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latimes.com - 6/27/2009
Warner Bros. emerges as sole bidder for Midway Games - Los Angeles Times
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Warner Bros. has emerged as the only bidder for Midway Games Inc., all but assuring that it will take control of the bankrupt video game publisher previously owned by Viacom Inc. Chairman Sumner Redstone and become a major force in the video game industry. Midway had hoped that the film studio's ...
Warner Bros. emerges as sole bidder for Midway Games
latimesblogs.latimes.com - 6/26/2009
Warner Bros. emerges as sole bidder for Midway Games
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chicagotribune.com - 7/2/2009
Midway Games: Sale of video-game maker to Warner Bros. OKd -
— chicagotribune.com — Midway Games Inc. 's Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding took a major step forward Wednesday, with a Delaware... bankruptcy judge approving the $33 million sale of most of the company's assets to Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Court filings show that the ... (more) Midway Games: Sale of video-game maker to Warner Bros. OKd -

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Warner Bros. is only bidder for Midway Games | Company Town | Los Angeles Times
latimesblogs.latimes.com - 6/26/2009
Warner Bros. is only bidder for Midway Games | Company Town | Los Angeles Times
— latimesblogs.latimes.com — WarnerMortalKombat Can Warner Bros. find gold in Sumner Redstone's mud? As The Times' tech blog reports ,... the studio has emerged as the sole bidder for Midway Games, all but guaranteeing its $33 million offer for the bankrupt publisher of titles ... (more) Warner Bros. is only bidder for Midway Games | Company ...

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Blue's News — The Los Angeles Times has this month's regularly scheduled story about Warner Bros. attempting to buy up the assets of bankrupt Midway Games ( ...

6/28/2009 Time Warner Interactive , Midway: The Soul Of Atari Might Still Be Alive...
8bitrocket.com Blog — ... I just read this news story that Time Warner Interactive is planning to buy Midway Games.This would stand as just another boring game industry story for me, if it was not for the 'Atari' connection. ...

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