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EMI Music sold to Universal for $1.9 billion; EMI Music Publishing sold to Sony for $2.2 billion

November 11, 2011 @ 9:02 am

Big news this morning from The Wall Street Journal as they’ve sort of just announced (prematurely at the moment) that EMI Music is being sold to Universal for $1.9 billion and EMI Music Publishing will be sold to Sony for … Continue reading →

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The original Monopoly game board

February 27, 2011 @ 12:04 pm

The Daily Mail has a photo of the recently auctioned original Monopoly game board made by Charles Darrow. Charles Darrow reportedly made about 5000 of these and this is the only one that still exists. It is made from a … Continue reading →

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Gothamist to be bought by Rainbow Media for $5 million

March 24, 2010 @ 9:04 pm

I consider this to be a pretty big deal and I’m wondering why it’s not being reported elsewhere as such. Anyway, according to paidContent.org, a source close to Cablevision has confirmed that a deal is near for Cablevision-owned Rainbow Media … Continue reading →

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Marvel Entertainment bought by The Walt Disney Company

August 31, 2009 @ 7:09 pm

I woke up this morning to find out that Marvel Entertainment had been bought by The Walt Disney Company for approximately $4 billion. I’ve been reading various news articles about what this could mean for Marvel and Disney and some … Continue reading →

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District 9 Arc Gun sold on eBay

August 20, 2009 @ 4:13 am

For those of you who have seen the movie District 9, you’ll instantly recognize this Arc Gun shown above which recently sold on eBay for $1445. Obviously, the gun is non-functional (I mean, you’d have to be alien to use … Continue reading →

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