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Layoffs Hit GameSpot, Giant Bomb Just Months After Fandom Buys Them
Two of the biggest outlets in games media are the latest to face layoffs. A number of editorial staff across both Giant Bomb and GameSpot revealed they’d been let go on Thursday, just months after the sites were purchased by the Fandom wiki network.
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Viacom Ordered To Pay $383 Million To Rock Band Makers
Viacom is fighting an order to pay Rock Band makers Harmonix Music Systems $US383 million, or a bit more than half of the money sought by the former shareholders in a long-running legal dispute over unpaid bonuses.
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Viacom Got A Smidge More Than $49.99 For Selling Rock Band Studio
When Viacom said vaya con dios to Rock Band and its studio, Harmonix, the price of sale was $US49.99. Actual retail price of the tax writeoff they got to take? $US115 million, with about half of that returned this year as a cash refund on past taxes. [Gamasutra]