusive, just call the console wars now.

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Square should buy the company and rename it "blizzaga" to clearly show how much stronger they will make it.

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