It’s a rapid-fire episode, filled with nerdy chats about pen-and-paper RPGs, which $1-$2B company Jack Tretton is going to eat in a “SPACquisition”, and Gov. Gavin Newsom selling out workers for Activision.
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TIME STAMPS
- [00:01:47] – Investment Interlude
- [00:24:38] – Quick Hits
- [00:26:49] – Labor Report
SOURCES
- Riot Games Tells Workers to Return to Office Without Vaccines or Masks | Vice
- Activision Blizzard Converts All QA Contractors to Full-Time | CharlieIntel (@CharlieINTEL) on Twitter
- Activision Blizzard Appoints Kristen Hines as Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer | Activision Blizzard
- Bargaining in good faith with employees’ union representative (Section 8(d) & 8(a)(5)) | NLRB
- California Lawyer Quits Over Allegation Newsom Meddled in Activision Case | Bloomberg (Paywall)
INVESTMENT INTERLUDE
- Hasbro to Acquire D&D Beyond from Fandom | BusinessWire
- Sony and KIRKBI Invest in Epic Games to Build the Future of Digital Entertainment | Epic Games
- The LEGO Group and Epic Games Team Up to Build a Place for Kids to Play in the Metaverse | Epic Games
- Epic Games Invests in Brazilian Studio AQUIRIS | Aquiris
- Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman has now acquired almost all of SNK | VGC
- IRI and NPD to Merge and Create a Leading Global Technology, Analytics and Data Provider | IRI
- Microsoft-Activision Review to Include Impact on Consumer Data, Game Developers | The Information (Paywall)
- California Lawyer Quits Over Allegation Newsom Meddled in Activision Case | Bloomberg (Paywall)