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Wall Street Journal: Disney Should Buy EA
GamePolitics News — Turnabout, as they say, is fair play. While Electronic Arts spent the better part of 2008 in a futile bid to acquire Grand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two Interactive, the Wall Street Journal suggests that EA itself has the makings of a tasty takeover morsel. Word comes via Barron's that the Wall Street Journal (sub. req.) proposed on Saturday that Disney acquire EA: In a bold call in Saturday’s Heard On The Street column, the Wall Street Journal proposed that Disney (DIS) ought to buy Electronic Arts ...

Disney Could Buy EA, says WSJ
GameDaily BIZ Features Feed — Electronic Arts is one of the big boys of the video game business. It seems like there's always some smaller developer or publisher on EA's acquisition radar, but for once, it could be EA that's the target, according to a new article in The Wall Street Journal . The article speculates that the timing would be right for Disney to swoop in and acquire EA, given the company's ...

Wall Street Journal To Disney: "Buy EA" [Electronic Arts]
Kotaku — ... future Pixar titles going to EA instead of where they're currently housed at THQ. It would be one big orgy of commercial appeal for both parties. The Wall Street Journal points out that EA's market cap is at $7.7 billion, a serious drop from the $19 billion of a few years ago. That's a bargain, it says, one that maybe Disney should go for. We'd seriously hope that, if they did, they'd retain all those smart EA people turning the company's image and quality around. Disney Could Raise Its Game With EA [WSJ - subscription required] ...

WSJ: Disney Should Buy EA
Edge Online - Interactive Entertainment Today — EA s plummeting value makes it a perfect acquisition target for the entertainment industry kingpin, Walt Disney. That was the advice publicly handed to Walt Disney CEO Robert Iger from the Wall Street Journal over the weekend. In a particularly daring edition of the publication s Heard on the Street column , the WSJ suggests that there s hardly going to be a better time to acquire the world s second-largest videogame publisher. The suggestions were made in light of EA s demoralising quarterly financial results that were quickly followed by the announcement of a ...

WSJ to Disney: Buy EA
Joystiq — ... We're accustomed to seeing Electronic Arts purchase studios at the drop of a money hat, but not so much the other way around. Don't tell that to the Wall Street Journal, however, as the financial site suggests that Walt Disney (the company, not the ...

This Week in Geek: Volume 33.
GameGirl — ... working on a fitness game of their own. Never to be out done, EA may be making a game similar to Wii Fit, compelete with their own "exercise" peripheral. -The Wall Street Journal is suggesting that Disney may very well be acquiring EA games. The WSJ says, "Any entertainment company could be interested in EA given continued growth in video game sales, the potential for cross-fertilization with TV and film storylines, and advertisers' interest in buying space in games," Via the WallStreetJournal.com . The Buzz: -As some of you may know, Microsoft has begun letting a ...

WSJ to Disney: psst, go buy EA
Destructoid — ... The Wall Street Journal nudged Walt Disney CEO Robert Iger this weekend to say hey, look. EA's stock is down 18%. You should buy that! ...

EA CEO Buys over $1 Million in Company Stock
The Escapist : Latest News — Faced with stumbling stock prices, fiscal loses and dwindling investor confidence, EA CEO, John Riccitiello, takes a stand. With company shares having dropped 17% since their Q2 performance report one week ago and the Wall Street Journal suggesting that the House of Mouse pick them up on the cheap, EA CEO, John Riccitiello, took action today by purchasing 42,500 shares in his own company at a cost of USD $1.04 million. This brings the chief executive's piece of EA to 89,794 shares, which adds up to about $2 million or .03 percent of EA's total shares. The purchase is intended ...

Financial Expert: Disney/ EA Merger is a Bad Idea
The Escapist : Latest News — One business blogger is disputing claims that a Disney/Electronic Arts merger would be profitable and sensible for both companies. Proposed by the Wall Street Journal a couple weeks ago, the idea of Disney acquiring Electronic Arts to expand its entertainment empire while EA's stock was undervalued seems to miss the problems associated with such a sizable acquisition, says Steven Mallas, a financial blogger for ...