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When I worked at IGN, I recall the hatred and disdain the brass there had for CNET. CNET owned Gamespot.com, IGN owned both GameSpy.com and of course, IGN.com. Not being a gamer, I did not get the rivalry.

That, was child’s play compared to the competition between Rupert Murdoch and Sumner Redstone. The former went on to buy IGN Entertainment for $650M in 2005, the latter’s CBS (where he is Chairman) today acquired CNET for $1.8B.

I think the war of the media moguls just escalated a tad today.

Tags: CBS, CNET, IGN, M&A, Management, News Corp./FIM|
Posted By: Ashkan Karbasfrooshan | May 15th

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