Metabucks: Microsoft offers $69 billion to buy Activision Blizzard
The Indicator from Planet Money
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🗓️ 19 January 2022
⏱️ 10 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | NPR. |
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| 0:11.0 | This is the indicator from Planet Money. I'm Stacey Phanick-Smith. |
| 0:14.0 | And I'm Adrian Ma. And as you know, dear listener, here on the indicator, we are serious journalists. |
| 0:20.0 | And we only do serious things. |
| 0:22.0 | Have you played this game before? |
| 0:24.0 | Candy Crush? Yeah. |
| 0:25.0 | I have played a lot of candy. I don't know how you haven't played Candy Crush. I have three versions of Candy Crush on my phone, Adrian. Three. |
| 0:34.0 | Okay, right away I can see why this is addictive because like the whole thing is in like, technicolor neon. |
| 0:41.0 | And... |
| 0:43.0 | Yes. Very colorful. |
| 0:45.0 | Yeah. And things are like bopping. |
| 0:47.0 | Whoa! What did I do there? |
| 0:50.0 | Sweet. |
| 0:51.0 | Sweet, okay. |
| 0:52.0 | Oh, sweet. That's what it says when you've done well. |
| 0:56.0 | Sweet. |
| 0:58.0 | Sweet. |
| 0:59.0 | This might seem like a silly little game, but the company behind it, Activision Blizzard, could be worth about 70 billion dollars. |
| 1:08.0 | At least, that is how much Microsoft is offering to pay to acquire Activision. |
| 1:13.0 | And Adrian, we should note that Activision does not have the best reputation right now. |
| 1:17.0 | The company is facing allegations and lawsuits about sexual harassment, discrimination, and generally a toxic workplace. |
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