News Corp. to acquire video game portal IGN
8th Sep 2005, 17:16 GMT
Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. made its latest acquisition in the Internet sector Thursday, agreeing to pay $650 million in cash for online video-game company IGN Entertainment Inc.
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