FTC is Lying About Microsoft/Activision Acquisition? - Inside Games

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[YouTube, Kofi] Phil Spencer seemed upset at The Game Awards - https://bit.ly/3UYLojW

[Federal Trade Commission] FTC Seeks to Block Microsoft Corp.’s Acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Inc. - https://bit.ly/3jbK0x0

[Federal Trade Comission] Docet No. 9412 COMPLAINT - https://bit.ly/3BGjtOZ

[Seeking Alpha] European regulator approved ZeniMax deal without any Microsoft commitments - https://bit.ly/3PwVzek

[Reuters] Live Nation, Ticketmaster merge; agree to U.S. terms - https://reut.rs/3hDLMXn

[CNN] Taylor Swift: Ticketmaster fiasco ‘excruciating for me’ - https://cnn.it/3FyAfkk

[Investopedia] The 5 Biggest Mergers in History - https://bit.ly/3FzYcrs

[CBS] Exxon-Mobil Merger Approved - https://cbsn.ws/3uVBHbp

[New York Times] Amazon’s Antitrust Antagonist Has a Breakthrough Idea - https://nyti.ms/3EzaS10

[The Verge] Tech antitrust pioneer Lina Khan will officially lead the FTC - https://bloom.bg/3W4alMf

[The Verge] Amazon says new FTC chair shouldn’t regulate it because she’s too mean - https://bit.ly/3W6Sc0a

[Bloomberg] Microsoft, Once Sure of June 30 Activision Deal Close, Now Won’t Say - https://bloom.bg/3W4alMf

[The Verge] EU opens ‘in-depth investigation’ into Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard acquisition - https://bit.ly/3EWtolp

[Reason] The FTC Has No Business Trying To Stop Video Game Company Mergers - https://bit.ly/3jcqfFS

[Reuters] Microsoft to gobble up Activision in $69 billion metaverse bet - https://reut.rs/3FY5HJT

[Twitter, Phil Spencer] https://bit.ly/3jabpj8

[Seeking Alpha] In wake of FTC suit, analysts debate Activision/Microsoft fate - deal or no deal - https://bit.ly/3BIcPaY

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