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    Activision buys 'Candy Crush' owner for $5.9bn

    Activision buys 'Candy Crush' owner for $5.9bn

    FromFT News in Focus

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    Activision buys 'Candy Crush' owner for $5.9bn

    FromFT News in Focus

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    Length:
    7 minutes
    Released:
    Nov 3, 2015
    Format:
    Podcast episode

    Description

    US group Activision Blizzard is paying $5.9bn for the creator of Candy Crush Saga, in the gaming industry’s biggest deal since Microsoft bought Minecraft last year. Robert Cookson talks to Tim Bradshaw, the FT's technology correspondent in San Francisco, about the deal.

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    Released:
    Nov 3, 2015
    Format:
    Podcast episode

    Titles in the series (100)

    News features and analysis from Financial Times reporters around the world. FT News in Focus is produced by Fiona Symon.