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EA dealmaker to lead startup, talks M&A (from Corporate Dealmaker)

When massively multiplayer online game publisher Outspark hired Owen Mahoney as chief executive, we wondered whether the company was preparing to shop itself around. Mahoney is, after all, a seasoned M&A executive, who joined venture-backed Outspark from game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERST), where he led business and corporate development. And...

Posted on September 10, 2009 8:49 AM

Take-Two plays hard to get, EA dealmaker reacts (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Two weeks ago, video game maker Electronic Arts Inc. launched a $2 billion cash bid for Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. Since then, EA made the offer hostile and had to find a new CFO, and Take-Two enacted a poison pill and just moved its annual shareholder meeting back to April...

Posted on March 28, 2008 9:51 AM