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				Last month, the Wall Street Journal offered Disney the following sage advice: "<a href="http://kotaku.com/5075163/wall-street-journal-to-disney-buy-ea">Buy Electronic Arts.</a>" According to the WSJ's "Heard on the Street" column, Disney might be doing just that.				<a href="http://kotaku.com/5108848/wsj-is-disney-going-after-ea" title="Click here to read more about WSJ: Is Disney Going After EA?">More&nbsp;&raquo;</a>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:40:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[SouthPeak Devours Gamecock]]></title>
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				 Whoa, I didn't even know SouthPeak Interactive swung that way, but apparently they've been Gamecock-hungry for quite some time and aren't too proud to pay for it. SouthPeak today announces that they have acquired wild-and-crazy Gamecock Media Group. 'Cock head Mike Wilson swells with excitement.				<a href="http://kotaku.com/5063109/southpeak-devours-gamecock" title="Click here to read more about SouthPeak Devours Gamecock">More&nbsp;&raquo;</a>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:20:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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				<a href="http://kotaku.com/assets/resources/2008/03/sandiegoharbor.jpg"></a> San Diego, besides having great weather and lovely beaches, is also home to a number of development studios; with merger fever going around, what &mdash; if anything &mdash; does it mean for your friendly local studios?  Well, the answer could be 'not much' or 'a lot,' but experts agree that this sort of shakeup is normal and can be a positive for the industry at large:				<a href="http://kotaku.com/368415/any-after-effects-from-merger-fever" title="Click here to read more about Any After Effects From Merger Fever?">More&nbsp;&raquo;</a>
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